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Accessabilitiy

The web site of the Commission des services juridiques complies with the web site accessibility standard and was developed according to established rules to be more perceptible, usable, understandable and robust.

The site is compatible with  the latest browser of Google chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox and Safari.  In addition, it is compatible with computer adaptive technologies making it accessible and easy to use by anyone with a visual, motor or cognitive disability. 

Take note that the Google interactive maps will no more be supported with Internet Explorer from august 2022.

Display Options

  • To increase or decrease the text size, click the « Aa » icon at the top right of your screen. 
  • You can also use a shortcut by pressing the « Ctrl key + » to increase the text and « Ctrl key - » to decrease the text.

Standards

The standards used are: Standard on Accessibility of a Web Site SGQR1 008-01, a standard based on the work of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).


Summary of Standards used
  1. Compatible with computer adaptation technologies;
  2. Compatible with common browsers;
  3. Reduction of reporting limitations;
  4. The content can be perceived by any Internet user;
  5. The content can be traversed without a mouse in a sequential order;
  6. Navigation is simple to understand including easily identifiable menus and hyperlinks that are easy to locate and attached to an image identifying the type of hyperlink (web, pdf, word or other);
  7. Each page has a distinctive title, metadata elements, and section headers;
  8. The color contrast level meets the standard;
  9. Ability to enlarge text;
  10. All pages provide direct access to the search tool and accessibility policy;
  11. The site map is available at the bottom of each page.

Icons Description

  
Icone Opening a web page in a new widow
Icone Opening a PDF file in a new window
Icone Opening a PowerPoint file in a new window
Icone Opening a Word file in a new window
Icone Opening an Excel file in a new window
Icone Opening an image in a new window
Icone Additional information available
Icone Press Releases
Icone Enlarge the text box
Icone Paragraph in a footnote
Icone Expand
Icone Shrink
Icone Go to the bottom of the page
Icone Go to the top of the page
Icone facebook
Icone twitter
 

Description and reference of standards used

 Tags
 
Encoded with start and end tags and an id attribute
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 3.2.1, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 4.1.1 priority level A)

 Style sheets
 
Using a style sheet
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 3.3, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 priority level A)

 Accessibility
 
Access to the 'Accessibility' page including the standards used, the name and version of the adaptation technologies used and the description of the icons used on the website.
 

 Navigation
 
Displaying French at initial loading
 
Can identify a menu as a navigation and be able to easily recognize a hyperlink in a page
  (WCAG 2.0: Success Criteria Number 1.4.1 Priority Level A)
Navigation menu marked as a list with up to three levels
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 12.3, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.3.1 priority level A)
Includes an informative page 'Site Map'
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 13.3, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 2.4.5 priority level AA)

 Structure of the page
 
Each page has a distinctive title
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 13.2, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 2.4.2 priority level A)
Ability to browse pages with tab (without mouse) in a sequential order
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 9.4, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.3.2 and 2.4.3 priority level A)
Contains section headers with a logical structure (h1, h2, h3)
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 3.5, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.3.1 priority level A)

 Web page presentation
 
Provides alternative text for any non-decorative image
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 2.1, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.3.3 and 1.4.1 priority level A)
Features a logo, brand name and contrast of at least 4.5 to 1
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 2.2, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.4.3 priority level AA)
Font size of at least 0.92
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 3.4, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.4.4 priority level AA)

 Understanding content
 
Possibility to enlarge the text by at least 150%
 
Includes metadata elements
  (WCAG 2.0: Success criterion number 2.4.5 priority level AA)
Any hyperlink to the same destination has the same label
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 13.1, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 2.4.4 priority level A)
Language with a codet en-GB
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 4.3, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 3.1.1 priority level A)
A navigation element opens a new window or is accompanied by a warning-coded icon.
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 10.1, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 3.2.2 priority level A)

 Interactive Content
 
Validation accessible with keyboard
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 6.3, 6.4, 8.1, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 2.1.1 and 4.1.1 priority level A)
User interface components (AJAXs) can be detected by computer adaptation technologies.
  (WCAG 2.0: Success Criterion Number 4.1.2 Priority Level A)

 Image
 
The informative images have a short replacement text and end with a period.
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 1.1, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.1.1 priority level A)

 Form
 
Each field has a coded label
  (WCAG 1.0: recommendation number 12.4, WCAG 2.0: success criterion number 1.3.1 and 3.3.2 priority level A)
Any field is free of a default value
  (WCAG 1.0: Recommendation Number 10.4)
Any field is validated
  (WCAG 2.0: Success criterion number 3.3.1 and 3.3.3 priority level AA)

© Commission des services juridiques Création: Diane Laurin - 2017