The Open Database of Infrastructure

The Open Database of Infrastructure (ODI) is a collection of open datasets containing the types and locations of selected infrastructure across Canada, and is made available under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

The ODI Version 2 includes 14 infrastructure types within three categories:

Energy:

• Electrical grid
• Low carbon infrastructure
• Oil and gas

Transport:

• Airports
• Bridges and tunnels
• Ports and marinas
• Railways
• Pedestrian network
• Cycling network
• Public transit

Utilities:

• Potable water
• Solid waste
• Telecommunications
• Wastewater and stormwater

The pedestrian, cycling and public transit datasets are released under the Canadian Pedestrian Network Database, Canadian Cycling Network Database and Canadian Public Transit Network Database respectively.

The ODI is a component of the Linkable Open Data Environment (LODE).

Data sources and methodology

The data for the ODI are primarily provided by municipal, regional, provincial, or national sources available to the public under an open data licence.

For the current version of the database (version 2.0) datasets were collected between October 2023 and June 2024. To see the full list of data providers and their licences, please refer to the metadata document and CSV files included in each ODI download folder.

Geographic coverage varies across ODI infrastructure types depending on licencing and availability of data.

Each infrastructure type contains a set of common variables shared across categories, as well as some unique features. Variables that are common across infrastructure types include:

• Unique ID
• Infrastructure Subtype
• Provider
• Source ID
• Province & Territory
• Region
• Census Subdivision Name
• Census Subdivision Unique Identifier
• Geometry
• Name
• Source class

For more information on how the database was compiled, and for a full list of variables by infrastructure type see the metadata files that accompany the ODI.

Downloading the ODI

The ODI data and metadata are downloadable as compressed folders for each infrastructure type. Each compressed folder includes four files:

• The data file in geopackage format
• A record layout file with descriptions for each data column in CSV format
• A data providers file with information about the data sources in CSV format
• A copy of the ODI metadata document in PDF format

Energy

• Electrical grid
• Low carbon infrastructure
• Oil and gas

Transport

• Airports
• Bridges and tunnels
• Ports and marinas
• Railways
• Pedestrian network
• Cycling network
• Public transit

Utility

• Potable water
• Solid waste
• Telecommunications
• Wastewater and stormwater

Visualizing the ODI

The ODI content is available for visualization on a map using the Linkable Open Data Environment Viewer.