CAN-ASC-6.2:2025 — Canada's National Standard for Accessible and Equitable AI, Co-Written by Disabled Experts

Accessibility Standards Canada released CAN-ASC-6.2:2025 in December 2025 as a National Standard of Canada, approved by the Standards Council of Canada. Its technical committee was composed primarily of people with disabilities and members of equity-deserving groups, followed by a public review.
The standard is organised around four pillars: accessible AI systems, equitable AI systems, supporting organisational processes, and AI education and literacy. Law-firm analysis summarises its expectations as involving people with disabilities throughout development, validating performance with disaggregated metrics, keeping public registries of harms, and offering human alternatives to AI decisions. It is published free in both official languages and in accessible formats, including plain language, ASL and LSQ versions.
Caveats: the standard is voluntary and unenforceable by authorities; the announcement reports no adoption data and no outcome evaluation. Its influence will depend on procurement and conformity-assessment uptake. A review is scheduled by December 2029.

Read the full analysis: https://accessible.canada.ca/creating-accessibility-standards/asc-62-accessible-equitable-artificial-intelligence-systems