We read the published AI rules at every major Canadian court and tribunal and mapped what they tell litigants. The AI policy tracker now covers 249 bodies, and two in three have published no rule at all.

What we set out to map

Litigants across Canada are turning to AI to prepare their cases. We wanted to know what the courts and tribunals have said in return, so we went and read the rules.

The AI policy tracker records what each studied body has told parties about AI use, across all fourteen Canadian jurisdictions. It covers 249 courts and tribunals. Every body is classified against its own published instrument, and each classification links back to that source. The counts below are current to July 13, 2026, and the tracker refreshes daily.

What we found

Of the 249 bodies, 82 have adopted a dedicated AI rule or guidance for parties. That is one in three. The other 167 carry nothing on the question that we could locate.

Within the 82, just 19 bodies make a party disclose that AI was used, and only 6 restrict a specific AI input or output. None shuts AI out completely. Those two obligations overlap, so their counts cannot be added together or onto the 82. For example, the Canada Industrial Relations Board lands in all three figures at once: it has a rule, it requires disclosure, and it prohibits parties from using generative AI to manufacture evidence.

Even the disclosure rules differ in weight and length. At the Federal Court, the declaration belongs at the top of any AI-assisted filing. Saskatchewan’s Labour Relations Board requires (at least) one sentence. The six restrictions focus on specific usages of AI: British Columbia’s Health Professions Review Board prohibits uploading any part of the record into AI, and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal blocks counsel from feeding third-party confidential information into one.

Which courts and tribunals require AI disclosure?

Nineteen bodies require a party to declare that AI was used. They are, by jurisdiction, as of July 13, 2026:

• Federal (4): Federal Court¹; Trademarks Opposition Board²; Canada Industrial Relations Board³; Social Security Tribunal of Canada⁴
• Alberta (1): Alberta Utilities Commission⁵
• British Columbia (3): Employment Standards Tribunal⁶; Health Professions Review Board⁷; Property Assessment Appeal Board⁸
• Manitoba (2): Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba⁹; Manitoba Labour Board¹⁰
• Nova Scotia (2): Nova Scotia Provincial Court¹¹; Nova Scotia Bankruptcy Court¹²
• Ontario (2): Ontario Land Tribunal¹³; Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario¹⁴
• Quebec (2): Tribunal administratif du travail¹⁵; Tribunal administratif des marchés financiers¹⁶
• Saskatchewan (1): Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board¹⁷
• Northwest Territories (1): Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories¹⁸
• Yukon (1): Supreme Court of Yukon¹⁹

Which courts and tribunals ban a use of AI?

No Canadian court or tribunal bans AI outright. Six ban a specific AI input or output and leave the rest of a party’s AI use alone. Here is what each one prohibits, as of July 13, 2026:

• Canada Industrial Relations Board (Federal).³ No generative AI may be used to create content that reports or reflects evidence, such as witness statements, affidavits, or other material filed as evidence. That content must rest on a person’s own knowledge.
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Federal).²⁰ Counsel who have been granted access to third-party confidential information may not enter that information into any AI tool.
• Civil Resolution Tribunal (British Columbia).²¹ No false or fabricated evidence, including evidence an AI tool created or altered, and no nonexistent cases or legislation of the kind AI tools invent.
• Employment Standards Tribunal (British Columbia).⁶ AI may not be used to generate false, altered, or misleading evidence, to simulate witness testimony, to fabricate or alter records made to look as though they came from someone else, or to misrepresent legal authorities. Automated AI note-takers, transcription, or attendance bots also need prior approval before use in a proceeding.
• Health Professions Review Board (British Columbia).⁷ No part of the record may be placed into an AI tool such as ChatGPT.
• Manitoba Labour Board (Manitoba).¹⁰ AI may not be used to create witness statements, affidavits, or other documents a party intends to rely on as evidence, which must come from the party’s own knowledge and experience.

Four bodies sit on both lists: the Canada Industrial Relations Board, British Columbia’s Employment Standards Tribunal and Health Professions Review Board, and the Manitoba Labour Board. Each both requires disclosure and bars a specific AI use, which is why the two counts overlap. These lists are current to July 13, 2026. Because the rules change, the tracker holds the live version.