MDL special projects

The MDL team is passionate about improving access to data. Within U of T and with colleagues at other institutions, we are involved in a range of digitization projects that bring historical data out of print formats and make them usable for digital research. Our completed and ongoing projects include:

Projects websites

Data Downloads

“Historical Waste Disposal Site Inventory.” https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/EWHM0Y.

“Historical Hydrography of Toronto.” Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/IYS0K9.

“Lost Breweries of Toronto, 1800-1989.” Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/Z7K8DZ.

“Lost Rivers -- Disappearing Rivers of Toronto.” Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/2AHETH.

“Lost Rivers of Toronto with Names.” https://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/008b80ce87804522ac98e420be97b9d1.

“Toronto Building Construction Dates (Pre-1901 - 2003).” Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/UCAWTY.

“Toronto Parcel-Level Land Use Spatial Data (2019-2021).” Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/1VMJAG.

“Toronto Historical Ward Boundaries (1834 - 1914).” Borealis. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/J9NXFN.

“Napoleonic Wars Geospatial Files.” Borealis. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/HIWRLX.

 “City of Toronto Historical Annexation Boundaries (1834 - 1967).”  https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/XN2NRW.

“Don Valley Historical Mapping Project.” Scholars Portal Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/PONAP6.

“Ontario County Maps Project - Land Occupants  Feature Layer.” https://utoronto.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=156da8c0d1d74ca68ef7c8eb2231b668.

“Toronto Historical Streetcar Routes (1861 - 1961).”  https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/SCB4JJ.

“Colourized Historical Toronto Aerial Photographs.” https://mdl.library.utoronto.ca/collections/geospatial-data/toronto-aerial-photographs-1947-black-and-white-and-colourized.