North America
Canada
Canada currently has no in-force platform-transparency or online-harms law after the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) died on prorogation in January 2025.
Scored against the DSA
Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Canada’s law requires the same. Cells cover DSA-style, user-protective transparency and accountability only.
- Required by law
- Partial / emerging
- No such obligation
- Undetermined
Transparency
Accountability
Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34–35
No risk-assessment duty in force; proposed in Bill C-63 (died Jan 2025); reintroduced in Bill C-34 (June 2026).
Source ↗Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49–52, 74
No dedicated regulator; Bill C-63 proposed a Digital Safety Commission (penalties up to 6% of global revenue) but it lapsed; revived in proposed Bill C-34.
Source ↗
Child protection
Age assuranceBeyond the DSA
No age-assurance mandate in force; Bill S-210 (age verification) died on prorogation, and an under-16 ban is only proposed in Bill C-34 (2026).
Source ↗Child-safety duty of careDSA Art. 28
No child-safety duty of care in force; proposed in Bill C-63 (lapsed) and reintroduced in Bill C-34 (proposed).
Source ↗
On the horizon
What's being debated
Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) to Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34)
A Digital Safety Commission, a statutory duty to act on harmful content and platform digital-safety plans/transparency obligations, now paired with a proposed under-16 social-media ban.
Latest: C-63 died on prorogation Jan 2025; the government reintroduced the Digital Safety Commission via Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, in June 2026. source ↗
Compare every jurisdiction
Canada is one of 30 non-EU jurisdictions we scored against the DSA. See them all side by side.