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Icons design pattern: Canada.ca design

Decommissioning

We’re decommissioning this pattern and don’t recommend using it on your pages. For questions related to this pattern, contact the Digital Transformation Office.

Icons are symbols for communicating actions or states on Canada.ca.

When to use this pattern

Use the following icons when assisting people with site functionality:

  • buttons
  • alerts
  • form fields
  • external or email links
  • links to non-HTML files like a PDF or Excel files

Do not use icons:

  • to add decoration to navigation labels or headings
  • to style links internal to Canada.ca
  • to add emphasis to text

How to use this pattern

  • Do not use 2 icons in the same context
  • Ensure icons are always accompanied by a text label
  • Place an icon in line with its associated text label
  • Only use the defined icon sets included with WET

Working example

Example

Icons pattern
Screenshot illustrating the icon pattern on Canada.ca. Details on this graphic can be found in the surrounding text.

Latest changes

Added an alert to indicate that this pattern is scheduled for decommission.

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