Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada

Name

Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada

Legal name

Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada

Website

https://diacc.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Identity Standards

NAICS

Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Compliance, Audit & Continuous Controls Monitoring (CCM/GRC) (HDABAHAI)

Keywords

• Digital identity standards
• Trust framework certification
• Identity verification
• Digital authentication
• Pan-canadian trust

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: DIACC operates as a not-for-profit coalition funded through membership fees from both public and private sector organizations. Organizations join through a membership package process to gain access to the digital trust ecosystem, standards development participation, and certification programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

DIACC develops and maintains the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF), a comprehensive standards framework that guides Canada's digital identity and authentication ecosystem. The coalition operates a PCTF Certification Program, publishes sector-specific profiles (e.g., Automotive Identity Profile), maintains a Member Services Directory and Trusted List of Certified Providers, and produces educational resources through its Digital Trust Learning Centre.

Product overview

DIACC (Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada) is a not-for-profit public-private coalition focused on developing Canada's digital trust and identity verification ecosystem. Rather than offering a single commercial product, DIACC's portfolio consists of standards, frameworks, and knowledge resources. The core offering is the Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF), a policy and standards framework that guides digital identity ecosystem interoperability with defined levels of assurance, extended by sector-specific profiles such as the PCTF Automotive Identity Profile. DIACC also operates a PCTF Certification Program that recognizes conformance against these standards, publishes threat intelligence resources such as the DIACC Threat Briefing on Synthetic Identities and Deepfakes and the accompanying Quick-Start Guide for immediate fraud defences, and maintains a Digital Trust Learning Centre with use cases, research, and educational content. The Member Services Directory and Trusted List of Certified Providers serve as discovery tools connecting organizations with vetted digital identity solution providers. Together, these resources position DIACC as Canada's coordinating body for digital trust standards rather than a product vendor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pan-Canadian Trust Framework (PCTF) A comprehensive trust framework that puts policy, standards, and technology into practice, aligning digital identity verification ecosystem interoperability with defined levels of assurance. It is intended for public and private sector organizations implementing digital identity solutions in Canada.
• PCTF Automotive Identity Profile A sector-specific profile of the PCTF that standardizes digital identity verification for automotive dealers, lenders, and leasing providers to combat dealership fraud and document counterfeiting.
• PCTF Certification Program A certification program that recognizes conformance criteria for digital identity tools and services, providing dealerships, lenders, and technology partners with confidence in secure, privacy-preserving solutions.
• Member Services Directory A searchable public directory hosted at directory.diacc.ca where DIACC member organizations can showcase their certified digital identity and trust services for prospective buyers.
• Trusted List of Certified Providers A publicly accessible authoritative list of providers who have been validated against the PCTF certification program, used by organizations seeking compliant digital identity solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 700K+ verified identity transactions in production through certified implementations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FacephicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Facephi entered the Canadian market in December 2024 through a partnership with DIACC, enabling the Spanish biometric identity verification company to expand its geographic and sector diversification strategy into Canada. Facephi later established a subsidiary in British Columbia in April 2026 as a result of this partnership relationship.
• ICDRminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Competitive Dance Registry (ICDR) joined DIACC to align with Canada's digital trust community, learn from established frameworks, and contribute a real-world use case from youth activity, sport, arts, and event ecosystems.
• TeranetcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeranet joined DIACC because building digital trust requires collaboration across sectors. Teranet contributes its experience in operating critical registry infrastructure and delivering trusted digital solutions that support secure transactions and stronger market confidence. Supports over 10 million land-related transactions annually.
• GLEIFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal Legal Entity Identifier Foundation joined DIACC as a Sustaining Member to contribute to Canada's digital trust ecosystem. GLEIF aims to support trusted, interoperable organizational identity in Canada through the LEI and vLEI global standards.
• Electronic Imaging Systems Corp. (EIS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEIS joined DIACC to support the architecture of Sovereign Standards and Solutions aligned with NIST SP 800-63 Revision 4. EIS contributes expertise in identity validation, authentication, and fraud prevention for the financial sector.
• DeepIDVminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeepIDV joined DIACC to collaborate with industry leaders and contribute their AI-native full verification platform perspective while staying aligned with the broader ecosystem direction.
• ProofofIDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProofofID joined DIACC to collaborate with industry leaders and contribute to the development of a trusted, interoperable digital identity ecosystem in Canada, contributing expertise in user-controlled identity and fraud prevention.
• RegHubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegHub joined DIACC to support the development of a trusted and interoperable digital identity ecosystem in Canada, contributing practical expertise through integrated KYC, KYB, and registry solutions.
• Trust Framework Expert Committee (TFEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTFEC consists of representatives from both private and public sectors who develop PCTF conformance criteria and review documents under DIACC controlling policies.
• Canada Health InfowaycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIACC works with Canada Health Infoway, which established the Pan-Canadian Interoperability Roadmap in 2023 that Bill S-5 implementation builds upon for health data interoperability.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• Kantara Initiative: Non-profit identity industry initiative operating Identity Assurance Work Group and trust framework programs that align with NIST 800-63. Directly comparable as a non-profit, multi-stakeholder digital identity and trust framework organization.
• Open Identity Exchange (OIX): Non-profit organization focused on digital identity trust frameworks, certification, and policy guidance, with member-driven working groups producing interoperability standards. Closely parallels DIACC's coalition model and standards/certification programs.
• FIDO Alliance: Industry consortium developing open authentication standards (FIDO2, passkeys) that reduce reliance on passwords. Comparable as a standards-setting coalition with certification programs addressing authentication, a core PCTF component.
• Trust over IP Foundation: Linux Foundation project producing a complete stack for decentralized digital trust, including governance frameworks, utility networks, and verifiable credentials. Comparable to DIACC as a multi-stakeholder trust framework initiative.
• Sovrin Foundation: Non-profit advancing self-sovereign identity using verifiable credentials on distributed ledger technology. Comparable as a non-profit governance body for digital identity ecosystems with trust framework specifications.

Broad incumbents

• W3C Verifiable Credentials Working Group: W3C working group defining Verifiable Credentials data model and decentralized identifiers (DIDs) standards referenced by PCTF components. Comparable as a global standards body whose output DIACC members implement.
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology): US government agency publishing SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines, explicitly referenced by DIACC member EIS. Comparable as a foundational standards publisher in the digital identity assurance space.

Regional players

• SecureKey Technologies (Interac): Canadian identity verification provider (now part of Interac) operating Verified.Me and government digital ID services. Comparable as a Canadian-headquartered digital identity provider that aligns to PCTF and serves the same Canadian public/private sectors.

Emerging players

• Mobile Driver's License (mDL) Implementation Resources Working Group: AAMVA-hosted working group standardizing mobile driver's licenses and verifiable digital credentials. Comparable to DIACC's PCTF Authentication and Credentials components as an adjacent identity-credential standards initiative.

Others

• ID.me: US digital identity network providing identity verification and group affiliation verification for government and commercial services. Comparable to PCTF-aligned providers operating in government and financial services identity verification, illustrating the commercial digital identity ecosystem DIACC certifies.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@diacc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mydiacc
• Xx.com/mydiacc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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