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Accessible Service Delivery

Guidelines and best practices by Accessibility Standards Canada

Topics

  • Intersectional outreach
  • Accessible consultation
  • Disability knowledge

Phases of consultation

  • Engage
  • Design
  • Deepen understanding

Sectors

  • Parliamentary entities
  • The Canadian Forces and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  • Federally Regulated private sector
  • Government of Canada

Areas of impact

  • Built environment
  • Communications
  • Information technology
  • Procurement
  • Policy and programs
  • Service delivery

Added on June 9, 2026

Summary

This Standard provides requirements for the realization of an equitable, inclusive, and barrier-free service delivery experience for all people throughout the delivery of services.

The purpose of this document is to promote accessible service delivery that allows all people to obtain, use, and benefit from services that are offered by service providers. Accessible service delivery provides all people with the opportunity to:

receive essential information about a service that meets their communication needs; access a service through any means offered, whether in-person, through the phone, digitally, or through any other means of access; and receive services in a manner that meets their individualized needs. This Standard promotes equity-based requirements that go above mandatory minimums. This means that the technical requirements in this Standard strive to provide the highest level of accessibility for the widest range of users.

Service providers that apply these requirements promote inclusive service delivery that responds to the needs of the widest range of people.

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Resources for Federally Regulated Organizations

Collection

This collection contains various resources that can help Federally Regulated Organizations in the various process of preparing and implementing a consultation on accessibility and inclusion.