Accessibility
Accessible Canada Act
The federal counterpart to AODA. If you're a federally regulated entity — banks, telecoms, airlines, broadcasters — you publish accessibility plans and progress reports, and your digital surfaces are in scope.
What it is
A 2019 federal act creating Accessibility Standards Canada and requiring federally regulated public and private entities to publish accessibility plans, feedback processes, and triennial progress reports. Standards are still being published; in the meantime WCAG AA is the operative web benchmark.
Why it matters
ACA isn't just a policy goal — entities that don't publish plans and reports face fines up to CAD $250,000. Web accessibility is one of the seven priority areas the Act explicitly enumerates.
Who it applies to
Federally regulated entities in Canada — federal departments, banks, telecoms, broadcasters, interprovincial transport.
- Site types: Government, Corporate / B2B, SaaS / Product, E-commerce, Media / Streaming
- Jurisdictions: Canada
How WQI scores it
Web Quality Index considers this standard satisfied when all of the 6 supporting factors pass.
| # | Factor | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | Accessibility statement page | planned |
| 54 | Image alt text coverage | planned |
| 55 | Heading hierarchy validity | planned |
| 56 | Color contrast (WCAG AA) | planned |
| 57 | ARIA labels presence and validity | planned |
| 58 | Skip-to-content link | planned |
0 of 6 supporting factors are currently collected. Sites where the remaining 6 haven't been measured will show as partial or unknown on this standard until the data lands.
Related standards
- Implements
- WCAG AA
Standards that share factors with this one
Auto-computed from overlapping factor tickets in satisfiedBy, excluding standards already listed under "See also" above. Strong overlap suggests these standards rise and fall together when sites are scored.