Canada's National AI Strategy
AI for All
Trust Opportunity Sovereignty
0K+
AI professionals
employed
$0B
Venture capital
raised
#0
Globally in AI VC
investment
0%
Clean electricity
grid
0%
SME AI adoption today
↑ target: 60% by 2034
🏥Health & Life Sciences
⚡Energy & Resources
🚛Transportation
🌾Agriculture
🏭Manufacturing & Robotics
Six Strategic Pillars
01
Protecting Canadians & Democracy
  • $50M Canadian AI Safety Institute
  • AI watermarking & transparency
  • Canada Trusted AI Certification
  • Elections protection from AI misinformation
02
Empowering Canadians
  • National AI Literacy Initiative
  • 1M post-secondary students reached
  • 3,000+ K–12 educators trained
  • $50M Creative Technology Program
  • Indigenous-led AI · French language protection
03
Powering AI Adoption
  • $200M AI Missions — healthcare first
  • SME adoption 12% → 60% by 2034
  • $500M LIFT SME financing
  • $500M Regional AI Initiative
04
Sovereign AI Foundation
  • World-leading public supercomputer
  • 850 MW compute by 2030 → 2.3 GW
  • $100M Health Sector Data Space
  • CIFAR AI Chairs 130 → 200
05
Scaling Canadian Champions
  • $500M Canadian Tech Growth Fund
  • $700M sovereign compute access
  • $159M IP protection & commercialization
  • Government as anchor customer
06
Global Partnerships
  • Sovereign Tech Alliance with Germany
  • 11 AI cooperation agreements signed
  • ~$100B in foreign investment commitments
  • Europe · Indo-Pacific · Middle East
Key Investments
Compute Access Fund
$700M
Regional AI Initiative
$500M
LIFT SME Financing
$500M
AI Missions Program
$200M
IP & Commercialization
$159M
Commercialization Programs
$130M
Health Data Space
$100M
AI Safety Institute
$50M
Creative Tech Program
$50M
CanCode Digital Skills
$30M
Total identified
$2.39B+
Adoption Gap to Close
Canada now
12%
60%
Target 2034
60%
Nordic countries already at 29–42%
Targets by 2034
60%
60%
SME AI adoption
from 12% today
+3%
+3%
GDP growth from AI
90K
AI jobs for
young Canadians
$200B
GDP potential
unlocked
250K
New jobs via
AI adoption
2.3 GW
Sovereign compute
capacity
Real-World Impact
Healthcare
CHARTWatch AI: 26% fewer unexpected hospital deaths
Agriculture
Croptimistic: up to 50% crop yield increase via AI soil mapping
Remote Sensing
EarthDaily: satellite AI detecting invasive species across millions of acres
44th
AI Workforce Training
Out of 47 countries surveyed
34%
Public Confidence
View AI as beneficial (36% harmful)
<25%
AI Literacy Rate
Canadians with any AI training
Business AI Adoption — Country Comparison
🇸🇪 Sweden
42%
🇩🇰 Denmark
40%
🇫🇮 Finland
38%
🇳🇴 Norway
29%
🇪🇺 EU Average
28%
🇨🇦 Canada
12%
Independent summary · Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of Canada
Source: ISED Canada @tokifyi