Accessibility readiness guide
A source-linked planning aid for teams sorting Ontario reporting, Ontario public website guidance, and U.S. public-entity Title II dates.
Maintained by Virtually(Creative) Accessibility.
Technical planning information, not legal advice.
Read the scope first
Ontario reporting guidance, Ontario web guidance, and U.S. DOJ Title II guidance describe different scopes, standards, and dates. Use the matching section below—not a blended deadline.
Ontario’s accessibility compliance report guidance says businesses and non-profits with 20 or more employees file an accessibility compliance report every three years. The next deadline in that guidance is December 31, 2026.
Ontario’s official web guidance scopes public website WCAG 2.0 AA obligations to public organizations and to businesses and non-profits with 50 or more employees.
The U.S. Department of Justice Title II web rule uses WCAG 2.1 AA for state and local public entities and sets April 26, 2027 for entities serving populations of 50,000 or more.
The Federal Register extension gives April 26, 2028 to entities serving populations below 50,000 and to special districts.
Keep the boundary visible
It points you to the Ontario accessibility compliance report guidance and its reporting threshold. It is not the Ontario public website threshold.
It points you to Ontario’s web guidance for public website accessibility. Keep that web workstream separate from the reporting workstream.
The DOJ resource identifies the rule as Title II for state and local public entities; the Federal Register extension distinguishes the population tiers and special districts. This page does not apply those public-entity dates to private businesses or decide Title III coverage.
What to do next
Once your scope is clear, choose the smallest useful next step. This planning path is technical and operational; it does not replace legal or procurement review.
Discuss a scoped next stepNote your organization type, employee count, public-entity status, population served, special-district status, and the journey or website in scope.
Request accessibility scoping for a first look at the journey that matters most—useful input for sequencing technical work.
Explore the services for implementation support, documentation and a scoped plan your team can carry into its review process.
Official sources
Last reviewed September 9, 2026 by Virtually(Creative) Accessibility. Regulatory scope and dates can change; re-check the live official guidance and route coverage and legal interpretation to appropriate reviewers before publication, procurement or filing.
Source for the 20-or-more-employee reporting threshold, three-year cadence, and December 31, 2026 deadline.
Source for the scoped public website WCAG 2.0 AA guidance for public organizations and businesses/non-profits with 50 or more employees.
Source for the public-entity scope, WCAG 2.1 AA standard, and April 26, 2027 date for entities serving populations of 50,000 or more.
Source for the April 26, 2028 date for entities serving populations below 50,000 and special districts.
Make the next step concrete