Intended Audience: Territorial Government: Agency
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System Styles
This "Styles" section introduces design tokens that encode brand and design decisions for basic style elements like colors, typography, and spacing, ensuring consistency across Government of Canada digital services.
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System Page Templates
This "Page Templates" section offers pre-built, responsive page layouts that combine various components to ensure consistent, accessible, and user-friendly experiences across Government of Canada digital services.
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System Figma Library
The Figma library offers designers a comprehensive set of pre-built components and templates to create consistent and accessible digital services for the Government of Canada.
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System Components Repository
This is a monorepo managing the web components of the Government of Canada's Design System, facilitating the creation of consistent and accessible digital services.
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System Accessibility Standards
This design system accessibility checklist ensures that all components and design tokens meet or exceed the WCAG 2.1 AA standards, aligning fully with Government of Canada accessibility requirements.
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Government of Canada (GC) Design System
The design system provides standardized components, templates, and design tokens to help developers and designers create consistent, accessible, and user-friendly Canadian government digital services.
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How to determine whether AI is an appropriate solution for public sector challenges
This toolkit provides a checklist of items to help determine whether AI-powered tools are appropriate for specific use cases in the public sector.
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Accessibility for Teams
A ‘quick-start’ guide for embedding accessibility and inclusive design practices into your team’s workflow.
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Beyond Translation: Delivering Effective Non-English Messages
Sheev Davé, Product Manager at Notify.gov (GSA), provides an overview of what makes an effective multilingual translation through the principles of designing tools that have the ability to have conversations, meeting communities where they are, use of plain language and prioritize tricky topics, key life events and using trusted delivery sources.
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COBOLing Together UI Benefits: How Delays in Fiscal Stabilizers Affect Aggregate Consumption
States with antiquated COBOL-based unemployment insurance systems experienced significant delays in processing claims during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Prioritizing Access and Safety Q&A on Service Design in Digital Identity
The Digital Benefit Network's Digital Identity Community of Practice held a session to hear considerations from civil rights technologists and human-centered design practitioners on ways to ensure program security while simultaneously promoting equity, enabling accessibility, and minimizing bias.
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AI and Benefits: When Tech Becomes Policy
This panel discussion from the Academy's 2025 Policy Summit explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and public benefits, examining how technological advancements are influencing policy decisions and the delivery of social services.