Accessibility reporting template: Canada.ca design
Last updated: 2024-12-05
All Government of Canada entities, including departments and agencies, must provide public-facing information about their accessibility plans, progress reports, and a feedback mechanism.
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When to use
This is a recommended template to help comply with planning and reporting requirements set by the Accessible Canada Regulations.
Guidance on the Accessible Canada Regulations can be found here:
Content and design
Find content and design specifications.
Accessibility landing page
Accessibility landing pages are outside the theme/topic structure, however they use a similar layout to topic pages. The page consists of:
- an H1
- introduction block
- supertask button linking to your feedback process
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the following doormats:
- Accessibility plan
- Progress reports
- Feedback process
Suggested text for each of these elements can be found in the template here:
The accessibility plan, progress reports and feedback process all use the:
Accessibility plan
Follow the content outline found here:
Progress reports
For the landing page, follow the content outline found here:
For the progress report, follow the content outline and associated guidance found here:
Feedback process
Follow the content outline found here:
Accessibility feedback form
Follow the content outline found here:
The accessibility feedback form uses the:
- Advanced field flow component from GCWeb
How to implement
Find working examples and code for implementing the accessibility template.
GCweb (WET) theme implementation reference
GCWeb implementation references for:
Implementations
Determine what best suits the type of page you're creating.
GC-AEM
For the Government of Canada Adobe Experience Manager (AEM):
Policy rationale
This template supports the planning and reporting requirements set by the:
For additional guidance on these requirements visit:
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