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AI-Assisted Survey Comment Classification for Statistical Analysis

Accountable
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Functional Modes
Deciding (Analytical AI)
Human decides
Purpose
Research & Development
Input Dataset
About behaviour Anonymized data
Algorithm or Model
Language Models
Output Dataset
A recommendation or prediction Anonymized data

This tool automatically sorts respondent comments from the Annual Survey of Manufacturing and Logging Industries into groups to help Statistics Canada analysts prioritize their review. It uses a large language model to triage comments without prior training examples. The system is retired and affected only Government of Canada employees, not the public. AI use was disclosed to users.

Sources for this disclosure

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

Schema: ai@2026-05-06-beta

Government of Canada – DTPR AI Register