AI policy reports for every Canadian province & territory

Across Canada, 9 of 13 provincial and territorial governments have published an internal AI-use policy directing how their own public service may use generative and other AI tools. This is the corporate employee-facing rulebook — distinct from any legislation those governments may pass to regulate AI in the broader economy.

Published. Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon each have a directive, guideline or acceptable-use document on file for their own staff. A Got AI Policy reviewer has independently opened and confirmed 9 of these source documents.

Shape of the policies. 6 directive / guideline (Alberta, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon); 3 ai use policy (British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island). Most are short, plain-language acceptable-use rules for generative AI rather than full algorithmic-impact frameworks.

In progress. New Brunswick, Nunavut have signalled a policy is being drafted or piloted but is not yet published in final form.

No policy found. Manitoba, Nova Scotia have no public-facing internal AI-use policy on the record at last review. Staff use of AI tools in these jurisdictions is governed only by general IT, privacy and acceptable-use policies.

What this means for municipalities. Provincial leadership matters: where the province itself has published a clear corporate AI directive, municipal IT and clerk staff have a defensible template to cite when drafting their own local policy. Conversely, in jurisdictions with no provincial reference document, every municipality is starting from a blank page.