Canadian biz doubled AI use in last year but 'we could be moving faster,' says expert

Canadian biz doubled AI use in last year but 'we could be moving faster,' says expert

A Statistics Canada report released Monday shows the number of Canadian businesses using AI has doubled to 12.2% in the second quarter of 2025, up from 6.1% at the same time last year.

Share of Canadian businesses and nonprofits using AI doubles over past year

Text and data analytics are the most common AI systems replacing tasks previously done by employees. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press) The share of Canadian organizations that reported using AI to create goods and services in the past 12 months has doubled from 6.1 per cent in May 2024 to 12.2 per cent in May 2025, according to Statistics Canada's Canadian Survey of Business Conditions.The 2025 survey of  21,357 Canadian businesses and non-profit…

StatsCan finds AI adoption has doubled in businesses, but hasn’t yet affected headcounts

The amount of Canadian businesses using artificial intelligence (AI) to produce goods or deliver services doubled between May 2024 and May 2025, according to a new survey from Statistics Canada (StatsCan), but the technology’s effect on company headcount has yet to materialize. According to the survey, 12.2 percent of businesses reported using AI to produce goods or deliver services over the 12 months preceding the survey, an increase from the 6…