Cantana Research

Understanding Canada's AI transition.

We study how artificial intelligence is changing Canadian work, industries, organizations and economic competitiveness. Most of our work is published in the open, in English and French.

Research programme

Five areas of inquiry.

Each area asks one question: what is actually changing in Canada, and what should people do about it?

  1. 01

    Work & Workforce

    How AI changes tasks, occupations, skills and career trajectories.

  2. 02

    Business & Productivity

    How Canadian businesses turn AI capabilities into measurable productivity.

  3. 03

    Industry Transformation

    How AI is changing Canada's major industries.

  4. 04

    Responsible Adoption

    Adopting AI while managing risk, governance, privacy and trust.

  5. 05

    Canada's Competitiveness

    How adoption shapes Canada's position in the global economy.

Flagship study

AI & the Canadian Workforce

Which Canadian jobs will change first? Which tasks are likely to be automated, which will be augmented, and which remain resilient?

Our ongoing study looks at AI's impact task by task, giving workers, employers and policymakers a clearer picture of what's coming. Industry editions are released throughout the year.

Flagship report

AI & the Canadian Workforce

A task-level view of how artificial intelligence could reshape Canadian work.

  • Automatable
  • Augmentable
  • Resilient
20+
industries in scope
Task-level
analysis
EN / FR
bilingual editions
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Publications

Reports, papers and briefings

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