In short: Every standard and PQC deadline with its status and next milestone. Filter by body, kind or status; each item shows its key facts first and folds its milestones and sources. Filter the tracker
Information only, not compliance or legal advice. Each status, date and deadline is as its official source states it on the date read; check the publisher for the authoritative current version. A milestone that is not verified is never used in the deadlines view, the feed, the early warning or the briefings.
Standards, specifications, committees and migration deadlines on post-quantum cryptography, quantum key distribution and quantum technologies: ETSI, CEN-CENELEC, ISO/IEC, ITU-T, IEEE, NIST and the IETF, the EU roadmap and the national agencies, each with its status and dates, its scope, what it means for organisations and its next milestone.
This page: every standard, committee and deadline with its status and next milestone. The other post-quantum pages: Guide: what post-quantum cryptography is and what to do first; Timeline by authority: the milestones of each EU and national authority, as its source states them; What is due when: everything due in the next 12 to 60 months, in date order, with a calendar feed; Compliance calendar: dated obligations and milestones beyond post-quantum.
: Develop an initial departmental PQC migration plan
: Report on PQC migration progress (annual)
: Completion of PQC migration of high priority systems (High priority systems)
: Completion of PQC migration of remaining systems (Remaining systems)
Verification
Verified. Page read on cyber.gc.ca. Scope is non-classified systems (UNCLASSIFIED, PROTECTED A, PROTECTED B); classified and PROTECTED C systems need separate Cyber Centre advice. Section 4 notes that meeting milestones means disabling, isolating or tunnelling quantum-vulnerable algorithms.
TBS Security Policy Implementation Notice (SPIN) on PQC migration: Migrating the Government of Canada to Post-Quantum Cryptography: Security Policy Implementation Notice
Body
Government of Canada (Canadian Centre for Cyber Security; Treasury Board Secretariat)
Kind
Migration deadlines
Status
Active (2025-10-09). Effective 9 October 2025
Scope
Post-quantum cryptography
Jurisdiction
Canada
What it means for organisations
Turns the Cyber Centre roadmap into dated obligations for federal departments and Shared Services Canada, including PQC clauses in new contracts.
: PQC procurement clauses in contracts for digital components entered after this date (Procurement)
: Plans updated to guide Phase 2
: System records updated, high-priority systems identified, Phase 3 plans, transition of systems begins
: PQC migration of high-priority systems complete (High priority systems)
: PQC migration of remaining systems complete (Remaining systems)
Verification
Verified. Page read on canada.ca. Issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, not by the Cyber Centre; grouped under cccs only because the schema has no separate Canadian policy body. It cites ITSM.40.001.