{"slug":"ca-ontario-enhancing-digital-security-and-trust-act-2024","title":"Strengthening Cyber Security and Building Trust in the Public Sector Act, 2024 (Bill 194), Schedule 1: Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024","short_title":"Ontario Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024 (Bill 194)","jurisdiction":"ca-ontario","instrument_type":"act","status":"adopted","is_binding":true,"issuing_body":"Legislative Assembly of Ontario","summary_plain":"The Act allows the Ontario government to make regulations governing the use of AI systems by public-sector entities (ministries, agencies, hospitals, school boards, municipalities as prescribed): requirements to disclose AI use, to develop and implement accountability frameworks, to take steps to manage risks, to have human oversight, and prohibitions on prescribed uses. It also addresses cyber security and children's digital information.","adopted_on":"2024-11-25","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-194","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-09-11T14:52:59+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/ca-ontario-enhancing-digital-security-and-trust-act-2024","status_note":"Royal assent 25 November 2024; AI provisions come into force by proclamation and depend on regulations that set disclosure, accountability and risk-management requirements.","scope_summary":"Ontario public-sector entities as prescribed by regulation; not private organisations.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2024-11-25: royal assent; AI provisions in force on proclamation.","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Dates are taken from the linked official source; a reviewer should confirm in-force and application dates before relying on them.","taxonomy":{"actor":["public_authority"],"sector":["healthcare","education","public_services"],"use_case":["public_services"]},"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"Bill 194","publisher":"Legislative Assembly of Ontario","url":"https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-194","document_date":"2024-11-25","document_type":"legislation","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":[],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-194","source_title":"Bill 194","source_publisher":"Legislative Assembly of Ontario","source_document_date":"2024-11-25","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.","reviewed_by":null}}