Delivering the benefits of AI for all Canadians - Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

$6M net impact on the budgetary balance over five years, 2026-27 to 2030-31.

The cost line

… no change to existing funding or no fiscal implication · – a further extension will be considered later · 0* less than $0.5 million. Positive numbers cost the budget (spending or forgone revenue); negative numbers improve it.

What the budget says

“Budget 2026 proposes to provide $6.2 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to support this work.”

Budget 2026, p. 272 (PDF p. 288)

“Building on these initiatives: Budget 2026 announces that Canada's new government will enable Canadian AI companies to access 500 MW of sovereign AI compute through new financial tools, such as backstops and offtake agreements, to mobilise private capital and expand compute capacity.”

Budget 2026, p. 273 (PDF p. 289)

Amounts named in the text

Stated amounts can cover different periods, cash or accrual bases, previously announced money and loans. They are not additive with the cost line above.

• $2.7 billion
• $162 million over five years
• $150 million
• $1.6 billion
• $6.2 million over four years, starting in 2027-28

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