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AODA Compliance Monitoring for Ontario Businesses
The December 31 AODA filing deadline applies to your business. Diaphone monitors your website's WCAG 2.1 AA compliance continuously and generates the documentation you need to prove it — without a one-time audit that's outdated the moment you deploy.
What Is AODA?
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act — and what it requires of your website.
AODA is Ontario's accessibility legislation. Under the Integrated Accessibility Standards Regulation (IASR), organizations subject to AODA must meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA for their public-facing websites and web content — and they must file periodic compliance reports with the Ontario government attesting to that conformance.
Employees is the threshold for Ontario private-sector businesses required to file AODA accessibility compliance reports.
The specific standard AODA requires for public-facing websites — not WCAG 2.0, not Level A. WCAG 2.1 Level AA.
The upcoming AODA compliance report filing deadline for private-sector organizations with 20 or more employees.
Maximum daily fine for AODA non-compliance. Directors and officers can be held personally liable.
The Problem With One-Time Audits
An accessibility audit is a snapshot. Your site is not.
Many Ontario businesses respond to AODA deadlines by commissioning a one-time accessibility audit. But the moment your team deploys a change — a content update, a plugin upgrade, a new feature — the audit is out of date. AODA compliance is an ongoing requirement, not a one-time certification.
Compliance Is Ongoing
AODA requires that your website maintain WCAG 2.1 AA conformance — not just at the time of your audit, but continuously. Monitoring is the only way to demonstrate ongoing compliance.
Every Deploy Is a Risk
A component update, a third-party script, or a CMS content change can silently introduce a WCAG violation. Diaphone catches it before it becomes a compliance gap.
Documentation Matters
When you file your AODA report, you need to attest to WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. Diaphone generates reports and maintains a scan history that supports that attestation.
How Diaphone Helps
Continuous WCAG 2.1 AA monitoring for AODA compliance.
Weekly Automated Scans
Diaphone scans your website weekly against WCAG 2.1 AA success criteria — the standard AODA requires — and flags any violations with impact level and affected elements.
Regression Alerts
If a deploy introduces a new WCAG violation, you hear about it immediately. Fix it before the next filing period, not after a compliance review surfaces it.
AODA-Ready Reports
Generate compliance reports that document your WCAG 2.1 AA scan results, violation history, and remediation progress — suitable for AODA attestation filings and internal compliance records.
Historical Audit Trail
Every scan is stored. If your AODA compliance is ever questioned, you have a documented history of monitoring and remediation — not just a single point-in-time report.
Multi-Site Monitoring
Manage multiple Ontario properties from one dashboard. Agencies can monitor client portfolios and generate individual compliance reports for each site.
No Technical Setup
No code changes, no CI/CD integration, no browser plugins. Add your URLs and Diaphone monitors them automatically.
"Automated WCAG testing identifies the most common and legally relevant failures — but not every possible accessibility issue. Diaphone helps you maintain and document ongoing compliance. It does not replace a full manual WCAG audit for initial conformance assessment. We tell you exactly what we check and what we can't." — The Diaphone honesty guarantee
The December 31 deadline is real. Start monitoring today.
Check your current WCAG 2.1 AA compliance for free, then set up continuous monitoring before the filing deadline. The free tier is open now.
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