Canada Codes! CODE 2014 – Winners Showcase

Explore award-winning applications developed by Canadians as part of government open data competitions, including the Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE). CODE 2014 was well received and has become the largest competitive hackathon in Canada. Many thanks again to all those who helped make it a huge success.

Congratulations to the CODE 2014 winners:

• Electric Sheep (Grand Prize)
• Team Quantified (Runner-up)
• SYLM (Third place)
• Electric Sheep (CODE Fan Favourite)

Top 15 Apps from CODE 2014

1. Canadian Travellers

• Team: 3lywa
• Description: Canadian Travellers is an app that informs the Canadian public of issues affecting the security and well-being of Canadians travelling abroad.
• Datasets used:
  • Country Travel Advice and Advisories – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada
  • Border Wait Times – Canada Border Services Agency

2. Charity Pie

• Team: Nobis Studios
• Description: Charity Pie is a mobile application focused on keeping Canadians informed and accountable in their role as global citizens. Users can see the total dollars contributed to a given country, and how it ranks on a global scale.
• Datasets used:
  • Charities Listings – Canada Revenue Agency

3. Where 2 LIVE

• Team: TRAK
• Description: Where 2 Live is a city and province ranking tool that helps Canadians and newcomers determine the most suitable Canadian city to live in or for vacations.
• Datasets used:
  • Climate Data Products – Environment Canada
  • NHS Profile, 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) (Census tracts) – Statistics Canada
  • Air Quality Indicators - Annual average concentrations of sulphur dioxide for selected Canadian and international urban areas, 2011 – Environment Canada

4. Squalid Salad

• Team: DemoFirst
• Description: Squalid Salad informs parents of the likelihood of injuries to children, by age group, in different areas of the home, and provides age-appropriate suggestions for making the home safer.
• Datasets used:
  • Unintentional injuries in Canada 2010 – Public Health Agency of Canada

5. International Assistance Map

• Team: Spitballz
• Description: International Assistance Map shows Canada’s international assistance dollars broken down by year and recipient country. It also compares assistance dollars to neighboring countries and shows country rankings over a given time period.
• Datasets used:
  • Statistical Report on International Assistance — by Country Spending – Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada

6. Canadian Industries

• Team: Ninja Cornz
• Description: The Canadian Industry Watchlens visualizes data on changes to Canadian industries, highlighting the trends in numbers of jobs in an industry over time.
• Datasets used:
  • Labour force survey estimates (LFS), job tenure by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and sex – Statistics Canada

7. Cultural Business App

• Team: Mintah
• Description: Cultural Business App shows Canadian cultural diversity in the context of the world, displays relative ethnic group distributions in Canadian cities, and allows business' to market to cultural groups within identified areas. 
• Datasets used:
  • Population by language spoken most often and regularly at home – Statistics Canada

8. newRoots (Champion and CODE Fan Favourite)

• Team: Electric Sheep
• Description: NewRoots matches new Canadians with cities that will give them the greatest opportunity to maximize their potential and be successful, productive citizens of Canada.
• Datasets used:
  • Labour force survey estimates (LFS), employment by urban and rural areas based on 2006 census boundaries, class of worker and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), unadjusted for seasonality – Statistics Canada
  • Monthly Seasonal Adjusted Unemployment Rates by EI Economic Region – Employment and Social Development Canada
  • Sub-provincial Data – Canada Revenue Agency
  • Average rents for areas with a population of 10,000 and over – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

9. FarmSpot

• Team: IPPETAD
• Description: FarmSpot is a cloud service for farm management that integrates geolocation services a live marketplace, and open federal data.
• Datasets used:
  • Farm product prices, crops and livestock – Statistics Canada
  • Climate Data Products – Environment Canada

10. A Healthier Commute (Runner-up)

• Team: Team Quantified
• Description: A Healthier Commute provides users with personalized and specific feedback about the costs of their daily commute, calculated with Open Data and Google APIs, to encourage people to consider ways to improve their trip to work.
• Datasets used:
  • Fuel Consumption Ratings – Natural Resources Canada
  • Gasoline and fuel oil, average retail prices by urban centre – Statistics Canada

11. Munchables

• Team: SuperSymmetry
• Description: Munchables raises awareness of food nutrition by leading users through a series of trivia questions about the relative healthiness of the foods around them.
• Datasets used:
  • Nutrient Value of some Common Foods – Health Canada

12. Flu Clinic

• Team: Coding Force
• Description: Flu Clinic helps users to be aware of when they should get timely flu shots so that they stay healthy and productive.
• Datasets used:
  • FluWatch 2012-2013 – Public Health Agency of Canada

13. Deep Breath (Third Place)

• Team: SYLM
• Description: Deep Breath displays air quality data from local monitoring stations. It also provides information about large facilities emitting pollutants for given locations nearby.
• Datasets used:
  • Air Quality Indicators - Average ambient fine particulate matter concentrations at monitoring stations, Canada, 2011 – Environment Canada
  • Air Pollutant Emissions Indicators - Nitrogen Oxide NOX Emissions by Facility, Canada, 2011 – Environment Canada
  • Emission of Toxic Substances to Air Indicators - Mercury Hg emissions to air by facility, Canada, 2011 – Environment Canada

14. TRADAR

• Team: Big Yellow Cat
• Description: The Trade Radar (TRADAR) helps students determine what trade to pursue in school by predicting future demand across Canada based on expected retirement numbers.
• Datasets used:
  • National Household Survey – Statistics Canada

15. CAN Fuel

• Team: Moyers & Stark
• Description: CANFuel allows users to research and compare the fuel efficiency of cars by year, make, and model, and includes tips about maximizing fuel efficiency, as well as information about recalls.
• Datasets used:
  • Fuel Consumption Ratings – Natural Resources Canada
  • Vehicle Recalls Database – Transport Canada