Canada
OECDCOUNCIL OF EUROPE
11%
3/28
AI Gap Index
0/10
Schools
1/8
Workforce
1/6
Governance
1/4
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 1/4
D13 Free or publicly funded AI literacy resources available 1 Amii's AI Literacy for Everyone platform (launched October 2025, expanded 2026) provides free foundational AI courses to all Canadians, backed by $9M in federal Government of Canada funding; over 250,000 learners trained. [1], [4]
D14 Digital infrastructure support for schools and institutions 0
Subregion map
Coloured regions are scored. Grey = no data yet. Click a region to open its profile.
Sources
- 1. Policy canada ai literacy strategy consultation 2026-03-17
- 2. Policy canada ai labour protections gap 2026-03-23
- 3. Policy canada federal ai workforce retraining 50m 2026-03-23
- 4. Sentiment canada policyoptions workforce ai divide 2026-03-23
- 5. Education canada amii ai literacy for everyone 2026-05-05
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
Nova Scotia
0
0
2
0
2 7%
British Columbia
0
0
1
0
1 4%
New Brunswick
1
0
0
0
1 4%
Northwest Territories
0
0
0
1
1 4%
Nunavut
0
0
0
1
1 4%
Ontario
0
1
0
0
1 4%
Quebec
0
1
0
0
1 4%
Saskatchewan
0
0
1
0
1 4%
Alberta
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Manitoba
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Newfoundland and Labrador
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Prince Edward Island
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Yukon
0
0
0
0
0 0%
Index history
May 5, 2026 3/28 Refresh: Amii AI Literacy for Everyone platform (federal $9M, Oct 2025) brings first evidence of publicly funded AI literacy resources for the general population (dim 13 = 1).
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.