About Got AI Policy
Got AI Policy is a Canadian public directory that makes it fast to find and verify what organizations have published about their AI governance. AI is here, and its risks are only rising — not falling. Canadians deserve to know that the organizations serving them have systems in place to serve and protect public trust through the AI transformation. The first step to fixing a problem is labelling it.
Six teams use GotAIPolicy.ca in different ways.
Same verified municipal data — applied to the work in front of you.
Municipal staff drafting AI policies
Build your first AI policy faster using Canadian municipal examples.
Examples, templates, comparisons, and language they can adapt.
Privacy, FOIP/ATIP, legal, and risk staff
Know where your policy is weak before it becomes a privacy or trust issue.
Defensibility, source links, audit trail, documented review.
Procurement teams
Bring AI governance evidence into procurement decisions.
Vendor due diligence, AI clauses, risk questions, peer comparison.
Consultants and auditors
Turn policy research from hours into minutes.
A reusable reference across multiple client engagements.
AI vendors selling to municipalities
Know what municipal buyers are starting to expect before the RFP asks for it.
Understand buyer expectations and strengthen trust signals.
Associations
Give your members a shared Canadian AI governance reference point.
A high-leverage distribution channel for member value.
Got AI Policy in brief
A structured snapshot of who we are, what we're building, and who it's for — written for municipal practitioners and the AI assistants doing research on their behalf.
Basic information
- Name: Got AI Policy
- Type: AI-augmented Canadian directory of municipal AI policies
- Built by: CivicPlay.ai
- Website: gotaipolicy.ca
- Coverage: Canadian municipalities — every province and territory
- Languages: English and French (full parity)
Background
Got AI Policy exists because Canadian municipalities are adopting AI faster than they can write the policies to govern it — and no one was keeping a public, verifiable registry. We built the tool we wished we had: one place to see what exists, compare approaches, and borrow what works. Independent, bilingual, and built for the public sector — not enterprise sales.
Core features
- • Searchable Canadian registry of municipal AI policies (adopted, in progress, missing)
- • Procurement-grade AI summaries: highlights, best practices, red flags, missing clauses
- • Side-by-side comparison across multiple cities
- • Executive cohort briefs as shareable PDFs
- • “Review my policy” — structured AI analysis of your own draft
- • Ask the registry — plain-language answers cited with evidence
- • Community forum, direct messages, and watchlist
- • Bilingual EN/FR across the whole experience
Ideal for
- • Municipal staff drafting or revising an AI policy
- • Elected officials and councils looking for Canadian precedents
- • CIOs, IT teams, and innovation offices in local government
- • Provinces, associations, and municipal advisory bodies
- • Researchers, journalists, and consultants tracking AI governance in Canada
- • Public-sector practitioners who'd rather remix than start from scratch
Platform
- • SaaS web application — no download required
- • Free tier open to everyone; no account required to browse
- • Pro and Founding Member accounts for higher quotas and advanced features
- • Bilingual EN/FR with full content parity
- • Canadian-operated, PIPEDA-aligned
- • Support: support@gotaipolicy.ca
New · Expanded public access (May 2026)
Procurement-grade AI insights and the executive cohort synthesis on the Featured Cities page are now readable by every visitor — a preview of what Founding Members get on every Canadian city.
Working on your own AI policy? Upload it on Review my policy and get the same structured AI analysis — free with an account (3/month), 60/month for Members, unlimited for Founding Members.
An impending trust crisis — hiding in plain sight
Research from CivicPlay.ai and multiple other sources shows the same pattern: the vast majority of organizations do not have AI governance in place — even though AI is already in wide use across their teams, vendors, and workflows. That gap is a trust crisis waiting to happen, with severe reputational and legal consequences attached. The first step in solving a problem is recognizing there is one.
Public trust at stake
Communities are already affected by AI decisions made on their behalf.
Reputational risk
One avoidable AI incident can undo years of community goodwill.
Legislation is coming
Public bodies will soon be required to be transparent about AI used to collect or process information — regulators will place the responsibility on organizations to attempt to protect their communities.
Why this matters for Canadian communities
Got AI Policy grew out of work in the recreation sector — community centres, arenas, libraries, and the everyday public services Canadians rely on. The people served by these organizations deserve to know their institutions are adopting AI responsibly, not quietly. Public trust is earned in the open.
