Powering Trust in Canada’s Digital Economy
Executive leadership. Shared priorities. Coordinated Action. Standards and Verification.
Bringing organizations together where shared digital challenges require coordinated responses.
Digital trust is essential to economic growth, public confidence and resilient organizations.
Digital systems and data shape nearly every aspect of how Canadian organizations operate, serve people and create value.
The opportunities are significant, but so are the governance gaps. Cyber threats, privacy concerns, rapid advances in artificial intelligence and growing technology dependencies cannot be addressed by any one organization or sector acting alone.
DGC provides a neutral forum where Canadian leaders can identify shared challenges, learn from one another and build practical responses that work across organizational boundaries.
Confidence
Collective action
Canadian capability
Convene. Coordinate. Codify. Confirm.
Convene
Coordinate
Codify
Confirm
Building the conditions for Canadians and Canadian organizations to participate in the digital economy with confidence.
Enhancing service delivery
Safeguarding digital infrastructure
Scaling digital talent and domestic innovation
From shared priorities to practical action.
Executive Forum
Cross-sector initiatives
Digital Governance Standards Institute
Assessment and verification
Canada’s digital challenges do not fit neatly within one mandate, industry or jurisdiction.
DGC brings together organizations operating in Canada whose decisions shape technology adoption, service delivery, infrastructure and public confidence.
Members contribute professional expertise and organizational experience while working toward the broader interests of Canada’s digital economy.
Public institutions
Corporate Canada
Health and public services
Technology, legal and advisory
Non-profit and research organizations
Good digital governance is critical to the ability of Canadian organizations to grow, compete globally and secure digital infrastructure.
Jim Balsillie, Chair, Digital Governance Council
Strengthening Canadian capacity while working constructively across borders.
DGC exists to strengthen trust and confidence for Canadian people, businesses and governments.
Where digital systems cross borders, DGC supports recognized standards processes, interoperability, reciprocal learning and practical cooperation. This helps Canadian organizations participate internationally without duplicating or displacing the work of established institutions.
Work with DGC.
Join the Council
Take part in the Executive Forum, advisory committees and strategic roundtables.
Use or develop standards
Prepare and verify
Help shape Canada’s response to shared digital challenges.
Membership is open to public, private and non-profit organizations operating in Canada. Members take part in executive dialogue, Council initiatives and setting standards development priorities addressing shared digital challenges. Our members are leaders in transforming digital governance.