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Your website passes. Your AODA report still fails.

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In briefOntario organizations with 50+ staff owe a written plan, not just a WCAG test.
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A WCAG score tells you how your website performs against one standard. It does not cover the written accessibility policy, the multi-year accessibility plan reviewed every five years, the documented individual accommodation plans, or the signed self-certification your senior officer files by 31 December 2026.

For organizations with 50 or more employees in Ontario, all of that is required — not optional.

The compliance report is a self-certification. No private company can file it for you, and no private company can issue a government certificate. What you need is the evidence behind the answers: tested, dated, and signed.

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