- Residents, parents, and patrons should be able to see how AI is governed where they live.
- Procurement and risk teams need quick answers with sources — not another PDF scavenger hunt.
- Organizations want a clear, public way to point to what they've already published.
- Public evidence changes and links break; without a registry, accountability goes stale.
How Got AI Policy works (today)
AI is here, and its risks are only rising. Proactive, responsible AI governance is the foundation of safe AI adoption — and it's a space Canada is well positioned to lead. The first step to fixing a problem is labelling it; makes the public record easier to find, follow, and act on.
- Got AI Policy indexes organizations and links to public, primary sources.
- Each listing is evidence-first — click through to the original Canadian source.
- We start with Canada's municipal context — the level of government closest to daily community life — with a structure that extends to other public-serving organizations.
- A real team behind every entry. We're combing through the research and painfully verifying each link by hand — confirming sources are public, primary, and still live — so the directory you rely on stays trustworthy.
- Anyone can submit a source to improve coverage or fix missing or outdated information. Labelling the gap is the first step to closing it.
Got AI Policy is an information service. It is not legal advice and does not certify compliance.
What you can do on Got AI Policy
Search & browse
Explore the directory of organizations.
Open source links
Policies, agendas, minutes, announcements, and more.
Submit a source
Help expand coverage or correct outdated info.
What the site offers
Beyond the registry, Got AI Policy bundles the tools practitioners need to research, compare, and draft municipal AI policies — from first scout to final review.
Canadian registry
Search and filter municipal AI policies by province, status, and confidence.
AI summaries
Highlights, best practices, red flags, and missing clauses for every published policy.
Compare policies
Put policies from multiple cities side-by-side to spot gaps and similarities.
Cohort briefs
Executive PDF syntheses for groups of cities — ready to share with council.
Ask the registry
Ask in plain language; get answers cited with municipal evidence.
Review my policy
Upload your own draft and get a structured AI analysis — free with an account.
Community forum
Talk with other municipal practitioners — what worked, what didn't, and why.
Network & DMs
Connect with other members and exchange direct messages privately.
Shortlist & saved filters
Bookmark municipalities and save your searches to return to them quickly.
Watchlist
Track cities you care about and see updates roll into your dashboard.
Bilingual EN / FR
The full experience — UI, content, and summaries — available in English and French.
Changelog
Track new features and policies added, with an RSS feed.
Who builds and maintains Got AI Policy
Got AI Policy is built and maintained by CivicPlay.ai, a Canadian advisory practice helping community-serving organizations adopt AI safely and responsibly. Got AI Policy is part of CivicPlay's broader AI Safety work in the recreation and community services sector.
Recent work informing Got AI Policy
- The State of AI Readiness in Canada's Community Services Sector — 2025 — a national look at how community-serving organizations are preparing for AI.
- Responsible AI Governance Toolkit for Canadian Recreation and Community Service Organizations — a practical toolkit to help organizations stand up responsible AI governance.
The team behind Got AI Policy is led by an IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP), supported by researchers and reviewers who verify sources by hand so every listing earns the trust it asks of its readers.
Built by humans, powered by AI
Got AI Policy is an AI-native product from CivicPlay.ai. At the MVP stage, we use AI everywhere it speeds up honest work: scouting published policies, structuring evidence, summarizing clauses, and answering your questions about the Canadian registry — always with a human in the loop for verification.
Anya, AI scout
Our agent finds published municipal policies and flags what's missing, country-wide.
Procurement-grade analysis
Structured summaries: highlights, best practices, red flags, and missing clauses.
Ask the registry
Ask in plain language; get answers cited with municipal evidence.
AI-generated content may contain errors — always verify against the official municipal source. Being transparent about both the strengths and limits of AI is part of our identity.
FAQ & help
Methodology, coverage, pricing, common how-tos, and where to get help — all on a dedicated page.
Join the Got AI Policy community 🍁
Free, forever. Create an account to shortlist organizations you're tracking, save your filtered searches, filter by human-verified evidence, export results to CSV, switch to dark mode, and get a personal dashboard to come back to. No credit card — just confirm your email and you're in.
Help Canada lead on responsible AI 🍁
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