About

AI Canada Pulse

An independent dashboard tracking artificial intelligence developments across Canada — policy, research, industry, and public interest signals, refreshed daily.

Independent project. This site is not an official Government of Canada website and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Government of Canada or any federal department. It is a personal project built to improve public access to information that is already openly licensed and publicly available.

Project Overview

AI Canada Pulse is an independent, open-source intelligence monitor aggregating signals about AI developments in Canada from 17+ public data sources. It is not affiliated with the Government of Canada, any federal department, or any academic or industry body.

The project was built to make the Canadian AI landscape easier to monitor at a glance — surfacing news, parliamentary activity, research output, job market signals, and economic indicators in a single daily-refreshed dashboard.

Source code is available on GitHub.

Operator

This project is operated by Scott Hazlitt, a private individual based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a personal project exploring AI-assisted software development and public-interest data journalism.

Scott works at the intersection of public policy, data, and technology. More at scotthazlitt.ai and LinkedIn.

Data Sources & Methodology

The dashboard aggregates from the following public sources, refreshed daily via an automated cron job:

News & Media

Google News RSS — national and province-targeted queries for Canadian AI coverage
BetaKit — Canadian technology and startup news
CBC Technology — public broadcaster technology coverage

Government & Policy

OpenParliament.ca — parliamentary debate records referencing AI
Government of Canada open data — job postings, immigration, and procurement data

Research

arXiv — academic preprints from Canadian institutions (cs.AI, cs.LG, stat.ML)
GitHub — Canadian AI open-source repository activity
Hugging Face — Canadian model and dataset releases

Market & Economic

Yahoo Finance — delayed stock data for Canadian AI-adjacent public companies
Job Bank Canada — AI-related job posting statistics
Statistics Canada — population data (Table 17-10-0009-01, Q4 2025)
Google Trends — provincial search interest in AI-related terms

AI Enrichment

Story summaries, executive briefs, daily digests, and deep-dive posts are generated using OpenAI gpt-4o-mini. All AI-generated content is clearly labelled throughout the site. See the Methodology page for full pipeline details.

Key Disclaimers

This is an independent personal project and does not represent any government, academic institution, or commercial entity.
AI-generated summaries and analyses may contain errors, hallucinations, or misrepresentations. Always verify critical information with the linked primary sources.
Market and stock data is delayed and should not be used for trading or investment decisions.
Story classification (category, sentiment, region) is automated and imperfect. Misclassifications will occur.
Data freshness depends on upstream source availability. Feeds may occasionally fail or return stale results.

Corrections & Contact

If you spot an error in AI-generated content, a misclassification, or a technical issue, contact scott@scotthazlitt.ai. I aim to respond within 30 days.

For concerns about how news content is displayed, please also contact the same address. Note that parliamentary and government data corrections must be directed to the originating source (OpenParliament.ca or the Government of Canada).

Accessibility & Open Source

AI Canada Pulse targets WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, with semantic HTML, keyboard navigation, and sufficient colour contrast. If you encounter accessibility barriers, please contact scott@scotthazlitt.ai.

The source code is open. Built with Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Vercel.

Last updated: April 5, 2026