Canada — AI Gap Index — Fix the AI GAP

2/28

AI Gap Index

0/10

Schools

1/8

Workforce

1/6

Governance

0/4

Access

Schools 0/10

D1 AI literacy curriculum exists in schools 0 National AI Literacy Strategy under development; consultation concluded October 2025, outcome not yet published; no binding curriculum mandate ^{[1], [4]}

D2 Curriculum is binding law or mandate 0

D3 Ethics component included in curriculum 0

D4 Teacher training mandated and funded before rollout 0

D5 Dedicated funding attached to the requirement 0

Workforce 1/8

D6 Employers legally required to train all employees 1 Federal $50M Sectoral Workforce Solutions for AI reskilling allocated; employer-led, voluntary, limited scope ^{[1], [2], [3], [4]}

D7 Training must cover ethics and critical evaluation 0

D8 Pre-redundancy training obligation exists 0

D9 Workers have rights when AI used in employment decisions 0

Civil Service & Governance 1/6

D10 Civil servants working with AI must receive training 1 Treasury Board Secretariat's Directive on Automated Decision-Making gives the federal government an explicit AI governance mandate for public-sector AI use; advisory for private sector ^{[1], [4]}

D11 Minimum training standard is defined 0

D12 Enforcement mechanism exists with named authority 0

Public Access 0/4

D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 0 No national public AI literacy programme; strategy framework pending ^{[1], [4]}

D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0

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Coloured regions are scored. Grey = no data yet. Click a region to open its profile.

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Regions & states

Subregions inherit supranational obligations from their parent country but may have additional local policy. Scores reflect local policy only.

Region

Schools /10

Workforce /8

Governance /6

Access /4

Total

Index history

March 23, 2026 2/28 Workforce update: dim6=1 (federal $50M sectoral retraining allocated, employer-led, voluntary, limited scope); schools and public access still at 0

March 17, 2026 1/28 Governance rescore: dim10=1 (Treasury Board Directive on Automated Decision-Making)

March 17, 2026 0/28 Initial scoring from research archive. Canada ranks 44th of 47 countries surveyed on AI literacy.