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Ontario, Canada

  • Member Since 2016
  • Action Plan 1

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Current Action Plan

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Ontario joined OGP as part of the 2016 cohort. They are currently implementing two commitments from their 2021-2022 action plan.

This action plan features commitments related to artificial intelligence and open data.


Contacts

Todd J. McCarthy Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery, Government of Ontario Todd.McCarthy@pc.ola.org
John Roberts Chief Digital and Data Officer, Government of Ontario John.Roberts@ontario.ca

Commitments


Resources

  1. Action plan – Ontario, Canada, 2021 – 2022

    2021, Action Plan, Web page

  2. Ontario, Canada – Notification of Late Action Plan (Cohort Shift) – January 2019

    2019, Letter, Web Page

  3. Ontario, Canada – Notification of Late Action Plan (Cohort Shift) – January 2019

    2019, Letter, Web page

  4. Ontario Final IRM Report 2017

    2018, IRM Report, Web page

  5. Ontario Final IRM Report 2017 – For Public Comment

    2018, Report Comments, Web page

  6. Ontario Preliminary IRM Review 2017 – For Public Comment

    2018, Report Comments, Web page

  7. Ontario, Canada Action Plan

    2016, Action Plan, Web page

  8. Open North Endorsement Letter

    2016, Letter, Web page

  9. TechAlliance Endorsement Letter

    2016, Letter, Web page

  10. MaRS Endorsement Letter

    2016, Letter, Web page

  11. ONN Endorsement Letter

    2016, Letter, Web page

  12. Canada 2020 Endorsement Letter

    2016, Letter, Web page


Current Data

The following data is updated periodically, most often after large numbers of new action plans and IRM reports.

Commitment Performance

The following variables answer the question “Did this commitment open government?“, and focus on how government practices have changed as a result of the commitment’s implementation.

Key

No IRM data

Pending IRM Review

Major
Outstanding
Starred Commitments
Action Plan 1
3
0
0

Global

Most per action plan
4
7

Regional

Most per action plan
2
7

How to Get More Starred Commitments

Starred commitments in OGP are one of the ways the IRM designates promising reforms. The graph below shows where the major areas for improvement in action plan design and implementation should take place based on past action plans.

Key

Stars (Global average 7%)

Focus on implementation

Focus on design

Pending IRM review

No IRM data

Focus on design

Focus on objectives and impact (ambition/potential impact)

Focus on relevance to open government

Focus on verifiability

Public Participation

This table shows: 1) the level of public influence during the development and implementation of OGP action plans, 2) whether consultations were open to any member of the public or only to those invited; and 3) whether a forum existed that met regularly.

Key

Participation was closed

Participation was open to any interested party

No IRM data

Forum

Pending IRM review

Definitions

Collaborate: Iterative dialogue and public helped set agenda

 

Involve: Government gave feedback on public inputs

 

Consult: Public gave input

 

Inform: Government provided public with information on plan

Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Development

Action Plan 1
Collaborate
Involve
Consult
Inform
No Consultation

Implementation

Action Plan 1

OGP Global Report Data

The data below is drawn from the 2019 OGP Global Report. You can view and learn more about the report here.

Selected Dimensions of Open Government

This section captures how each OGP member can play a leadership role, based on IRM-based findings and third-party scores. This list does not cover all of open government and OGP members are not required to take any action.

Action implications

These are recommendations on the role that each OGP member might play in each policy area. The recommendations are derived from a combination of the IRM-based findings and third-party scores.

IRM-based findings

Reflect the performance of commitments in a particular policy area, as assessed by the IRM.

 

(NC) No Commitments
(CA) Commitment(s) in the policy area.
(IR) IRM-Reviewed: At least one IRM-assessed commitment.
(C) Was Complete: At least one commitment was substantially or fully completed.
(A) Was Ambitious: At least one commitment with moderate or transformative potential impact.
(ER) Showed Early Results: At least one commitment opened government in a “Major” or “Outstanding” way.

Third-party scores

Reflect “real-world” performance, i.e., performance outside of the OGP framework. Scores are comprised of various indicators collected by respected organizations.

Anti-Corruption

IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Civic Space

IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Open Policy Making

IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Access to Information

IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

Fiscal Openness

IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER
IRM-Based Findings
NC
CA
IR
C
A
ER

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