# Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy

- **Record type**: Policy instrument
- **Jurisdiction**: Canada
- **Instrument type**: National strategy
- **Status**: Adopted
- **Binding**: No — guidance, strategy or standard
- **Issuing body**: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
- **Adopted**: 2017-03-22

## In brief

Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy is a non-binding national strategy of Canada, issued by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. It was adopted on 22 March 2017. Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Summary

The Pan-Canadian AI Strategy is Canada's national AI strategy, first funded in Budget 2017 with $125 million and delivered largely through CIFAR and three national AI institutes. A second phase from 2021 added funding for commercialisation, standards and computing capacity, with further support in the 2024 Fall Economic Statement. It focuses on attracting and retaining researchers, translating research into industry adoption and promoting responsible AI.

## Scope

Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. Oversight: ISED oversees; CIFAR delivers research and talent pillars with Amii, Mila and the Vector Institute. Stated purpose: Build Canadian AI research capacity, talent and commercialisation.

## Key dates

2017-03-22: Strategy funded in Budget 2017 (Phase I, $125 million); 2021-04-19: Phase II announced in Budget 2021 ($443.8 million)

## Notes on dates

Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.

## Provenance

- **Permanent id**: AIPT-POL-0042 (https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0042; never changes or gets reused)
- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/canada-pan-canadian-artificial-intelligence-strategy
- **Official source**: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ai-strategy/en
- **Source document**: Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- **Published by**: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- **Cite as**: AIPolicyTracker (2026). "Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy" [AIPT-POL-0042, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0042 (accessed 27 October 2026).

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