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.
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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 & communications29
- Nonprofits & associations21
- Health & professional regulation20
- 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
- National67
- British Columbia61
- Alberta54
- 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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19 of 387 organizations
Bird Comm
Health communications agency serving health organizations of all types · National
A health communications agency serving health organizations across Canada — authorities, clinics, associations and national bodies — with editorial, video, animation, communications strategy and campaigns. Based in BC.
Bird Comm's AI policy governs covered staff and contractors through approved uses, confidentiality and consent protections, human review, disclosure, accuracy checks and accountability for client work.
Cable Public Affairs Channel
Not-for-profit public-service media and civic education · National
A not-for-profit public-service media and civic education providing news, information, storytelling, or community media across Canada.
CPAC's programming rules limit AI in editorial production, preserve human editorial control, require accuracy and verification, protect confidential source material and disclose synthetic content where relevant.
Canadian Dental Hygienists Association
National professional health association · National
A national professional health association supporting members, professional development, standards, or sector coordination across Canada.
The journal's AI policy requires author disclosure and accountability, bars AI authorship, prohibits reviewers from uploading manuscripts, protects confidentiality and requires human editorial verification and decisions.
Canadian Engineering Education Association
Professional and scholarly association · National
A professional and scholarly association supporting members, professional development, standards, or sector coordination across Canada.
The proceedings' generative AI policy requires disclosure and citation of allowed uses, bars AI authorship, protects peer-review confidentiality, assigns authors responsibility and retains human editorial control.
Canadian Medical Association
National medical association and health journalism · National
A national medical association and health journalism providing patient care, clinical services, and health programs across Canada.
CMAJ's generative AI rules require authors to disclose substantive use and remain accountable, bar AI authorship, prohibit peer reviewers from uploading manuscripts and preserve human editorial judgment.
Dylanna Fisher Communications (Switching Styles)
Independent music, arts, and culture publication · Alberta
An independent music, arts, and culture publication providing communications, creative, public-relations, or marketing services in Alberta.
Switching Styles' AI policy keeps published work under human editorial control, requires disclosure and fact-checking, protects privacy and copyright, and rejects fully AI-generated content.
Public Policy Forum
Public-policy nonprofit and charity · National
A public-policy nonprofit and charity providing programs, supports, resources, or community services across Canada.
Public Policy Forum protects confidential partner and member data in AI use, retains editorial control and human review, discloses substantial assistance, preserves original research, and reviews practice continually.
Québec Science
Science and public-interest magazine · National
A science and public-interest magazine operating across Canada.
Québec Science staff and freelancers may not use AI as a source or substitute for reporting and writing, must label permitted AI content, protect confidential sources, and retain editorial supervision.
The Line
Independent Canadian politics and public-policy media · National
An independent Canadian politics and public-policy media providing news, information, storytelling, or community media across Canada.
Editorial staff may use AI for proofreading, transcripts, show notes and limited image editing, but not fact-checking or human-written articles; synthetic images are restricted and any humorous exception must be obvious.
0914126 B.C. Ltd. (Energeticcity.ca)
Local journalism and community media · British Columbia
A local journalism and community media providing news, information, storytelling, or community media in British Columbia.
The newsroom AI policy bars machine-written stories, synthetic voices and major image alteration, permits limited support uses, and requires human verification, editorial accountability and disclosure.
Canadian Journal for the Academic Mind
Student-led open-access academic journal · Ontario
A student-led open-access academic journal supporting publishing, research, or academic information in Ontario.
The journal policy bars generative AI from submissions and from every editorial and peer-review stage, protects manuscript confidentiality, preserves human scholarly judgment and holds authors responsible for original work.
Doctors Nova Scotia
Provincial medical association · Nova Scotia
A provincial medical association providing patient care, clinical services, and health programs in Nova Scotia.
Doctors Nova Scotia's editorial AI rules reject AI-generated bylined submissions, require prior editor discussion for AI research, mandate fact and citation checks, and bar AI rewriting or condensing submitted work.
Halifax Examiner
Independent local news publication · Nova Scotia
An independent local news publication providing news, information, storytelling, or community media in Nova Scotia.
The Halifax Examiner's AI policy identifies approved tools, requires prior editorial approval and public disclosure, assigns journalists responsibility for verification, and prohibits unapproved or unsupervised uses.
Canadian Journal of Emergency and Response Studies
Open-access emergency-management journal · Ontario
An open-access emergency-management journal supporting publishing, research, or academic information in Ontario.
Description under review — read the source document.
Discourse Community Publishing
Community journalism network · British Columbia
A community journalism network providing news, information, storytelling, or community media in British Columbia.
The Discourse AI policy bars generative AI writing without leadership permission, requires an editor's note when AI is integral, mandates human verification, and prohibits sensitive source, audience or staff data.
International Journal on Homelessness
Open-access homelessness research and practice journal · National
An open-access homelessness research and practice journal supporting publishing, research, or academic information across Canada.
The journal's AI rules allow limited author editing only with declaration, reject AI-led content, prohibit reviewers from using AI including grammar tools, and permit rejection for AI errors or inappropriate tone.
iPolitics Limited
Canadian political journalism and public-policy information · National
A canadian political journalism and public-policy information providing news, information, storytelling, or community media across Canada.
iPolitics' newsroom AI standards allow research, transcription, translation, data and administrative support, prohibit fabricated quotes or reporting, and require human verification, accountability and disclosure.
The Watch Magazine
Student and community magazine · Nova Scotia
A student and community magazine operating in Nova Scotia.
Editors and contributors may not submit or publish AI-generated writing, photos or other media without an approved exception and prominent disclosure; editors screen submissions and may refuse synthetic content.
Tyee Independent Media Society
Nonprofit journalism · British Columbia
A nonprofit journalism providing news, information, storytelling, or community media in British Columbia.
The newsroom does not publish AI-written journalism or synthetic news images, relies on human judgment and verification, remains accountable for accuracy and sourcing, rejects AI as a factual authority.
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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