Results Driven ADA Compliance Services in Canada

The main mandates are the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), the Accessible Canada Act (ACA) at the federal level, and provincial acts like the Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA).

WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) is the international standard. Most Canadian legislation, including AODA, requires websites to meet WCAG 2.0 or 2.1 Level AA conformance.

Yes. The federal Accessible Canada Act applies to all federally regulated entities. Even if provincially regulated, if you serve customers in provinces like Ontario or Manitoba, compliance with their acts may be required.

An audit is a comprehensive review against WCAG standards. We use a combination of automated tools, manual expert testing, and user testing with screen readers to identify all non-conformities on your site.

Compliance significantly expands your reachable market to include persons with disabilities. It reduces legal risk, enhances your brand reputation as an inclusive company, and improves technical SEO performance.

Remediation is the process of fixing accessibility issues. Technical work includes adjusting colour contrast, ensuring proper keyboard navigation, adding appropriate ARIA roles, and providing detailed alternative text for images.

Yes, absolutely. The responsibility lies with the website owner. If a third-party chat widget, embedded map, or video player is inaccessible, it constitutes a non-compliance issue for your entire web property.

Non-compliance can result in significant financial penalties. Individuals and unincorporated organizations can face daily fines up to $50,000, while corporations can face daily fines up to $100,000.

We remediate documents by ensuring they are properly tagged, have a correct reading order, include alt text for images, and pass accessibility checks. PDFs, Word documents, and other file types must also be compliant.

Automated overlays only fix about 20-30% of WCAG issues and fail manual audits. Epik Funnel offers full human auditing and code-level remediation for genuine, legally defensible Level AA compliance.

ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) attributes define how custom elements and dynamic updates should be interpreted by assistive technologies. They provide crucial context where standard HTML is insufficient, improving user experience.

Yes. Technical accessibility often overlaps with good SEO practice. Clear headings, descriptive link text, proper image alt tags, and keyboard operability all improve site structure and crawability, which Google rewards.

We test the entire user flow using only the keyboard Tab key to ensure all interactive elements are reachable, operable, and that the focus indicator is clearly visible on every element, meeting WCAG 2.4.7.

For organizations regulated by the federal government, the ACA takes precedence. However, many Canadian businesses must adhere to the strictest applicable standard, often requiring AODA Level AA compliance.

We can typically deliver a high-level accessibility assessment or a detailed project quote within 5 business days of receiving the necessary website access and initial project scope information from your team.

It is the mathematical difference in luminance between text and its background. WCAG Level AA requires a minimum ratio of 4.5:1 for standard text to ensure readability for users with low vision or colour blindness.

An accessibility statement demonstrates intent and due diligence, which is crucial. However, it only provides protection if your website actually meets the stated WCAG compliance level detailed within the document.

Video compliance requires several layers: accurate closed captions for the hearing impaired, audio descriptions for the visually impaired, and ensuring the media player itself is keyboard accessible and controllable.

Yes. Compliance is an ongoing process. We offer monitoring packages to continuously scan your site for new issues introduced by content updates or platform changes, keeping you compliant year-round.

Compliance addresses visual impairments (blindness, low vision), auditory impairments (deafness, hard of hearing), cognitive and neurological disabilities, and motor disabilities that affect device use.