Accessibility Scan Report

Title: https://canada.ca Issue: #367 Date: 10/30/2026, 11:27:09 PM Duration: 5.3m URLs: 8 / 8
Viewport: Desktop (1280×800) Color scheme: both Browser: chromium
🔍 High Contrast: 4 / 8 URLs

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51 New unique issues
🆕 New Issues (51)

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Title keywords

VIEWPORT:desktop COLORSCHEME:both BROWSER:chromium

Issue body section

### Scan context Viewport: desktop ColorScheme: both Browser: chromium

Summary

Issues

  • By Level: A (7), AA (0), AAA (7)
  • By Version (A & AA): WCAG 2.0 (7)
  • Engines used: AXE, ALFA
  • By Finding Type: Known errors (31) & Best practices (6)
  • Manual testing needed: 87 axe incomplete findings
  • Total: 37 across 14 unique rules & 2 accessibility engines

By Severity

Critical
Serious
Moderate
Minor

By Role

UX Designer
Visual Designer
Content Author
Front-End Developer

Issues

🎯 Pages with Most Errors

Focus your efforts on these pages to make the biggest impact. Click any error count to filter the rule list below. Total counts unique findings across the active scanners, and numbers in parentheses (+N) still show findings that cover WCAG criteria already reported by axe.
Accueil - Canada.ca 9
Terms and conditions - Canada.ca 5
Avis - Canada.ca 5
https://www.canada.ca/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/css/theme.min.css 0 5
https://www.canada.ca/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/css/noscript.min.css 0 5
https://www.canada.ca/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/css/messages.min.css 0 5
Canada.ca 0 3

🧭 Reflow Risk (WCAG 1.4.10)

Page-level indicator: resizes to 320 CSS pixels wide and checks for horizontal overflow. This is a risk indicator, not a conformance verdict — see Behavioral Accessibility Automation for what it can and cannot detect.

✅ No horizontal overflow detected at 320px width on any scanned page!

🔧 Most Common Issues (ALFA)

13 rules
6 Serious alfa SC 2.5.5 AAA Motor SIA-R111: Interactive elements have a sufficient target size
4 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: UX Designer, Visual Designer

Blocking: ⚠️ Yes (Task-Blocking)

WCAG: SC 2.5.5 AAA

Disabilities affected:
Motor

Who Is Affected

  • Limited Manipulation 2.2% — ~7,600,000 Americans
  • Limited Reach and Strength 5.8% — ~19,600,000 Americans

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
Target has insufficient size
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-0d3da2b6
<a href="/en.html" class="btn btn-primary" translate="no">English</a>
XPath: /a[@class="btn btn-primary"]
Example 2 View on Page
Target has insufficient size
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-4e79ef7f
<a href="/en/transparency/terms.html" class="sp-lk">Terms & conditions</a>
XPath: /a[@class="sp-lk"]
Example 3 View on Page
Target has insufficient size
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-549f0ba9
<a lang="en" href="/en.html">...</a>
XPath: /a
Example 4 View on Page
Target has insufficient size
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-c7951c10
<a class="stretched-link" data-gc-analytics="promo:homePageFeature" href="https://www.veterans.gc.ca/fra/remembrance/commemorative-events/veterans-week?utm_source=canadaca&utm_medium=VW2026&utm_campaign=vwlanding">Les vétérans nous ont aidés à bâtir un Canada plus...</a>
XPath: /a[@class="stretched-link"]
Example 5 View on Page
Target has insufficient size
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-549f0ba9
<a lang="fr" href="/fr/transparence/avis.html">...</a>
XPath: /a
3 Serious alfa SC 2.4.2 A Visual Cognitive SIA-R1: The document has a non-empty <title> element
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Content Author, UX Designer

Blocking: No

WCAG: SC 2.4.2 A

Disabilities affected:
Visual Cognitive

Who Is Affected

  • Without Vision 1.0% — ~3,400,000 Americans
  • Limited Vision 2.4% — ~8,100,000 Americans
  • Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities 4.7% — ~15,900,000 Americans

ACT alignment

  • ACT 2779a5 Open ACT rule

    No other scanned engines matched this ACT rule in the current report.

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The document does not have a `<title>` element
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-a9979699
Example 2 View on Page
The document does not have a `<title>` element
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-a9979699
Example 3 View on Page
The document does not have a `<title>` element
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-a9979699
3 Serious alfa SC 3.1.1 A Cognitive SIA-R4: The html element has a non-empty lang attribute
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

WCAG: SC 3.1.1 A

Disabilities affected:
Cognitive

Who Is Affected

  • Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities 4.7% — ~15,900,000 Americans

ACT alignment

  • ACT b5c3f8 Open ACT rule

    No other scanned engines matched this ACT rule in the current report.

