- [OrgBook BC](https://digital.gov.bc.ca/digital-trust/projects-and-initiatives/orgbook-bc/)A live service providing organization-related Verifiable Credentials in BC, Canada
- [Verifiable Credentials for People](https://digital.gov.bc.ca/digital-trust/projects-and-initiatives/credentials-for-people/)Tools and services for issuing and verifying Verifiable Credentials
- [Safe Entry BC Demo](https://digital.gov.bc.ca/digital-trust/projects-and-initiatives/safe-entry-bc-demo/)A prototype of a contactless way to manage access to a facility, using Verifiable Credentials
- [Conference Book Demo](https://digital.gov.bc.ca/digital-trust/projects-and-initiatives/conference-book-demo/)A demo showing the use of Verifiable Credentials for attending a conference
- [Chat Server Demo](https://digital.gov.bc.ca/digital-trust/projects-and-initiatives/chat-server-demo/)A demo giving access to a chat service using Verifiable Credentials
* [Canadian Government: User-Centric Verifiable Digital Credentials Challenge](https://github.com/canada-ca/ucvdcc)
> This challenge is seeking a portable secure digital credentials (self-sovereign identity) solution held by individuals that can be independently, cryptographically and rapidly verified using emerging distributed ledger standards and an approach that may give rise to a global digital verification platform.
- [Recorded Video of Public Demo Day April 21, 2020](https://youtu.be/644kUC9Uw-g)
* [The Public Sector Profile of the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework Working Group Close-Out Report](https://trbouma.medium.com/public-sector-profile-of-the-pan-canadian-trust-framework-version-1-2-and-next-steps-86ae7a96d6c7) Tim Bouma
> the PSP PCTF WG was an important vehicle for ensuring public sector communication and discussion across Canada
* [Ontario’s Digital ID: Technology and standards](https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontarios-digital-id-technology-and-standards)
Ontario’s Digital ID will use self-sovereign identity because it gives the holder control over the credentials in their wallet. In addition, we are layering on these extra privacy-preserving features:
- Consent– The verifier must ask you to approve their request to confirm your credentials.
- Data minimization– The verifier can only access what they need to confirm you are eligible for their service. For example, if you need to prove that you are old enough to buy a lottery ticket, the store clerk would only know that you are 18 or older – not your actual age, birth date or anything else about you.
- Anonymity– Your credentials are not tracked or traced.
* [Canadian Provincial Party Pushes Back Against Biometric Digital ID Plan](https://findbiometrics.com/canadian-provincial-party-pushes-back-against-biometric-digital-id-plan-040705/)
Sloan invoked the specter of China while discussing the petition, suggesting that any digital identity program would be akin to a [social credit program](https://findbiometrics.com/china-jaywalkers-biometric-surveillance-503275/)that gives the government too much control over the personal lives of its citizens.
* [Ontario will launch digital ID program later this year and here's how it works](https://www.cp24.com/ontario-will-launch-digital-id-program-later-this-year-and-here-s-how-it-works-1.5578066)
* [British Columbia OrgBook –‘Tell Us Once’ via Blockchain and Self-Sovereign Identity](https://digitalcanada.io/bc-orgbook-tell-us-once/)
Canada is beginning to develop their own version of a “[Tell Us Once](https://digitalcanada.io/tell-us-once-legislation/)” Digital Identity policy, an approach pioneered in Europe by the likes of Estonia.
This is a policy where having provided your data to one government agency, you’ll never be asked for it again from another, defined explicitly through legislation.
* [Digital Identity Challenge Canada - Video + Post](https://digitalcanada.io/canada-ssi-for-digital-government/) User-Centric Verifiable Digital Credentials Challenge
Canada boasts world-leading exemplar case studies for the role of Self Sovereign Identity for Digital Government scenarios, including the [ACE](https://digitalcanada.io/ace-ssi/) and [BC Orgbook](https://digitalcanada.io/bc-orgbook-tell-us-once/) projects.
* [User-Centric Verifiable Digital Credentials](https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/101.nsf/eng/00068.html)
> “The Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada (TBS) and Shared Services Canada (SSC) are seeking a standardized method to issue and rapidly verify portable digital credentials across many different contexts, thereby reducing human judgement error, increasing efficiency and ensuring digital credential veracity using cryptography.”
