Accessibility testing · British Columbia
WCAG Audits and Accessibility Testing in Saanich, British Columbia
Audits for British Columbia sites against the WCAG level that actually binds you there.
The short answer for Saanich
Saanich is one of the larger municipalities in British Columbia, roughly 118,000 people at the 2021 census. What decides your website's duty here is not that number, though. It is the province. British Columbia has an accessibility act and it does not reach your website. The Accessible British Columbia Act sets no WCAG standard for private business, and the two standards queued behind it cover employment and service delivery rather than the web.
The municipality is a different case. It is one of the 750-odd organizations the Accessible British Columbia Regulation designates, so it owes an accessibility committee, a published plan and a feedback process, none of which is a conformance duty. And the federal layer sits over both of you. The Accessible Canada Act carries CAN/ASC-EN 301 549, which holds WCAG 2.1 AA, with deadlines on December 5, 2027 and 2028. It reaches federally regulated organizations wherever they sit, so a bank or a broadcaster in Saanich answers to it whatever British Columbia does.
So here is what we do about it. We work your Saanich site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. WCAG 2.2 covers everything 2.0 and 2.1 ask for and more, so one audit answers whichever of those applies to you. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it.
Which law lands on you in Saanich
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
Inside an audit for a site in Saanich
Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Saanich 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 Saanich is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.
Straight answers for Saanich
My site is in Saanich. Does that change what you test?
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.
What law am I actually answering to in Saanich?
Accessible Canada Act is the one that reach Saanich 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.
Should I be publishing an accessibility statement here?
At least one of the laws that reaches Saanich 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.
What am I paying, and what turnaround do I get?
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.
Who does the human half of the testing?
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 Saanich, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.
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Find out where your site stands in Saanich
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 Saanich can act on.