Ontario's Responsible Use of AI Directive — Mandatory Use-Case Disclosure, With Gaps Flagged by the Regulators

Ontario's Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence Directive took effect on 1 December 2024 for ministries and provincial agencies. It requires AI risk management, disclosure of AI use cases and reporting on identified risks, built around six responsible-use principles, and it is backed by a published, periodically updated open dataset of Ontario Public Service AI use cases (English and French CSVs, last updated 9 June 2026).
The dataset records each use case's ministry, launch date, description, AI capabilities, whether it is autonomous, whether a human is in the loop, user base and data sources. It deliberately excludes sensitive cases, emergency deployments, systems still at planning stage and non-adaptive technologies, so it is a partial inventory rather than a complete register.
The Information and Privacy Commissioner and the Ontario Human Rights Commission published joint principles noting the Directive lacks mandatory impact assessments, clear accountability structures and detailed guidance on discriminatory impact. Statutory backing came separately through Bill 194 (Enhancing Digital Security and Trust Act, 2024), which the OHRC criticised for omitting human-rights protections and a clear channel for human review. No outcome evaluation of the Directive has been published, so evidence of impact is limited to disclosure outputs.

Read the full analysis: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontarios-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence-ai-framework