How Much Does a Website Accessibility Audit Cost in Ontario?

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October 25, 2026

"Website accessibility audit" can mean anything from a sixty-second automated scan to a multi-week manual evaluation, so prices vary widely. This article explains what drives the cost and what you should expect at each level. It is general information, not legal advice.

**Automated scans** run software against your pages and report measurable issues: missing alt text, low contrast, missing form labels, heading problems and similar signals. They are fast and inexpensive — ours is no cost — but they catch only part of WCAG. They cannot judge whether alt text is meaningful, whether a focus order makes sense, or whether a screen reader announces a change correctly.

**Manual expert review** adds a person testing with a keyboard and screen reader, checking the things software cannot. This is where most of the cost in a serious audit lives, because it takes trained time on every template and user flow in scope.

**Full conformance evaluations** combine both, across an agreed set of pages and flows, with a written report mapping findings to specific WCAG success criteria. This is the level typically used when an organization needs documentation for reporting or procurement.

• **Page count and variety**: ten static brochure pages cost far less to review than a 50-page site with checkout flows, filters and dynamic content.
• **Complexity**: interactive elements, third-party widgets, PDFs and media all add testing time.
• **Depth of reporting**: a findings list is cheaper than a criterion-by-criterion evaluation with evidence and remediation guidance.
• **Re-testing**: verifying fixes afterwards is real work and is sometimes quoted separately.

Our paid audits are sized by website footprint: a Small Website Footprint audit (brochure and simple static sites) is $399 CAD, a Complex Website Footprint audit (larger B2B sites, multi-location sites and interactive flows) is $999 CAD, and Enterprise scopes start at $1,499 CAD as a custom quote. Page and interaction limits define the paid scope, and tax is calculated at checkout. Website fixing and ongoing monitoring are separate, scoped services. Our aoda-compliance-cost page explains the tiers in detail.

Start with a no-cost automated scan to see the measurable issues. If the results or your obligations justify it, commission a paid audit sized to your site. Fix what is found, then have the fixes verified by someone who did not do the original work. Keep records of what was checked and when — they matter if you ever need to show your work.

Official sources:

• Ontario: how to make websites accessible: https://www.ontario.ca/page/how-make-websites-accessible
• WCAG 2.0 (Ontario's legal baseline): https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/
• WCAG 2.2 (current W3C Recommendation): https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/

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Last updated: October 2026