Open Source Software Library

OpenMRS is an open-source medical record system used in developing countries. The University of Toronto and affiliated Canadian researchers are among the primary contributors to its core platform and modules, helping deliver healthcare technology globally.

OSGeo Canada (OSGeo Local Chapter) actively promotes and contributes to GeoServer and the broader open geospatial software stack. Natural Resources Canada and provincial governments use and contribute to GeoServer for publishing geospatial data through standard OGC web services.

QGIS is the leading free and open-source desktop GIS application. Canadian government agencies, universities, and environmental organizations are among the world's largest QGIS user communities. Natural Resources Canada, Parks Canada, and multiple provincial mapping agencies have contributed data, plugins, and development.

Developed by the National Research Council of Canada, the NRC Word-Emotion Association Lexicon (EmoLex) is a widely-cited open linguistic resource mapping words to emotions and sentiments. It is freely available for research and has been used in thousands of NLP studies worldwide.

minorminer is a heuristic tool for minor embedding: given a minor and target graph, it tries to find a mapping that embeds the minor into the target.

DSL RBI generator for Sorbet-typed Ruby applications.

The most popular tool for teams to coordinate mapping on OpenStreetMap. With this web application, an area of interest can be defined and divided up into smaller tasks that can be completed rapidly. It shows which areas need to be mapped and which areas need a review for quality assurance. You can see the tool in action: log into the widely used HOT Tasking Manager and start mapping. This is Free and Open Source Software. You are welcome to use the code and set up your own instance. The Tasking Manager has been initially designed and built by and for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, and is nowadays used by many communities and organizations.

Open-source community safety mapping project.

Reusable PowerShell and infrastructure assets that help Government of Canada teams bootstrap Azure-based services. The repository collects patterns intended to speed up delivery while keeping deployments aligned with shared standards.

Kubernetes component that injects tolerations for Advanced Analytics Workspace workloads. It helps data-science notebooks and jobs land on appropriate nodes while keeping scheduling policy centralized.

Python anonymization package from Statistics Canada for privacy-protection workflows. It supports identification and treatment of sensitive information, helping analysts prepare safer datasets for sharing or processing.

Analytics dashboards for GeoBC authorization tools, helping teams understand usage and operational patterns. The repository supports evidence-based improvements to geospatial access services.

R repository related to the GWELLS quality-assurance dashboard and geocoded archive data. It supports groundwater-well data validation, mapping and analytical workflows.

Authentication integration repository for B.C. natural-resources applications. It supports brokered identity patterns, helping applications connect to shared SSO providers and authorization services.

A firewall and routing platform with VPN, traffic shaping, monitoring, and security services.

A high-performance platform for publishing spatial data and interactive mapping services.

Example Go project from the Canada School of Public Service for scraping federal collective-agreement pay data.

Accessible web-mapping storytelling application from Environment and Climate Change Canada using interactive maps and multimedia.

Accessible Vue-based web mapping platform designed for Government of Canada geospatial applications.

Canadian meteorological data-pumping and subscription system for reliable real-time data distribution.

Municipal tool for programmatically checking WSIB clearance-certificate status.

Ping utility with a live graph of latency in the terminal.

Network diagnostic tool combining traceroute and ping with a terminal interface.

Self-hosted uptime monitoring dashboard supporting HTTP, TCP, ping, DNS, and other checks.

Monitoring service for cron jobs and background tasks using simple ping-based checks.

Bidirectional file synchronization tool for keeping replicas consistent across hosts.

Self-hosted file-sharing platform for sending files through temporary share links.