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North AmericaVerified 2026-09-07

AI regulation in Canada

No dedicated AI law identifiedNo AI-specific instrument found. General law — data protection, consumer, sectoral — still applies.

Bill C-27, which contained the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), died on the Order Paper when Parliament was prorogued in January 2025 and was not reinstated (confirmed via Parliament's LEGISinfo). No successor federal AI-specific bill has been identified as of this review; ISED's AIDA page is now archived.

The instrument

No federal AI-specific bill currently before Parliament

Administered by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

Not yet mapped to obligation level

AIC has verified Canada's regulatory position — the status, the instrument and the administering body above are checked against primary sources. What is not here is the clause-by-clause breakdown of what the instrument requires, because we have not done that work for this jurisdiction yet.

We would rather leave that visible than write a plausible-sounding summary nobody checked. If Canada matters to your organisation, tell us and it moves up the queue.

This page is a general orientation guide built from public sources, not legal advice, and it does not establish that any organisation complies with Canada's requirements. AIC certifies governance against its own published standard; that is a different question from legal compliance, and neither substitutes for the other. Back to the map.