Neuralink’s first implant outside the US

On 27 August 2025, surgeons at Toronto Western Hospital — part of the University Health Network (UHN) — performed Neuralink's first brain-computer-interface implant outside the United States, with a second procedure following on 3 September. UHN had been selected in late 2024 as the first and only Canadian site for the trial.

The surgeries were part of CAN-PRIME (Canadian Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-computer interface), evaluating whether Neuralink's wireless implant and surgical robot are safe and effective. The first Canadian participants were people with cervical spinal-cord injuries, with the goal of letting them control computers and devices using thought alone.

Expanding into a second country, under a separate regulator (Health Canada), marks an important step in Neuralink's transition from a single US feasibility study toward a multi-site, international clinical program.