Canada Bill C-36: Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act
Canada’s proposed new privacy law, which would require disclosure of automated decision systems with significant effects. Canada has no federal AI act after AIDA lapsed in January 2025.
Canada’s Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) died when Parliament was prorogued in January 2025, and no replacement AI act has been introduced. Bill C-36, introduced on 15 June 2026, is a privacy bill that defines automated decision systems and would require organisations to disclose their use where decisions have legal or similarly significant effects.
The bill is awaiting second reading. The bill proposes administrative penalties of up to C$10 million or 3% of global revenue, whichever is higher, with larger fines for the most serious offences.