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The `lang` attribute is either missing, empty, or only whitespace
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-27413326
<html>...</html>
XPath: /html
Example 2 View on Page
The `lang` attribute is either missing, empty, or only whitespace
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-27413326
<html>...</html>
XPath: /html
Example 3 View on Page
The `lang` attribute is either missing, empty, or only whitespace
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-27413326
<html>...</html>
XPath: /html
3 Moderate alfa Best Practice SIA-R59: Document has at least one heading to identify its main content
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Content Author, UX Designer

Blocking: No

WCAG: Best Practice

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The document does not have a heading element
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-0fad829d
Example 2 View on Page
The document does not have a heading element
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-0fad829d
Example 3 View on Page
The document does not have a heading element
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-0fad829d
3 Moderate alfa SIA-R79
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The element has no <figure> ancestor and has text which not inside a <code>, <kbd> or <samp> element.
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-2dd0f8a7
<pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">...</pre>
XPath: /pre
Example 2 View on Page
The element has no <figure> ancestor and has text which not inside a <code>, <kbd> or <samp> element.
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-2dd0f8a7
<pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">@charset "utf-8";/*! * Web Experience Toolkit (WE...</pre>
XPath: /pre
Example 3 View on Page
The element has no <figure> ancestor and has text which not inside a <code>, <kbd> or <samp> element.
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-2dd0f8a7
<pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">@charset "utf-8"; /*! * @title Web Experience Too...</pre>
XPath: /pre
3 Moderate alfa SIA-R87: The first focusable element on the page is a skip link to the main content
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The document has no tabbable descendants
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-4b473950
Example 2 View on Page
The document has no tabbable descendants
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-4b473950
Example 3 View on Page
The document has no tabbable descendants
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-4b473950
3 Moderate alfa SIA-R56: Landmarks with the same role are distinguishable by their accessible name
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
Some `navigation` have the same name.
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-9d3047fe
Example 2 View on Page
Some `navigation` have the same name.
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-9d3047fe
Example 3 View on Page
Some `navigation` have the same name.
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-9d3047fe
3 Moderate alfa Best Practice SIA-R61: The first heading in the document is a level 1 heading
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Content Author, UX Designer

Blocking: No

WCAG: Best Practice

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The document does not start with a level 1 heading
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-8563fbe5
Example 2 View on Page
The document does not start with a level 1 heading
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-8563fbe5
Example 3 View on Page
The document does not start with a level 1 heading
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-8563fbe5
3 Moderate alfa SIA-R78: Headings of the same level are not immediately adjacent without intervening content
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
There is no content between this heading and the next
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-30ef68f0
<h2>En vedette</h2>
XPath: /h2
Example 2 View on Page
There is no content between this heading and the next
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-f006e8d2
<h1 property="name" class="wb-inv" id="wb-cont" dir="ltr">Terms and conditions</h1>
XPath: /h1[@id="wb-cont"]
Example 3 View on Page
There is no content between this heading and the next
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-f006e8d2
<h1 property="name" class="wb-inv" id="wb-cont" dir="ltr">Avis</h1>
XPath: /h1[@id="wb-cont"]
1 Moderate alfa SC 1.4.6 AAA Visual SIA-R66: Text has enhanced contrast with its background
1 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Visual Designer

Blocking: No

WCAG: SC 1.4.6 AAA

Disabilities affected:
Visual

Affected Pages

Who Is Affected

  • Without Vision 1.0% — ~3,400,000 Americans
  • Limited Vision 2.4% — ~8,100,000 Americans
  • Without Perception of Color 4.3% — ~14,500,000 Americans

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The highest possible contrast of the text is 6.46:1 which is below the required contrast of 7:1
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-7e4df68e
1 Moderate alfa SIA-R68: Elements with an explicit ARIA role have the required owned/child elements
1 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

Affected Pages

ACT alignment

  • ACT bc4a75 Open ACT rule

    No other scanned engines matched this ACT rule in the current report.

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The element owns no elements as required by its semantic role
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-6cd55afc
<ul id="suggestions" role="listbox" class="query-suggestions" aria-describedby="sr-qs-hint" />
XPath: /ul[@id="suggestions"]
1 Moderate alfa SIA-R74
1 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

Affected Pages

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The font size is specified using an absolute unit
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-7458f9db
<p>Trouver un emploi, formation, programmes d'embauch...</p>
XPath: /p
1 Critical alfa SC 4.1.2 A Visual Motor Cognitive SIA-R8: Form fields have an accessible name
1 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: alfa

Roles: Front-End Developer, UX Designer

Blocking: ⚠️ Yes (Task-Blocking)

WCAG: SC 4.1.2 A

Disabilities affected:
Visual Motor Cognitive

Affected Pages

Who Is Affected

  • Without Vision 1.0% — ~3,400,000 Americans
  • Limited Vision 2.4% — ~8,100,000 Americans
  • Limited Manipulation 2.2% — ~7,600,000 Americans
  • Limited Reach and Strength 5.8% — ~19,600,000 Americans
  • Limited Language, Cognitive, and Learning Abilities 4.7% — ~15,900,000 Americans

ACT alignment

  • ACT e086e5 Open ACT rule

    No other scanned engines matched this ACT rule in the current report.

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
The form field does not have an accessible name
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-510d7426
<ul id="suggestions" role="listbox" class="query-suggestions" aria-describedby="sr-qs-hint" />
XPath: /ul[@id="suggestions"]

🔧 Most Common Issues (axe)

1 rule
3 Moderate axe landmark-unique
3 pages affected

Rule Information

Engine: axe

Roles: Front-End Developer

Blocking: No

Examples

Example 1 View on Page
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-5e9301aa
<nav>
XPath: .global-header > nav
Example 2 View on Page
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-5e9301aa
<nav>
XPath: .global-header > nav
Example 3 View on Page
Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination
Mode: light 🕑 First identified: 2026-10-30 🔑 Pattern ID: A11Y-5e9301aa
<nav>
XPath: .global-header > nav