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title: "Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA)"
description: "The assessment Canada's Directive on Automated Decision-Making requires before a federal automated decision system goes into production."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/algorithmic-impact-assessment-aia
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
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# Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA)

The assessment Canada's Directive on Automated Decision-Making requires before a federal automated decision system goes into production. It sets an impact level from I to IV that scales the required safeguards, is published on the Open Government Portal and is updated when the system changes [1].

- Developed in: [ch. 21, Canada: after AIDA, the Directive on Automated Decision-Making](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/ai-laws-worldwide#canada-after-aida-the-directive-on-automated-decision-making); [ch. 14, Impact assessments compared](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development#impact-assessments-compared)
- Chapters: [ch. 14, Development](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development) · [ch. 21, AI Laws Worldwide](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/ai-laws-worldwide)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-algorithmic-impact-assessment-aia

## Sources

[1] Directive on Automated Decision-Making (algorithmic impact assessment completed and published before production; Appendix B and C impact levels; recourse; modified 2025-06-24). Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. 2025-06-24. https://www.tbs-sct.canada.ca/pol/doc-eng.aspx?id=32592 (verified: primary)