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 Toronto shelter system opioid overdoses There was a tremendous increase in the overdose deaths in the Toronto shelter system from 2018 to 2021. There was a decrease in 2022, but there were still 57 fatalities that year. There was also a huge increase in the number of non-fatal overdoses in the Toronto shelter system from 2018 to 2021. This was followed by a decrease in 2022. This trend started with a doubling (approximately) from 2018 to 2019.  

Toronto condo development applications: 2008 - 2023 Condo applications grew steadily. Huge increase in 2021. Sudden drop-off after 2021. Condo applications grew steadily, but ramped up starting in 2018. The sharp spike in applications in 2021 could be due to proposed changes in Toronto regarding the historical registration of properties that affect condo development projects. The decrease in applications in 2022 could be due to many applications being submitted in 2021. In 2022 there were 120 applications. The numbers have not been that low since 2013, which had 119 applications.  Data for 2023 only covers to May 5. However, it looks like the number of applications is trending below historical averages. With one-third of the year gone, only 32 applications have been submitted.

Toronto Bike Share ridership  Increase in number of rides Nearly an 8-fold increase in the number of rides per year. Increase in total number of hours ridden The total hours ridden per year increased 8-fold from 2016 to 2022. Average minutes per ride spikes in 2019 Most years average ride times are from about 15 to 17 minutes average ride length. 2019 was higher at over 19 minutes. Count of Ride Share bicycles by year Data for number of bicycles is based on Bike Id in Ride Share data. It is only available starting in 2019.

Contributions to mayoral candidates in the 2018 Toronto municipal election. Over $3.3 million was donated. How did each candidate fare? Candidates: John Tory, Jennifer Keesmaat, Faith Goldy. All remaining candidates categorized as Other. John Tory takes most of the contributions by value John Tory takes the majority of the value of all contributions