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Data Literacy

Data Literacy Is a Life Skill

Data is everywhere — in your city's budget, your health records, your neighbourhood map. Understanding it helps you make better decisions, ask better questions, and participate more fully in a data-driven world.

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Canadian examples, laws, public institutions, and data sources — including PIPEDA, open.canada.ca, and Statistics Canada.

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Data Fundamentals

Understand data types, sources, quality, and practical everyday use. The essential foundation for everything else.

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Open Data & GIS

Explore open data portals, understand geographic information systems, and work with spatial and location data.

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Privacy & Governance

Learn how privacy, responsible data use, and governance work in Canada.

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Explore more than 200 terms explained in plain language, with no dictionary required. From data basics to AI, GIS, and privacy law.

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Data
Raw facts, figures, or observations recorded in a form that can be stored, processed, or communicated.
Metadata
Data about data — describes what a dataset contains, where it came from, and how it was created.
Open Data
Data freely available for anyone to access, use, and share — typically published by governments or institutions.
GIS
Geographic Information System — software and methods for capturing, storing, and analyzing spatial data.
Data Quality
A measure of how well data meets the needs of its intended use — covering accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
PIPEDA
Canada's federal private-sector privacy law governing how organizations collect, use, and disclose personal information.
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Open Data Resources

Federal, provincial, and municipal open data portals — including open.canada.ca, Statistics Canada, and provincial catalogues.

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Privacy Resources

Official guidance from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and provincial privacy commissioners.

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GIS Resources

Free GIS tools, Canadian boundary files, and spatial data sources — including QGIS and Statistics Canada Geography.

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