Canadian provincial accessibility compliance: checklists for every jurisdiction
Canada's accessibility requirements aren't one law — they're nine. Federal rules, provincial acts, and regulations vary by sector, organization size, and the stage each province is at in its standards pipeline. We turned all of it into actionable checklists, one per province, so you can work through what applies to you instead of reading legislation.
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About 8 million Canadians aged 15 and over live with a disability. That's roughly 27 percent of the population — and it means inaccessible content, forms, and services create real barriers every day. The compliance picture is genuinely complicated: some provinces have binding WCAG requirements, others have governance frameworks with web standards still in development, and the federal government has proposed digital amendments with phased timelines starting in 2027.
These checklists cut through the complexity. Each one covers a single jurisdiction, opens with scope-setting questions so you know whether the law applies to your organization, and works through governance obligations, web accessibility requirements, reporting deadlines, and accessibility plan requirements — in plain language.
The PDF includes checklists for:
- Canada (federal) — the Accessible Canada Act and proposed digital amendments requiring WCAG 2.1 AA equivalent conformance, with phased deadlines from December 2027
- Ontario — the AODA, including WCAG 2.0 AA requirements for public sector and businesses with 50+ employees, and the December 2026 compliance reporting deadline
- Manitoba — the Accessibility for Manitobans Act Information and Communication Standard, which requires WCAG 2.1 AA for all organizations
- British Columbia — the Accessible BC Act governance requirements for 750+ prescribed public sector organizations
- Nova Scotia — the Accessibility Act framework, including what's currently in force and what's still under development for information and communications
- New Brunswick — the 2024 Accessibility Act, accessibility plan requirements, and the pathway to future web standards
- Saskatchewan — the Accessible Saskatchewan Act, public body plan deadlines, and the standards development pipeline
- Newfoundland & Labrador — the 2021 Accessibility Act and the three-year plan cycle for public bodies
- Québec — E-20.1 annual action plan requirements and the SGQRI 008 2.0 web standard for Québec public bodies