Canada: Technology

Canada’s accelerated defence spending, procurement reform and emphasis on sovereign industrial capacity are reshaping the domestic M&A market. For buyers, investors and portfolio companies, the opportunity is significant, particularly in dual-use technology, aerospace, cybersecurity, digital infrastructure and supply chain assets.

Welcome to the Spring 2026 issue of Blakes Data Governor, published by the Blakes Privacy & Data Protection group. Blakes Data Governor provides actionable insights and practical overviews of recent developments impacting privacy, cybersecurity, access to information and artificial intelligence (AI) governance law in Canada.

Le printemps 2026 apporte des développements majeurs en matière de protection de la vie privée au Canada, notamment l'établissement de cadres de mobilité des données, de nouvelles directives sur le contrôle de l'âge en ligne, et des réformes importantes des régimes d'accès à l'information.

Ce bulletin présente une rétrospective des principaux développements réglementaires en matière d’assurance et de distribution au Québec des six derniers mois. Comme vous pourrez le constater, l’Autorité des marchés financiers (l’« Autorité ») et le gouvernement du Québec ont été actifs au cours de cette période.

Federal and provincial privacy regulators have concluded a multi-year investigation into OpenAI's data practices, finding contraventions of Canadian privacy legislation in how personal information was collected and used...

On June 4, 2026, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada published Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All (Strategy).

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has significantly expanded its cryptocurrency tax enforcement efforts in recent years.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) continues to deliver strong opportunities for Canadian crypto investors through yield farming, lending, liquidity provision, and staking.

The rapid evolution of digital asset taxation has led to significantly different reporting frameworks in Canada and the United States.