Filing Your AODA Compliance Report: What Leaders Should Know

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October 16, 2026

Ontario businesses and non-profits with 20 or more employees must file accessibility compliance reports every three years. Their next deadline is December 31, 2026. Designated public sector organizations report every two years, and Ontario says overdue 2025 reports should be filed as soon as possible. This article summarizes public Ontario guidance; it is general information, not legal advice.

The report is filed through Ontario's official accessibility reporting portal. A person who has the authority to legally bind the organization must certify the report — for a corporation, that is typically a director or officer. This matters: the report is a legal certification, not a survey. Whoever signs is confirming the organization's answers about its compliance with the AODA standards that apply to it.

Reporting covers all applicable AODA obligations, not only the website. Depending on the organization's size and type, that can include customer service, employment, information and communications, training, and design of public spaces requirements. Completing website remediation does not by itself establish compliance with employment, training or other standards.

Before sitting down at the portal, confirm:

• Your organization's legal name, business number and contact details.
• Your employee count in Ontario, since it determines which requirements apply and which report questions you see.
• Who has authority to certify the report on the organization's behalf.
• Your answers to the current report questions, which ask whether the organization is meeting each applicable requirement.

Use Ontario's current portal instructions as the source of truth. The questions and categories can change between reporting cycles, so anything prepared in advance should be checked against the live form before filing.

A common point of confusion: the website standard (WCAG 2.0 AA for covered public websites) generally applies at 50 or more employees, subject to scope limits and exceptions. But the reporting obligation starts at 20 employees. An organization with 25 employees still has to file the report even though the website standard does not apply to it. Missing the filing deadline is itself a compliance issue, separate from any website question.

Our Client Portal contains an internal preparation worksheet. It is not a verified reproduction of the official form. You can save notes there, check them against Ontario's current questions, and then file through the official portal yourself. Recording a confirmation in Fortress is not a submission to Ontario — only the official portal filing counts.

Official portal: https://accessibilityreporting.ontario.ca/en-US/ Ontario instructions: https://www.ontario.ca/page/completing-your-accessibility-compliance-report

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Last updated: October 2026