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Canada Directive on Automated Decision-Making (federal institutions)

Complete, approve and publish an algorithmic impact assessment before production; apply the Appendix C requirements for the impact level (notice, explanation, peer review, human intervention); offer recourse and report on effectiveness

By Reviewed

From clause to evidenceThe chain from Canada DADM Directive on Automated Decision-Making to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseCanada DADMDirective onAutomated…Duty holderCanadianfederal…Applies from2019-04-01In forceArtefactPublished AIArendered…LayersLayer 01Layer 02Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topic files this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from Canada DADM Directive on Automated Decision-Making to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseCanada DADM · Directive on Automated…Duty holderCanadian federal institutionsApplies from2019-04-01 · In forceArtefactPublished AIA rendered…LayersLayer 01Layer 02Layer 05Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic elsewhere: no crosswalk topicfiles this clause yetAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-CAN-DADM. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: Canada DADM, Directive on Automated Decision-Making.
  • Duty holder: Canadian federal institutions.
  • Applies from: 2019-04-01, In force.
  • Artefact: Published AIA rendered….
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 02, Layer 05.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • No crosswalk topic files this clause yet.
Id
AIGE-OBL-CAN-DADM
Instrument
Canada Directive on Automated Decision-Making law
Clause
Directive on Automated Decision-Making
In scope
Canadian federal institutions
Authority
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Applies from
In force · In effect since 2019-04-01; modified 2025-06-24; earlier systems complied by 2026-06-24
Later dates
  • Current version of the directive
  • Systems procured before 2025-06-24 meet the updated requirements

The artefact that evidences it

Published AIA rendered from a shared impact fact base; notice and explanation templates; peer-review record; recourse path; re-assessment triggers as code.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

Source

Chapter 08, section Other jurisdictions, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). Canada Directive on Automated Decision-Making (federal institutions) (AIGE-OBL-CAN-DADM). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-can-dadm. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{Canada Directive on Automated Decision-Making (federal institutions) (AIGE-OBL-CAN-DADM)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-can-dadm},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}