Canadian organizations with a published AI policy
Every record links to the public source document. Inclusion does not mean a policy is good, and a missing record does not prove an organization lacks governance.
Registry snapshot
- Artifacts
- 387
- Formal policies
- 203
- Operational guidance
- 184
Browse by sector
See what schools, libraries, newsrooms, non-profits and regulators actually publish — each link opens the registry, filtered.
- Education209
- Libraries & culture37
- Media & communications28
- Nonprofits & associations21
- Health & professional regulation21
- Business & professional services16
- Public agencies & research14
- Other13
- Infrastructure, transport & energy11
- Public safety & justice9
- Finance & insurance8
Browse by region
“National” means organizations whose mandate spans the whole country — it is not the sum of the provinces. A province means the organization is based and operating there.
- Ontario127
- National66
- British Columbia61
- Alberta55
- Quebec42
- Nova Scotia11
- Manitoba10
- Saskatchewan7
- New Brunswick3
- Atlantic Canada2
- Northwest Territories1
- Newfoundland and Labrador1
- Prince Edward Island1
See also: provincial and territorial policies · municipal registry · registry overview
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Cindy Wagman Consulting (Nonprofit Fractionals Network)
Nonprofit consulting and professional network · National
A nonprofit consulting and professional network providing programs, supports, resources, or community services across Canada.
The policy governs contractors, partners and approved third parties using AI in client and internal work, requiring documented consent, data minimization, approved tools, human review, disclosure, audits and incident reporting.
Sault Ste. Marie Public Library
Public library · Ontario
A library organization providing library collections, learning resources, digital services, and community programming in Ontario.
Sault Ste. Marie Public Library personnel must review and attribute AI output, label substantial AI content, protect sensitive data, minimize or anonymize inputs, assess bias and accuracy, and train users.
Scopien Inc.
Technology company · Ontario
A technology company providing technology, digital products, or related services in Ontario.
Scopien requires human control of AI, bias testing, data minimization and consent, ethics-committee approval and risk assessment, disclosure, and continuous monitoring and audits.
University of Toronto
University · Ontario
A post-secondary institution providing education, training, research, and student services in Ontario.
Administrative staff must verify and disclose AI-assisted work, protect and minimize university data, avoid sole-source employment decisions, monitor bias, document consequential uses, assess vendors and retain human accountability.
University of Waterloo
University · Ontario
A post-secondary institution providing education, training, research, and student services in Ontario.
University AI use must match tool approval to data classification, keep highly restricted data out of AI, complete privacy, security and procurement assessment for new systems, minimize inputs.
YMCA BC
Recreation, health, child care, and community-services charity · British Columbia
A British Columbia community charity offering fitness centres, pools, aquatics, child care, camps, youth and family programs, health supports, and community services.
YMCA BC staff must use approved AI within data-classification rules, keep restricted and personal information out of unapproved tools, complete privacy and vendor review, minimize data.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the organizations registry?
- It is a source-linked list of Canadian organizations — schools, libraries, non-profits, health and professional bodies, media outlets, agencies — that have published an AI policy or operational guidance. Every record links to the public source document, which is always the authority. Municipal records live in the separate registry at /municipalities.
- Where do the descriptions come from?
- Each description is written from the public source document and reviewed by a human before it appears here. Descriptions summarise what a document covers and which controls it names. They are never a score, a grade, or an opinion about whether the policy is good. Our approach is documented on /methodology.
- Why do some organizations have no description?
- A small number of records are still being adjudicated — usually because the source was hard to access, the document is an AI strategy rather than a use policy, or the scope was unclear. The organization stays listed with its source link, and the description appears once review is finished.
- What is the difference between a formal policy and operational guidance?
- A formal policy is an approved governing document. Operational guidance is practical direction staff actually follow — newsroom standards, classroom rules, a staff handbook section. Both count as published governance; neither is automatically stronger than the other.
- My organization is not listed. What should I do?
- Submit your policy through the form below. A missing record does not prove an organization lacks governance — it usually means we have not found a public source document yet.
- We do not have an AI policy yet. Where do we start?
- Read a few comparable records here to see what peers actually committed to, then use the Policy Builder in the Policy Studio at /studio to draft your own, and /policy-review to check an existing draft against the same control library.
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