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Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)
Created as a result of the federal government’s Task Force for the Payments System Review, the DIACC is a non-profit coalition of public and private sector leaders committed to developing a Canadian digital identification and authentication framework to enable Canada’s full and secure participation the global digital economy. DIACC members include representatives from both the federal and provincial levels of government as well as private sector leaders.
The DIACC’s objective is to unlock societal and economic opportunities for Canadians by providing the framework to develop a robust, secure, scalable and privacy enhancing digital identification and authentication ecosystem that will decrease costs for governments, consumers, and business while improving service delivery and driving GDP growth.
Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) Biometrics News
Fime accredited by DIACC to assess compliance with Canada’s digital trust framework
Fime has been accredited by the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) as an official auditor of the…
| Feb 10, 2026 | DIACC targets digital credential access for 90% of Canadians by 2031Canada is ready “to build a world-leading digital trust infrastructure” including interoperable digital identity, according to a forward-looking paper from… |
| Feb 9, 2026 | Canada targets health data interoperability through standards with new legislationLegislation has been introduced in Canada to require healthcare IT companies to adopt common technical standards to enable privacy-protecting exchanges… |
| Dec 17, 2025 | DIACC report identifies opportunity for Canadian digital ID providersThe Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) has released its 2025 Annual Impact Report, documenting a year in… |
| Nov 5, 2025 | DIACC certifies ID verification for legal industry to Canada’s trust frameworkThere is now a certified option to ensure that client data handling by legal professionals in Canada will respect the… |
| Oct 29, 2025 | Quebec to conduct public consultation on use of biometrics in digital identityThe Canadian province of Quebec has adopted a bill that lays the foundations for a national digital identity scheme. Bill… |
| Oct 8, 2025 | UK digital ID bedeviled by details still unknown or unresolvedArguments for, against and about the introduction of a mandatory digital ID in the UK are becoming more pointed as… |
| Aug 29, 2025 | DIACC sees digital ID mutual recognition opportunity in Canada-EU trade deal talksThe government of Canada has closed its consultation on a prospective digital trade agreement with the European Union, an idea… |
| Apr 16, 2025 | DIACC turns to gov’t digital transformation as Canada’s digital ID ecosystem maturesLike nearly all governments around the world, Canada’s is moving public services online as part of a digital transformation effort…. |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Regulatory ecosystem for digital identity will be built on collaborationAs regional digital identity networks and their regulations become more complex, the need for collaboration between industry bodies is pressing… |
| Oct 4, 2024 | New fraud lab and digital ID association members underscore drive for trustMicroblink, an AI company specializing in identity verification technology, announced the launch of its new Fraud Lab, an initiative focused… |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Idex Biometrics appoints Catherina Eklof CEOA pair of executive hirings have been revealed in biometrics and digital ID as Idex Biometrics has promoted Catharina Eklof… |
| Aug 9, 2024 | DIACC releases recommendations on prioritizing verification and authenticationThe Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) has published its written submission for the 2025 pre-budget consultations, outlining… |
| Jul 15, 2024 | PCTF authentication component ready for inclusion in DIACC programThe Digital ID Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) has released its Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF) Authentication Final Recommendation V1.2, making… |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Digital ID interoperability and policy to be focus of joint work by DIACC, OIXInteroperability is something of a holy grail for digital identity systems. A new collaboration between the Open Identity Exchange (OIX)… |
| Feb 27, 2024 | ATB Ventures becomes first service provider to receive DIACC PCTF certificationA release from the Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) says that Oliu, a blockchain-identity management and verification… |
| Feb 14, 2024 | SIDI Hub brings together digital ID orgs to tackle global interoperabilityA new joint initiative among 17 open standards groups working in digital identity aims to address the challenge of creating… |
| Jan 24, 2024 | Digital governance continues to firm up in Canada with new frameworks and public consultationsThe Digital Governance Council (DGC) of Canada has rolled out a new standardized framework and trustmark to validate data integrity… |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Better education needed to win hearts for digital trust capabilities, says DIACCIn its latest Public Trust Forum Report, the Digital ID and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) says hesitations about digital… |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Identifying billions: white paper touts economic heft of digital IDThe convenience and practical security benefits of digital credentials are often listed among their top benefits. But a new white… |
