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AI-Generated Alt-Text for Census Images

Accountable
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Functional Modes
Sensing (Perceptive AI)
Human decides
Purpose
Accessibility
Input Dataset
About a place Anonymized data
Algorithm or Model
Computer Vision
Output Dataset
Generated content Anonymized data

This tool automatically drafts alt-text descriptions for maps, charts, and other images published by Statistics Canada's Census of Population program. Government employees review and verify the AI-generated text before it is published, improving the accessibility of census content for people using screen readers or other assistive technologies. No personal information is collected or processed by this system.

Sources for this disclosure

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

Schema: ai@2026-05-06-beta

Government of Canada – DTPR AI Register