Federal regulationCanada Gazette, Part IComment Period Closed
Regulations Amending the Accessible Canada Regulations
Sponsoring body: Employment and Social Development, Dept. ofIntroduced December 21, 2024Last checked August 25, 2026
Read the official text on gazette.gc.caOfficial version — Canada Gazette, Part I
What this regulation does
These amendments to the Accessible Canada Regulations require federally regulated organizations to make their websites, mobile apps, and downloadable documents accessible to people with disabilities by conforming to the CAN/ASC-EN 301 549 standard — Canada's national digital accessibility standard. They also require organizations to train relevant staff, publish accessibility statements, and assess the accessibility of digital products they purchase.
Plain-language summary by Legisail.
Business impact
EmploymentCompliance
If your federally regulated business has 100 or more employees — in sectors like banking, trucking, pipelines, parcel services, or grain handling — you'll need to start making your websites and internal employee-facing web pages accessible by June 1, 2028, and train any staff involved in building, maintaining, or buying digital tools by June 1, 2027. Larger businesses with 500 or more employees face broader requirements, including accessible mobile apps, downloadable documents, accessibility statements, and procurement assessments — with total compliance costs across all affected organizations projected at $309.95 million over 10 years (averaging $44.13 million per year). About 1,102 federally regulated organizations are affected from the start, with the biggest single cost being employee training ($128 million in present value over 10 years). Businesses with 99 or fewer employees are fully exempt, and transportation and telecom companies only have to meet the requirements for their internal employee-facing web pages.
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