Accessibility testing · Canada
Accessibility Testing in Alberta, Done by Hand
No provincial act, so the federal rules and human rights law are what reach you.
What Alberta actually requires
There is no provincial accessibility act in Alberta. Nothing local sets your website a standard or a date. That is worth hearing plainly, rather than from a vendor with an interest in implying otherwise. What reaches you instead is federal. The Accessible Canada Act carries CAN/ASC-EN 301 549, which holds WCAG 2.1 AA inside it. It binds federally regulated organizations wherever they sit. Banking, telecoms, broadcasting, airlines, Crown corporations.
Everyone else in Alberta is left with human rights law. And with the plain commercial fact that a customer who cannot finish checkout does not finish. So here is what we do about it. We audit Alberta sites against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, with a professional blind screen-reader user on your real journeys. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.
The rules in force in Alberta
Accessible Canada Act (ACA)
- Standard
- CAN/ASC-EN 301 549 → WCAG 2.1 AA
- Where it stands
- Dec 5, 2027 / Dec 5, 2028
- Who it binds
- Public and private sectors
- Reaches sellers based abroad
- Not by itself
- What non-compliance costs
- Penalties up to CA$250,000 per violation
- Via CAN/ASC-EN 301 549
- 2.1 AA
- Max penalty (CAD)
- $250k
- Federal web deadline
- Dec 2027
- Private employees covered
- 100+
The Accessible Canada Act dates, 4 of them
- Jul 11, 2019ACA in force
- 2022 to 2024First accessibility plans and feedback processes fall due, a year after each group's fixed day
- Dec 5, 2027Federal public sector web pages: CAN/ASC-EN 301 549:2024
- Dec 5, 2028Mobile apps and documents, plus private entities with 100+ employees
What we test, and how, in Alberta
Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Alberta as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.
The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.
None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.
- A and AA rules we check
- 55
- Techniques and failures
- 432
- ACT test rules
- 90
- ARIA roles documented
- 94
- Terms in the glossary
- 131
- Checklists to work from
- 9
- A free 10-page scan that finds what a machine can prove, before you spend anything
- Paid audits at fixed prices on the pricing page, $499 for 10 pages in 5 business days, $1,499 for 25 in 10
- The exact deliverable, free to read, as the sample report
The honest limit
And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Alberta is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.
What owners in Alberta want to know first
Is accessibility testing in Alberta different from anywhere else?
No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.
Who sets the rules for a website in Alberta?
Accessible Canada Act is the one that reach Alberta first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.
Does Alberta expect a published accessibility statement?
At least one of the laws that reaches Alberta names an accessibility statement, so plan on publishing one. Our free generator writes it from what the audit found, so the page says what actually works today rather than what you hope works.
How much is an audit, and when does the report land?
A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.
Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?
Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.
Related on this site
The reading behind the law that reaches you in Alberta, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.
Cities we test in Alberta
- Airdrie, Alberta
- Beaumont, Alberta
- Blackfalds, Alberta
- Bonnyville No. 87, Alberta
- Brooks, Alberta
- Calgary, Alberta
- Camrose, Alberta
- Canmore, Alberta
- Chestermere, Alberta
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- Clearwater County, Alberta
- Cochrane, Alberta
- Cold Lake, Alberta
- Edmonton, Alberta
- Foothills County, Alberta
- Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
- Grande Prairie, Alberta
- Grande Prairie County No. 1, Alberta
- High River, Alberta
- Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta
- Lacombe, Alberta
- Lacombe County, Alberta
- Leduc, Alberta
- Leduc County, Alberta
- Lethbridge, Alberta
- Lethbridge County, Alberta
- Lloydminster (Part), Alberta
- Mackenzie County, Alberta
- Medicine Hat, Alberta
- Morinville, Alberta
- Mountain View County, Alberta
- Okotoks, Alberta
- Parkland County, Alberta
- Red Deer, Alberta
- Red Deer County, Alberta
- Rocky View County, Alberta
- Spruce Grove, Alberta
- St. Albert, Alberta
- Stony Plain, Alberta
- Strathcona County, Alberta
- Strathmore, Alberta
- Sturgeon County, Alberta
- Sylvan Lake, Alberta
- Wetaskiwin, Alberta
- Wetaskiwin County No. 10, Alberta
- Wood Buffalo, Alberta
- Yellowhead County, Alberta
Other provinces and territories in Canada
Accessibility testing in other countries
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- Denmark
- Norway
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Canada
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Finland
- Greece
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Argentina
- Colombia
- China
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Japan
- South Korea
- India
- Israel
- Brazil
Find out where your site stands in Alberta
Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in Alberta can act on.