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Canada regulates crypto through existing law rather than one crypto act: securities regulators for trading platforms and crypto contracts, FINTRAC for anti-money-laundering, the Bank of Canada and OSFI for payments and prudential rules, Parliament for stablecoins, and privacy law for the AI that now sits inside all of it. This page is the compliance officer's map: the law tracker for status and dates, and the reporting that explains what each change means.
Every tracker entry carries its primary source and a last-verified date. Entries older than 90 days are flagged for re-checking, and corrections are published openly.
There is still no general AI statute in Canada. What applies instead is a patchwork with dates attached: CSA Staff Notice 11-348 for registrants, OSFI's Guideline E-23 from May 1, 2027, privacy law today and Bill C-36 tomorrow, and a national strategy that promises certification and a transparency regime. Here is the map, with every rule linked.
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Millions of payments a day are now made by software rather than people: an AI agent hits an API, gets an HTTP 402, pays a fraction of a cent in a stablecoin and retries. This guide explains the three systems doing most of it in September 2026, what the numbers really show, and which Canadian rules a builder trips over.
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After seven years of research and a 2023 public consultation, the Bank of Canada said in September 2024 that there is no compelling case for a retail…
Verified Sep 4, 2026Canada allowed publicly traded crypto funds before the United States: an OSC panel overruled staff in October 2019 to let 3iQ's The Bitcoin Fund list, and…
Verified Sep 4, 2026CARF requires Canadian crypto exchanges, brokers, dealers and crypto ATM operators to collect tax-residency details from every customer and report annual…
Verified Sep 4, 2026The CSA (the umbrella group of provincial and territorial securities regulators) treats the contracts a platform gives you when it holds your crypto as…
Verified Sep 4, 2026The CSA's view is that stablecoins, which it calls value-referenced crypto assets (VRCAs), may be securities or derivatives. Registered platforms may only…
Verified Sep 4, 2026The Spring Economic Update 2026 proposes to ban crypto ATMs outright, citing government-cited studies that 85 to 98 per cent of their transactions are tied…
Verified Sep 4, 2026A video watched 2.4 million times says an AI will empty your bank account and move you onto digital dollars. The startling part is how much of it is documented: an AI really did break out of a lab and hack a company, and the Bank for International Settlements says the window to respond to an attack is now measured in hours. We graded all thirteen claims, and found the one link where the chain breaks.
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In March, without much notice, Parliament gave the Bank of Canada power over anyone issuing a dollar-backed stablecoin to Canadians. The rules are stricter than most people expect, one of them costs you money every year you hold one, and none of it is the digital loonie people keep worrying about. Here is the whole thing in plain language, with the dates.
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In the space of eight days the federal government launched a $13 million national AI literacy program, hosts 100 global investors in Toronto with a pitchbook full of AI data centres, and sends its ministers to Canada's largest AI conference. What was actually announced, what it costs you (nothing), and what to watch.
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The three biggest miners that grew up on Canadian hydro and gas now report gigawatt AI leases, GPU clouds and bitcoin as the legacy business. Their own filings show how much hash rate, revenue and power is leaving mining, and how Quebec, B.C. and Alberta's electricity rules pushed them.
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Kyle Kemper believes a “global corporatocracy” has taken advantage of the COVID crisis to diminish democracy and tighten control over people’s lives. He is not alone in holding such views. But he is…
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By: Amanda Rosenstock and Aaron Grinhaus Thinking about buying or selling digital, or “cryptographic” assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies? Does your business already deal with…
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has ruled to allow crypto fund manager 3iQ to issue a prospectus for its prospective exchange-traded Bitcoin fund, signalling that Canada’s top securities…
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An internal Bank of Canada presentation says benefits of digital currency include the sharing of personal information with police or tax authorities The Bank of Canada is considering launching a…
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With the increased use of sanctions as a foreign policy tool by western states, individuals and entities transacting with virtual and digital currency,1 but especially virtual and digital currency…
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On April 24, 2019, the Ontario Securities Commission held a hearing at the offices of the Commission, located at 20 Queen Street West, 17th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, to consider scheduling issues for…
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As part of our weekly international roundup, Coinsquare News covered the week’s significant cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. In this edition, we look at the SEC’s recent letter vowing not to…
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Security Tokens? Tokenization of Securities? Distributed Ledger Technology? Oscar Jofre and Darren Marble Will Discuss It All [New York, NY – March 27, 2019] – After the success of the first…
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