Guide people through government processes. One message at a time.
GC Notify helps federal public servants send emails and texts, to their teams and members of the public.
Quick links
By and for the Government of Canada
Customize messages in both official languages.
Reduce time, effort, and cost of messages.
Send up to Protected A messages from a trusted domain.
Free services, generous limits
20 million
emails per service, each fiscal year
100,000
text messages per service, each fiscal year
What’s a service?
A service allows you to manage messages for your needs. You can create unique GC Notify services for your offices, programs, teams, workflows and so much more.
Use GC Notify to send a variety of messages
Appointment scheduling and reminders.
Hello Emily,
Your appointment at the passport office is on July 2nd at 10:00 AM. You can reschedule your appointment.
Application receipts, status updates and decisions.
Hello Juan,
Thank you for submitting your grant application. We’ve reviewed your application and moved you to the next step of the process.
What’s next
An officer will contact you to confirm your identity and schedule an interview date.
Password resets and multifactor authentication.
GC Notify by the numbers
- total notifications sent225,008,591
- programs and services using GC Notify819
- emails sent217,822,141
- text messages sent7,186,450
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Transcript
(A laptop is open to the GC Notify homepage)
0:00 Meet GC Notify!
(Notification bubbles appear on top of a mobile phone and laptop)
0:02 A free messaging solution for government teams
(Three cascading screens show confirmation emails from the Government of Canada)
0:05 to send service updates to clients
(Icons for three people appear with a speech bubble with a red maple leaf)
0:08 and keep the public informed every step of the way.
(Speech bubbles with a ticking clock and a party emoji appear above a laptop)
0:12 GC Notify saves you time
(Coming from a laptop, a message template with variable fields in yellow sits beside the Accessibility logo and the words English and French. The words “first name”, “date” and “time” are highlighted, and English is selected)
0:14 through its user-friendly interface, that helps you create accessible
(Now French is selected and the message template’s text is in French with “prénom”, “date” and “heure” highlighted)
0:19 and reusable message templates, in both official languages.
(A GC branded message is followed by date and time selectors and a notification bubble above a laptop)
0:23 With GC Notify, you can schedule your emails and text messages,
(Three bubbles: one with a clock icon, one with a calendar date icon and one with a nighttime icon appear above three devices)
0:27 so everyone gets notified at the right time.
(A purple API block with moving cogs and arrows appears between a laptop to its left and many laptops and phones to its right)
0:30 API integrations automate notifications as users move from one step to the next.
(The GC wordmark with a checkmark on top of a box saying From: YourTeam@notification.canada.ca with a lock icon)
0:36 Your notifications are compliant with GC standards,
(The GC wordmark with a checkmark on top of a box saying From: YourTeam@notification.canada.ca with a lock icon)
0:40 and are sent from a trusted and secure domain marked as: the Government of Canada
(A cropped illustration of a laptop open to GC Notify appears with 2 bubbles, one with a lock icon and one with a tool icon)
0:45 GC Notify is secure and supported
(A block with binary code has arrows pointing right to a server with a lock symbol, followed by a calendar icon with the number 7 and the red maple leaf)
0:49 Data is only stored for up to seven days. Right here in Canada.
(A team emoji is surrounded by a CDS laptop as well as bubbles with the tool icon, a code icon and a calendar icon)
0:53 Our in-house product team releases improvements throughout the week
(A team emoji is surrounded by a CDS laptop as well as bubbles with the tool icon, a code icon and a calendar icon)
0:57 While our Support team stands ready to help
(Notification bubbles appear on top of a mobile phone and laptop)
1:00 Learn more about GC Notify, by trying it now at notification.canada.ca!
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