A collection mandated by decree 2024-01 documents AI use cases within Quebec's public bodies, excluding cybersecurity projects. The data includes the initiative name, category, responsible body, ministerial portfolio, benefits, and status. Information was gathered from public organizations following a February 2024 decree by the Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology.
Use Cases
- Analyze the distribution of AI application types across government portfolios based on the described categories.
- Track the development lifecycle of public AI projects based on the 'solution development' and 'solution in production' statuses.
- Identify responsible public bodies for specific AI initiatives like decision support or automation.
- Study the stated benefits associated with different categories of AI systems in public service.
Strengths
- Data collection is mandated by a specific government decree (2024-01), providing a formal basis.
- Includes 10 defined categories of AI use, such as decision support, conversational agents, and image processing.
- Explicitly excludes cybersecurity initiatives for security reasons, clarifying scope.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Commercial names of solutions and providers have been changed to generic names, reducing specificity.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Collection carried out from public bodies by the Ministry of Cybersecurity and Digital Affairs (MCN).
- Time Range
- Projects documented are currently under development or in production as of the 2024 survey.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:46:33.478127; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec, Canada