Free website accessibility check
Ontario's AODA deadline is 31 December 2026, the ADA already generates thousands of US web lawsuits a year, and Manitoba's standard has been binding since May 2025. This checks four of the things an automated test can actually prove, on your live site, right now.
Check my accessibility
Enter your website address. We run the check against your live site and show you this section of the results in a few seconds.
Checks run against your live site. We record the website address you check, the pass, warn and fail counts, and your email address. We use your email to run the check, and to send marketing only if you tick the box. We do not sell, rent or share your details. Ten free scans per hour.
What this checks
- Image alt textBlind users and Google both rely on alt text. Legally required under AODA/ADA.
- Page language setScreen readers need <html lang> to pick the right pronunciation.
- Form labelsUnlabeled form fields fail WCAG and confuse every assistive tool.
- Link text clarity"Click here" tells a screen-reader user nothing. Describe the destination.
Why it matters
In Ontario, any organisation with twenty or more employees has to meet WCAG 2.0 level AA by the end of 2026. The fines get quoted a lot, but the real exposure is the Human Rights Tribunal, where there is no cap on damages and awards commonly land between twenty five and a hundred thousand dollars.
In the United States there is no size exemption at all, and roughly three quarters of web accessibility suits are filed against companies under twenty five million in revenue. Selling to EU consumers brings the European Accessibility Act, which follows the customer rather than your head office.
Be straight with yourself about what any automated tool can tell you, including this one. Automated testing catches somewhere between a third and a half of what the standard requires. It finds the missing alt text and the unlabelled form field. It cannot judge whether your alt text is meaningful, whether your site works by keyboard alone, or whether a screen reader can complete your booking form. That part needs a person.
How to fix it
Give every meaningful image alt text
Describe what the image conveys, not what it is. A photo of your shop front is not "image1.jpg", it is "Our Brampton service bay with three truck lifts". Purely decorative images get an empty alt attribute so screen readers skip them.
Set the page language
One attribute on the html tag. Without it a screen reader may read your English page using French pronunciation rules, which is as unusable as it sounds.
Label every form field
Every input needs a real label element tied to it, not just placeholder text that vanishes the moment someone types. An unlabelled field is announced as nothing at all.
Make link text describe the destination
"Click here" tells a screen reader user nothing, because many navigate by pulling up a list of every link on the page. "Download the 2026 price list" works in isolation. "Read more" does not.
Questions
- Does passing this mean I am AODA compliant?
- No, and that is important. These four checks are necessary, not sufficient. Automated testing covers roughly a third to a half of WCAG. Passing means you have cleared the obvious failures, which is genuinely worth doing, and the remainder needs manual testing against your real forms and keyboard navigation.
- I have under twenty employees in Ontario. Am I exempt?
- You are outside the AODA reporting threshold, but you are not outside the Human Rights Code, and you are not outside the ADA if you have US customers. Manitoba's standard applies from a single employee. Size exemptions are narrower than most people assume.
- What does an audit give me that a scan does not?
- A dated report, tested by a person, showing what was checked and when. The scan tells you what is broken. The dated report is the evidence that you took reasonable care, which is the thing that actually helps you when somebody complains.
The other seven checks
Each one is free, instant and needs just your email address. Or run all 25 at once.
A scan finds the obvious failures. It cannot sign off on you.
The free check tells you what is broken. The audit is a dated report, tested by a person, that shows what was checked and when. That record is what protects you when somebody complains, and it is the part an automated scan cannot give you.
This is an automated check of what is publicly visible on your website. It is a plain language summary, not legal advice, and passing it does not by itself make you compliant with any particular law. Where a rule is mentioned, confirm it against the source before acting on it.