Skip to main content
Submit Français

Initiative #227

← AI initiative registry

Github Copilot

Listed in the registry Pilot Original language : English

AI Strategic Operating Model (AI-SOM) Phase B — AI Discovery · In progress
Where we are
AI documentation & artifact progress
Pre-phase — Completed
PRE Pre-phase — Completed
Proof of concept
Phase A — AI Strategy — Completed
A.1 Intake & Concept Case
A.1.1 Gather information and generate the Concept Case — Completed
  • Completed : Concept Case
  • Completed : Statement of Sensitivity (SoS)
We are here
Phase B — AI Discovery — In progress
B.1 Outcome-Based Roadmap, High-level Architecture, VoAI, and AI assessment
B.2 Comprehensive Stakeholder Meeting (AI Review AIRB) — We are here
B.1.1 Outcome-Based Roadmap and feasibility validation — Completed
B.1.2 AI Technical Architecture Review — Completed
B.2.1 AIRB presentation — Upcoming
  • Not started : Outcome-Based Roadmap
  • Not started : High-level Architecture
  • Not started : ATIP Assessment
  • Not started : Cyber Assessments (SoS, SA&A, SIP, Audits)
  • Not started : DERAI — Pilot Assess
  • Not started : RISK — Cost, People, Technology
Phase D — AI Delivery — Upcoming
D.1 Product Testing, Development, Approvals & Deployment
D.1.1 Deployment Validation — Upcoming
D.1.2 AI Review Approval — Upcoming
D.1.3 Production Release — Upcoming
D.1.4 Monitor Results — Upcoming
  • Not started : AI Production Assessment (AIR — final/approved)
  • Not started : Production readiness assessment
  • Not started : DERAI Monitoring plan / monitoring configuration
  • Not started : Operational support and ownership documentation
  • Not started : Approval records (e.g., CDOS CAB decision), if required

About the initiative

Description of the initiative

GitHub Copilot is being piloted at DFO aimed at enhancing developer productivity and exploring the operational value of AI-assisted coding. Stats: (90-day period) - 27,584 lines of code were accepted - 17,801 prompts were accepted - Potential savings of $144K ($50/hour developer) based on 40 developers

AI family

Infrastructure and Enablement

AI capability
Generative Productivity & Office Automation

Bucket rationale

Infrastructure based

Lifecycle

  1. Ideation

    Stage status : Completed

    July 9, 2025

  2. Assessment

    Stage status : Completed

  3. Approved

    Stage status : Completed

  4. Development

    Stage status : Completed

  5. Pilot

    Stage status : In progress

  6. Production

    Stage status : Upcoming

  7. Archived

    Stage status : Upcoming

Schedule for this initiative

  • Completed
  • In progress
  • Planned
  • Not applicable
  • Today
2025 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2026 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
  1. Ideation

A similar need?

Nobody has come forward yet. If your team faces the same problem, say so: it helps bring initiatives together and share a solution.

Your email is never published: only the AI Enablement team sees it, to connect you.

Contacts

Requester
Balbona, Joseph
Sector contact
Greg Cormier
Subject matter expert
Balbona, Joseph

Data and tools

Sector
Chief Digital Officer
Region
National Capital Region
Could this initiative be shared with the Treasury Board Secretariat?
Yes
Submitted on
July 9, 2025

Primary users

  • Departmental employees

Government priorities and declaration

Prime Minister's mandate commitment
Spending less on government operations so that Canadians can invest more in the people and businesses that will build the strongest economy in the G7.

Declared to TBS Recorded as transmitted to TBS; not editable here.

Declared name of the AI system
GitHub Copilot
TBS registry identifier
2526-DFO-MPO-005
Status declared to TBS
Pilot
Sent to TBS on
October 10, 2025
Purpose of the system, as declared
GitHub Copilot is being piloted at DFO aimed at enhancing developer productivity and exploring the operational value of AI-assisted coding.