Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems

Record CA-03

Issued by: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Jurisdiction: Canada
Level · region: National · North America
Published / adopted: 2023-09
Last updated: 2026-06-04
Language: English, French

Summary

Voluntary commitments for organisations developing or managing advanced generative AI systems, organised around six outcomes: accountability, safety, fairness and equity, transparency, human oversight and monitoring, and validity and robustness (including risk assessment, adversarial testing and AI-content detection measures).

Safety topics

general-purpose / frontier AIevaluation & testingtransparency & labellinghuman oversightaccountability & liability

Status notes

Published by ISED in September 2023. The code sets measures for all organisations that develop or manage the operations of generative AI systems with general-purpose capabilities, and further measures for such systems made widely available for public use; signatories also commit to support a responsible AI ecosystem in Canada. It states that it does not change existing legal obligations, for example under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. The code's page lists 46 signatories as of its last modification on 4 June 2026, with a list of frequently asked questions and an implementation guide for managers of AI systems.

Sources

Open the official source https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/voluntary-code-conduct-responsible-development-and-management-advanced-generative-ai-systems

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-17 22:11:34 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/CA-03/2026-10-11/official.html

Retrieved 2026-10-11 13:59:34 UTC

SHA-256 2ca95ff09b1f3d3cc21072e1c95bd87fd37538ac83ef3e06592837023caa0b83

Verification

The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched

Recheck of 17 Oct 2026: re-read ISED's page for the code (stored 11 Oct 2026; the archiver found it unchanged on 17 Oct 2026). It confirms the title, the date 'September 2023' (no day), the six outcomes, the table of measures for developers and managers, 46 signatories and 'Date modified: 2026-06-04'. The earlier note that the code was announced as an interim measure pending AIDA is not on the stored page and was removed from the notes.

Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 6 field(s) supported.

History

2026-10-18notes: Announced in Sept 2023 as an interim measure pending AIDA (which lapsed in Jan 2 → Published by ISED in September 2023. The code sets measures for all organisation — rewritten from the stored page: the statement that the code was an interim measure pending AIDA (and AIDA's lapse) is not on the page; added the two tiers of measures, the ecosystem commitment, the PIPEDA clause and the resources the page lists; signatory count (46) re-counted and unchanged2026-10-17-recheck-north-america-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

AIDA Canada · Lapsed

Canada National AI Strategy (AI for All) Canada · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems. 2023-09. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/voluntary-code-conduct-responsible-development-and-management-advanced-generative-ai-systems. Status: Published (non-binding, current); verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/CA-03/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 13:59:34 UTC, SHA-256 2ca95ff09b1f3d3cc21072e1c95bd87fd37538ac83ef3e06592837023caa0b83. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record CA-03.

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