Canada.ca Specifications: Canada.ca design

The Canada.ca design helps to provide a consistent and trustworthy online experience for people who access Government of Canada digital services.

Services and information

Scope of the Canada.ca design

Colours, typography, header and footer, mandatory templates

Writing principles and techniques to make content clear and accessible

Organizing content, metadata guidance, adding structured data

Using evidence to design people-first and task-centred experiences

User-tested templates, page layouts, design patterns, guidelines, and code samples

Latest changes to the design

This is a new version of the design system. You can use it as a starting point for a website or application.