The platform does not require any account creation, and access is free. The datasets are continuously updated and improved. The platform includes dashboards, raw data, tabular data and interactive maps. Users can consult the data without downloading it.

Montréal believes that open data is central not only to achieving its goals of transparency, but also to solving urban challenges. That is why the city is committed to making its data public.

A datum is a representation of an information item, coded in a format that allows it to be processed by a computer. Data often come in the form of statistics or indicators that help better understand a situation or make an informed decision. 

The city facilitates access to and the use of its data by publishing them, at no charge, in free-format, non-proprietary mode and by authorizing their use in any setting, even for commercial purposes. 

To find out more about the related procedures, please view the open data Web site.