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Impact of Accessibility Standards on Businesses in Canada

Explore how adhering to accessibility standards can transform businesses in Canada. This PDF dives into the legal, social, and economic impacts of accessibility compliance, offering insights on how businesses can create inclusive environments while boosting customer satisfaction, brand reputation, and market reach.

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Impact of Accessibility Standards on Businesses in Canada

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  1. Impact of Accessibility Standards on Businesses in Canada Accessibility laws in Canada: Accessibility laws in Canada: Accessible Standards Canada allows disabled people to have equal and uninterrupted access to online tools, digital websites and public services, just like non-disabled individuals. A more inclusive Canadian society is fostered by these accessibility laws. Benefits such as larger cursors and color contrast for the visually impaired to improved website layouts are provided to historically marginalized communities. What is the Accessible Canada Act (ACA)? ACA ensures that disabled people will be provided with equal access across all domains including services and goods. ACA mandates that organizations and businesses should implement tactical measures to improve accessibility by implementing and designing web accessibility plans. It leverages Accessible standards Canada.

  2. Following are a few guidelines that need to be implemented by the Canadian Following are a few guidelines that need to be implemented by the Canadian websites: websites: 1.Semantic HTML: The website content can be scanned and interpreted by using assistive technologies and screen readers. This in turn enables users to understand navigation, hierarchy and other key features that are contained within. 2.Alternative text: The meaning of an image should be properly conveyed 3.The value of focus indicators: It relies on keyboard navigation so that a desired element can be brought into focus. Whether it’s interacting with a form or opening up a form field, all these tasks should be performed by one’s keyboard and not some instructions. 4.Color contrast ratios: A key aspect of web accessibility is to make sure that color contrasts are adequate for images and text. Benefits of websites abiding by accessibility standards: Benefits of websites abiding by accessibility standards: 1.Legal compliance: In Canada, accessibility standards must be met by digital applications and non-exempt websites. If website owners in Canada do not abide by these standards then it can result in several government regulators that will impose fines. These fines are imposed based on the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and other key legislations. 2.Wider reach: A fully accessible website can reach a wider audience including the disabled community. This can also be translated to increased revenue, traffic and other business KPIs.

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