Government of Canada Digital Standards
Canada’s Digital Standards are a set of principles that guide how public servants design, build, and run government digital services so they’re user-centered, accessible, secure, open, and trustworthy.
Published by the Treasury Board of Canada, the Digital Standards playbook lays out how government teams should engage with real users from the start, iterate frequently using agile methods, and maintain transparency by working “in the open” and sharing research and code.
It also emphasizes using open standards and solutions, building with accessibility from the outset, being good stewards of data, addressing security and privacy in balanced ways, designing ethical services especially where decision-automation is involved, and empowering staff with the tools, training, and authority they need.
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