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Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), Canada
Prepared by Shubhank Suman · Last reviewed
HISTORICAL / PROPOSED / NOT ENACTED
- Legal character
- Proposed legislation
- Region
- North America
What it covers
AIDA was Part 3 of Bill C-27, a proposed federal package comprising the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act, and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act. It proposed regulation of certain private-sector AI systems in interprovincial and international trade, focusing on high-impact systems, risk assessment, mitigation, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting. Committee consideration was not completed before the 44th Parliament ended on 6 January 2025.
Why it matters
It remains important legislative history for comparative research, but it never became operative Canadian law and must not be presented as a current compliance requirement.
Refer to it when
Use it for historical research on Canada's proposed high-impact-AI regime, Bill C-27, combined privacy and AI reform, risk mitigation, monitoring, audits and proposed enforcement.
AI, privacy and cybersecurity relevance
- AI: Very High
- Privacy: High
- Cyber: High
AI
VERY HIGH RELEVANCE HISTORICALLY
The proposed architecture covered high-impact classification, harm and bias mitigation, monitoring, records, public descriptions, material-harm notification, audits, compliance and offences.
Privacy
HIGH RELEVANCE
AIDA formed part of the same package as the proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act, which addressed accountability, privacy programmes, purpose limitation, consent, safeguards, individual rights, mobility and enforcement.
Cybersecurity
HIGH / INDIRECT RELEVANCE
AIDA was not a cybersecurity statute, but its risk, integrity, monitoring and incident architecture intersected with AI security.
Applicability
NO CURRENT STATUTORY APPLICABILITY. AIDA was proposed but not enacted.
Current validity
HISTORICAL: PROPOSED BILL, NOT ENACTED. AIDA is not operative Canadian law.
Read first
Part 3 → Sections 1–5 → Section 7 → Section 8 → Section 9 → Sections 10–12 → Sections 13–19 → Sections 29–40.
Provisions / sections covered
Sections 1–5: Definitions, application and purposes
Proposed the statutory terminology, application and overall purpose.
Sections 6–12: Data and high-impact AI duties
Addressed anonymized data, assessment of high-impact systems, risk measures, monitoring, records, public descriptions and material-harm notification.
Sections 13–19: Ministerial powers and audit
Would have enabled records requests, audits, implementation measures, cessation orders, publication and compliance processes.
Sections 29–40: Penalties, offences and Commissioner
Proposed administrative penalties, offences, ministerial powers, an AI and Data Commissioner and offences involving illegally obtained personal information or serious harm.
Subject-matter tags
- Enforcement and penalties
- Anonymisation
- Surveillance
- High-risk AI
- Transparency
- Human oversight
- Risk management
- AI cybersecurity
- Accountability
Subject-matter tags describe what the indexed text discusses. They are not legal conclusions.
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- Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022: Bill C-27: CanadaBill · HistoricalSame jurisdiction; assess applicability separately.
- Operationalizing the Gen-AI Voluntary Code of Conduct for Canadian Critical Infrastructure EntitiesGuidance · Voluntary / non-bindingSame jurisdiction; assess applicability separately.
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act: PIPEDA: CanadaLaw · CurrentSame jurisdiction; assess applicability separately.
- Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems, CanadaCode of Conduct · Voluntary / non-bindingSame jurisdiction; assess applicability separately.
- Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), S.C. 2010, c. 23Law · Current (phased commencement)Same jurisdiction; assess applicability separately.
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