All 195 countries · Northern America
Canada
Canada has no national ID card or federal digital ID, and the government said in January 2026 it is not implementing one. Retail CBDC work is deprioritised. In January 2026 the Federal Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that the 2022 Emergencies Act invocation, which included bank-account freezes, was unlawful.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Canada
- Program
- GC Sign In; provincial digital IDs
- Status
- Available, partial uptake
- National ID card
- No national ID card
- Biometrics
- No
In a written response reported in January 2026 the federal government said it is "not implementing a federal or national digital identification credential" and that use of digital services stays voluntary. GC Sign In launched in 2025 and may later support provincial and territorial digital credentials.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
The Atlantic Council tracker lists Canada among advanced economies that have deprioritised a retail CBDC.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-01Courts & law
The Federal Court of Appeal upheld the finding that invoking the Emergencies Act was unlawful and breached Charter rights, including over bank-account freezes. Canadian Constitution Foundation — Federal Court of Appeal decision Q&A ↗
- 2026-01Pushback
The federal government stated it is not implementing a national digital ID and that use is voluntary. MobileSyrup ↗
UN and WHO
How Canada has voted
- WHO
- Rejected, then backed down
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 79.1 · rank 28 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Rejected IHR amendments Jul 2025; withdrew rejection 19 May 2026.
Sovereignty score
How the -1 adds up
- -1Rejected the WHO rule changes, then backed down source ↗
- +1Ended a consumer carbon tax source ↗
- -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗
Points come only from public, sourced actions we track, scored the same way for every country. It isn't a grade of a whole government. How scoring works →
People pushing back
Groups and cases in Canada
- Canadian Constitution Foundation (Emergencies Act challenge)Among the challengers whose case led to the ruling that the 2022 Emergencies Act invocation was unlawful, upheld on appeal in January 2026. source ↗
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.