Issued2025-01-30

Pan-Canadian AI for Health (AI4H) Guiding Principles

GuidanceInternational

Summary

Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Health Ministers endorsed shared guiding principles supporting responsible and ethical adoption of AI across Canada’s health systems.

Healthcare Implications

Provides a national governance baseline for safe, equitable, privacy-protective, and transparent use of AI in health and will shape downstream regulation, procurement, and data practices across Canadian health systems.

Impact Level

Medium

Keywords

Safety & Risk; Privacy & Data; Transparency & Governance; Equity & Bias

Stakeholders

Regulators & Government; Providers & Health Systems; Patients & Public; Developers & Vendors