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Ontario Public Service pilots Copilot, with staff saving almost 3 hours a week

Government of Ontario · Toronto, ON · Government · Roles: All staff

Productivity

What was done

Ontario's government began rolling Copilot out to public servants, with a more advanced program for several hundred people under review, as part of a phased AI strategy.

Outcome

✓ ~3 hrs/week per user (stated)

The minister told Global News that, at current levels, the average public servant is saving almost three hours a week. This is a pilot-phase figure and has not been independently audited.

Evidence: News (minister's statement). Figures are as reported by the source and have not been independently audited by AgentsNorth.

Agents & tools used

Microsoft Copilot

Prompt Reconstructed by AgentsNorth

The source didn't publish its prompt. This is our reconstruction of a starting prompt for a similar workflow, not the company's actual prompt.

Turn these meeting notes into: a decision log, action items with owners and dates, and a plain-language summary suitable for a briefing note. Do not include any personal information about members of the public.

Source

Global News · published 2025-11-14 · link checked 2026-10-15