Impact assessment templates
Assessment outcome
total 6/6 (actionability 2 + authority 2 + currency 2)
Eligibility gates
HTTP 200, 3725 words of full text extracted
The directive focuses entirely on governing automated decision systems and artificial intelligence in government.
Establishes binding governance requirements, risk levels, and oversight for automated decision systems.
Issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Current version in force with no text indicating withdrawal or repeal.
Scored criteria
Actionability
2/2Level 2: Names a specific obligation and binding step that departments must follow regarding algorithmic impact assessments.
Completing, approving and publishing the final results of an algorithmic impact assessment in an accessible format on the Open Government Portal prior to the production of any automated decision system.
Authority
2/2Level 2: Official government directive issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
This directive is issued pursuant to the same authority indicated in section 2 of the Policy on Service and Digital.
Currency
2/2computed: newest date 2025-06-24 (via meta), ~1.1y old; within the 36-month standards_frameworks window for perspective 'Regulatory/legal' → 2