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Province Profile

Quebec

Home to Mila — one of the world's leading academic deep-learning research institutes, founded by Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio.

3
Key institutions
Central Canada

AI Institutes
Mila
Mila
Capital
Quebec City
Quebec population
9.0M
Jan 1, 2026 (Stats Canada Q4 2025)

Key Players

Mila·McGill University·Université de Montréal


What's happening in Quebec

Curated Canada stream

Signals worth scanning now

A narrower Canada feed focused on the items most relevant to acceleration, capacity building, and institutional impact.

Source methodology
Quebec
Data from Canadian News Feeds

Canadian AI Research

Data from arXiv.org

Parliamentary Records

Mentions of artificial intelligence in House of Commons debates, sourced from OpenParliament.ca. Tracks which MPs and parties are engaging with AI policy. Federal Parliament only — provincial and territorial legislatures are not included.

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Data from OpenParliament.ca

AI Legislation & Regulation

Quebec-specific AI policies and provincial legislation, plus live federal bill status from LEGISinfo.

Provincial
QuebecPrivacy Law
Quebec Law 25 (Bill 64) — Modernizing Privacy Legislation

Comprehensive privacy reform with AI implications: mandatory privacy impact assessments for automated decision systems, right to explanation of algorithmic decisions, consent requirements.

In Force
QuebecFramework
Quebec AI Strategy

Provincial strategy committing $329M for AI development, with focus on responsible AI, Mila support, and talent retention.

In Force
Federal (applies nationwide)

Ecosystem & Community

Canadian AI Startups41 companies tracked

Notable AI companies across Canada, from early-stage startups to public companies. Cards marked Live have recent news signals.

Public
Quebec City, QuebecEst. 2005

AI-powered enterprise search and relevance platform

Search & Discovery
Acquired
Montreal, QuebecEst. 2016

AI solutions factory (acquired by ServiceNow)

Enterprise AI
Public
Montreal, QuebecEst. 2016

AI-powered virtual healthcare and wellness platform

Healthcare AI
Montreal, QuebecEst. 2005

Commerce platform with AI analytics for retail and hospitality

Enterprise AI
Series A
Montreal, QuebecEst. 2020

AI-first insurance underwriting platform

FinTech AI
Acquired
Montreal, QuebecEst. 2012

IoT analytics platform with ML (acquired by Aspen Technology)

Enterprise AI
Acquired
Montreal, QuebecEst. 2017

Neural network optimization for edge AI (acquired by STMicroelectronics, April 2025)

AI Infrastructure
Acquired
Montreal, QuebecEst. 2015

AI radiomics for cancer detection; merged with Canexia Health (2022), filed for bankruptcy (2023)

Healthcare AI

+1 more companies

Directory last verified Mar 28, 2026 · Sources: Crunchbase, BetaKit, company websites

Funding & Startup Signals

Funding rounds, acquisitions, and product launches extracted from Canadian AI news.

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Active data sources

SectionSourceFreshness
News storiesGoogle News RSSCached 1 hour, refreshes every 2 min
Search trendsGoogle TrendsCached 6 hours
Job marketJob posting aggregatorsCached 6 hours
StocksMarket data feedsCached 30 min
Research papersarXiv APICached 6 hours
Parliament activityOpenParliament.caCached 6 hours
Talent & educationIRCC / Statistics CanadaCached 24 hours
EcosystemStartup & events registriesCached 6–12 hours

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