Concerns Ontario Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024 (Bill 194)
Ontario enacts a framework for regulating public-sector AI use. Recorded for Ontario (Canada) on 25 November 2024. It concerns Ontario Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024 (Bill 194). Bill 194 received royal assent, enabling regulations on disclosure, accountability frameworks, risk management and prohibited uses of AI by Ontario public-sector entities. Afterwards the instrument is recorded as adopted.
Bill 194 received royal assent, enabling regulations on disclosure, accountability frameworks, risk management and prohibited uses of AI by Ontario public-sector entities.
Public bodies in Ontario should inventory AI systems ahead of regulations; vendors to government should expect disclosure requirements.
Bill 194Legislative Assembly of Ontario · 25 Nov 2024
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Ontario enacts a framework for regulating public-sector AI use” [AIPT-CHG-0066, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0066 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Bill 194, Legislative Assembly of Ontario, https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-194.
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