Websites & accessibility
AODA website compliance in 2026: what WCAG 2.0 AA actually requires, and how to check
A practical checklist for Ontario organizations: who the AODA web rules apply to, the WCAG 2.0 Level AA requirements that fail most often, how to test with free tools, and what to put in an accessibility statement.
· 8 min read · Dawood Cheema
Key takeaways
- AODA requires WCAG 2.0 Level AA for public websites of designated public-sector organizations and private or nonprofit organizations with 50+ employees.
- The most common failures: no visible focus, missing headings, text baked into images, unlabelled links and form fields, low contrast.
- Automated tools (axe, Lighthouse) catch about a third of problems; keyboard and screen-reader checks find the rest.