# Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All

- **Jurisdiction:** Canada (CA)
- **Type:** Strategy · **Status:** In force · **Binding:** no
- **Issued by:** Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation)
- **Proposed:** — · **Adopted:** 4 Jun 2026 · **Effective:** 4 Jun 2026
- **Obligations:** Transparency to users, Labelling AI content, Frontier model safety
- **Sectors:** All sectors

## Summary
Six-pillar national strategy that replaces the lapsed AIDA approach with commitments to modernise privacy law, introduce online safety laws, give legal tools against deepfakes, work on watermarking of AI content, create a Canada Trusted AI Certification programme and fund the Canadian AI Safety Institute (CAD 50 million). It is policy, not law.

## Why it matters
Signals that Canada will regulate AI through privacy, online-safety, criminal and certification measures rather than a single AI act.

## Source
[ISED Canada](https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canadas-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-ai-all) · [secondary](https://gowlingwlg.com/en/insights-resources/articles/2026/canada-launches-ai-for-all-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy)
Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. The Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (Bill C-27) died on the Order Paper when Parliament was prorogued in January 2025.

## Cite
Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation). Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/ca-ai-for-all-national-ai-strategy-2026/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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