Open government helps make the government more transparent, supports public participation and creates economic and social benefits.
The Yukon government shares government information and data through the open government portal. Information and data is free to access, use and share by anyone, anywhere and for any purpose.
Open government includes:
- open information publications;
- open data datasets; and
- the Access to Information Registry which includes completed access to information requests and privacy impact assessment summaries.
Visit the open government portal
You can see popular publications and datasets, read about recent updates on the eServices blog, or email [email protected] with any questions or feedback.
About open information publications
The Yukon government collects, creates and stores a large amount of information to:
- deliver programs and services;
- support policy development;
- make evidence-based decisions; and
- stay accountable to the public.
Open information includes publications made available by departments and corporations. This type of information is usually created in free-form text using common software like email, word-processing or presentation software.
Open information resources have been published on the open government portal since 2021, alongside the modernized Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPP).
About open data datasets
Open data is structured information that anyone can access, use, share or build on.
The goal of publishing open data is to make public data easy to find and reuse. Datasets are published in machine-readable formats that work with data analysis software, data visualization tools or mapping software.
Open data datasets have been published on the open government portal since 2019.
What data is included?
The open government portal includes data that:
- can be freely accessed, used and shared;
- does not contain personally identifiable information;
- does not pose any legal, security, confidentiality, privacy or commercial sensitivity;
- is up-to-date and correct; and
- is in a machine-readable format.
Request a dataset
Anyone can request new open data datasets by emailing [email protected].
Government of Yukon staff can email [email protected] for support with publishing and updating datasets.