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Web DesignWebsites designed for Canada's two languages and its accessibility laws. Bilingual EN/FR interfaces, AODA and Accessible Canada Act compliance, and design that converts — from our Manchester studio to Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Ottawa.
Canadian web design has legal requirements most templates ignore. Ontario's AODA and the federal Accessible Canada Act set accessibility standards that apply to websites serving Canadians — and in Quebec, French-language availability is a commercial necessity, not a nice-to-have. We design for all of it from the first wireframe.
Our process runs from Manchester: UX research and wireframes, bilingual interface design with proper French typography and expanded text allowances (French copy runs longer than English), then accessible, responsive builds your team can actually maintain.
Every project is quoted in CAD with a written scope — page count, languages, accessibility level and CMS — so you know exactly what you are buying before design starts.
EN/FR layouts designed side by side, with language toggles and locale-aware formatting.
WCAG 2.1 AA as the baseline: contrast, focus states, keyboard paths, screen-reader structure.
Design and documentation aligned to Ontario AODA and Accessible Canada Act expectations.
User journeys, wireframes and prototypes tested before a line of production code.
Landing pages and funnels designed around Canadian buyer behaviour.
Designed phone-first for a market that browses overwhelmingly on mobile.
Component libraries so bilingual pages stay consistent as you grow.
Rebuilds of dated sites with redirects, SEO and accessibility handled in the move.
Goals, audiences, languages and accessibility requirements, agreed in writing.
Page structures and user journeys, reviewed in the overlap window.
Full visual design in English and French, side by side.
Accessible, responsive development on your chosen platform.
WCAG checks, assistive-technology testing and remediation.
Deployment, training and documentation your team keeps.
Ontario's AODA has teeth. Organisations serving Ontario are expected to meet accessibility standards for their digital properties, with WCAG 2.0 Level AA as the reference point — and the federal Accessible Canada Act extends similar expectations to federally regulated sectors. Non-compliance is a legal and reputational risk, not a design preference.
Accessibility also converts. Clear contrast, logical headings, keyboard navigability and readable type help every visitor, not just those using assistive technology. Accessible sites also tend to be faster and better structured — which search engines notice.
Bilingual design is a design discipline. French text typically runs 15–20% longer than English, buttons and navigation need room to breathe, and language toggles must be obvious without hijacking the layout. We design both languages in parallel so neither feels like an afterthought.
We document what we deliver. Every accessible build ships with an accessibility statement draft and a handover note on maintaining compliance as you add content — because a compliant launch that drifts is a liability.
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AODA — the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act — sets accessibility standards including for websites serving Ontario. The Accessible Canada Act (2019) creates federal accessibility requirements, mainly for federally regulated industries. Both point to WCAG as the technical standard, and we design to WCAG 2.1 AA as the baseline.
Yes — AODA carries administrative penalties, and inaccessible sites increasingly attract human-rights complaints and lawsuits. Beyond legal risk, exclusion costs you customers. We treat accessibility as a launch requirement, not a phase two.
A visible language toggle, separate URL paths per language (typically /en/ and /fr/), independent navigation and content per language, and locale-correct dates, currency and forms. French is designed in parallel with English, never squeezed in afterwards.
Yes. The majority of Canadian web traffic is mobile, so every layout is designed phone-first and scaled up — not the other way round.
It depends on page count, languages and accessibility scope. We quote fixed CAD prices after discovery — a written scope with no hourly ambiguity. Our UK pricing guide shows how we think about project bands.
Yes. Redesigns include a full redirect map, SEO preservation, content migration and accessibility remediation — so you keep your rankings and gain compliance in one move.
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