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title: "Federal Court of Canada: AI Declaration in the first paragraph of a document (Notice to the Parties and the Profession, 7 May 2024)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/ca-federal-court-ai-declaration-first-paragraph"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a5-ca-federal-court-ai-declaration-first-paragraph"
area_id: "A5"
kind: "court-document"
ai_level: "green"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-11-07"
---

# Federal Court of Canada: AI Declaration in the first paragraph of a document (Notice to the Parties and the Profession, 7 May 2024)

> Fill-in Declaration for the first paragraph of documents filed in the Federal Court of Canada that include content created or generated by AI, in the whole-document and specific-paragraph versions.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/ca-federal-court-ai-declaration-first-paragraph  
Law stated as at: 2026-11-07

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Court document. A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
- Practice area: [Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution.md)
- Jurisdictions: Canada
- AI level: Green. The tool writes the first draft inside a template you have already tested. You check it. Without that test, first drafting starts at Yellow.
- Law stated as at: 2026-11-07
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-11-07 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Canada.

## When to use it

Use for any material prepared for litigation and submitted to the Federal Court of Canada by or for a party or intervener, where AI created or generated content in it. Not for Certified Tribunal Records or expert reports (expert AI use goes in the methodology summary under the Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses).

## How AI may be used

A tool may lay out the Federal Court notice statement and fill in facts the signer gives it. The signer decides what to say about the AI use and makes the checks the statement describes.

**AI may:**

- Insert the tool name, version and uses the signer has recorded
- Insert only a version of the statement that the rule or order provides and that matches the signer's account of AI use
- Check that the statement sits where the rule or order says it must

**AI must not:**

- Must not state that citations, quotations or facts were checked; only the signer can say that after doing it
- Must not describe the AI use more narrowly than the file record shows
- Must not put prompts, privileged material or confidential client information in the statement
- Must not leave the Declaration out because AI only drafted a few paragraphs; it is then needed for those paragraphs

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current Federal Court notice rule or order has been opened on the court's own site and matches the words used
- Every citation and quotation was checked by a person against an official or recognised source
- The statement is placed and signed as the rule requires, by the person the rule names

## Authorities

- [Federal Court of Canada, Notice to the Parties and the Profession: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Court Proceedings (7 May 2024), section 1 (Declaration for AI-Generated Content) and sample declaration](https://www.fct-cf.ca/Content/assets/pdf/base/FC-Updated-AI-Notice-EN.pdf)
- [Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106, r 52.2 and the Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-98-106/)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-litigation-and-dispute-resolution/ca-federal-court-ai-declaration-first-paragraph and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*