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AODA · WCAG 2.2 AA · Toronto, Ontario

AODA & WCAG 2.2 AA Accessibility Compliance for Toronto Businesses

Toronto is Canada's largest commercial centre and the headquarters base for the country's banks, insurers, and retail chains clustered around Bay Street and the Financial District, plus a fast-growing tech and e-commerce scene in the King West and Liberty Village corridors. These are exactly the organizations that hit the 20+ and 50+ employee thresholds where AODA's website rules bite hardest. With ~1 in 5 Ontarians living with a disability and many Toronto firms also selling into the US market, the city's businesses face both the Ontario IASR floor and ADA exposure south of the border.

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What we do

Accessibility services for Toronto businesses

AODA Compliance Audit

Automated plus manual screen-reader and keyboard testing against WCAG 2.2 AA, with audit-ready conformance documentation. From $1,500.

Website Accessibility Remediation

We fix the real source code — never a cosmetic overlay — and re-test, so the result holds up if a complaint ever lands.

Accessible Shopify & B2B Builds

New Shopify stores and B2B portals, accessible by design and built to convert. From $6,000 — fundable via CSBFP / CanExport.

Toronto

Built for Toronto's businesses

Common local sectors in scope for the Dec 31, 2026 AODA deadline:

  • Financial services & banking (Bay Street / Financial District)
  • Retail & e-commerce (Shopify-driven DTC brands)
  • Technology & startups (King West / Liberty Village)
  • Professional services (law, accounting, consulting)
  • Insurance
  • Real estate & property management

FAQ

AODA in Toronto — common questions

When is the AODA accessibility deadline for Toronto businesses?
The next Accessibility Compliance Report (ACR) is due December 31, 2026 for Ontario organizations with 20 or more employees. The strict WCAG 2.0 AA website requirement under the IASR binds organizations with 50+ employees. That's the legal floor; we build and test to WCAG 2.2 AA as best practice. Filing on time with a recent audit behind it is your good-faith file. This is accessibility-engineering guidance, not legal advice, and we work alongside your counsel.
Can't a free accessibility widget make my Toronto website compliant before the deadline?
We'd steer you away from overlays. Free and paid widgets (accessiBe, UserWay, AudioEye) are a cosmetic JavaScript layer that automated tools catch only about 30-40% of WCAG issues, and courts have rejected them. In 2025 the US FTC fined accessiBe US$1,000,000 for false compliance claims, and 456 sites that had a widget installed were still sued in the first half of 2025. We fix the source code instead, the kind of work that produces audit-ready conformance documentation that holds up.
What does AODA non-compliance actually cost a Toronto business?
The headline $100,000-per-day (corporation) and $50,000-per-day (director) figures are statutory maximums on conviction and are rarely applied, so treat them as context, not a threat. The everyday risk is a complaint to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (AODA itself has no private right of action), which typically costs $30,000+ to defend, plus ADA exposure if you sell into the US. A recent WCAG audit is your good-faith defense.
What does PassProof do for Toronto businesses?
Three things: an AODA/WCAG 2.2 AA audit with manual screen-reader and keyboard testing (from $1,500), source-code remediation that fixes the real issues rather than masking them, and accessible Shopify and B2B builds from $6,000. We also point you to Canadian funding like CSBFP and CanExport. We're remote-first, serving Toronto and the rest of Ontario. Start free with the PassProof Report at getpassproof.com/risk-snapshot.

See where your Toronto site stands — free

The PassProof Report scans your site against Ontario's AODA/WCAG rules in ~30 seconds: your top failures, any overlay it detects, what applies to your size, and a fixed-price path. No obligation.

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