AODA Compliance Report 2026: Who Files by December 31 and How

The report confirms that you have met the accessibility requirements that currently apply to you under the AODA. Ontario calls filing it a legal obligation, and says that not filing may lead to enforcement measures, including financial penalties.

The form itself is not long. The real work is being able to answer it honestly, which is why this page spends more time on the before than the during. (Filing taxes works the same way, except nobody sends you a refund for accessibility.)

The form asks for four things about your organization:

• its legal name
• its business number (the 9-digit BN9 on your federal or provincial tax return)
• its number of employees
• the name and contact details of your certifier: a senior officer with the legal authority to say the report is complete and accurate

Then gather the evidence that lets that officer sign without crossing their fingers:

• your accessibility policies (documented and public if you have 50 or more employees)
• proof of training for staff and volunteers, with dates and numbers if you have 50 or more
• your accessible formats notice and how feedback reaches you
• your customer service practices for service animals, support persons and disruptions
• employment practices: accessible recruitment, accommodation and emergency information
• for 50 or more employees: your multi-year accessibility plan and evidence your website meets WCAG 2.0 Level AA

Ontario's interactive Accessibility Standards Checklist (opens in a new tab) is the best dry run. Our requirements by size page gives you the same list in plain English.

1. Open the Accessibility Compliance Reporting Portal (opens in a new tab) and select "Sign In/Create Account".
2. Register with an email address and password, then sign in.
3. Select "New Submission" and choose the "Accessibility Compliance Report" option.
4. Answer the questions about your organization and its accessibility requirements.
5. Select "Submit" at the bottom of the screen.

The certifier and the primary contact then get a confirmation email with a confirmation number. Keep it with your records.

Filing for a group of companies? You can submit for up to 20 organizations at once if they share the same organization category, employee-count range, certifier and answers to every compliance question. Otherwise, one form each.

Directors and officers also have a personal duty to take all reasonable care to prevent the corporation from committing an offence under that section. If you cannot honestly confirm a requirement, fix it first, or call the AODA Contact Centre and ask how to report it. The fines guide explains how penalties actually work.

• File the confirmation email somewhere you will find it in three years.
• Tell Ontario if your address, primary contact, employee count or status changes (for example, you close, drop below 20 employees or become federally regulated). You update this in your portal profile.
• Keep training current when people join and when your policies change.
• Put the next deadline in the calendar. Businesses and non-profits file every three years.

Need help? Ontario's AODA Contact Centre is at 1-866-515-2025 (TTY 1-800-268-7095) or AODA.assistance@ontario.ca (opens in a new tab).

If you have 50 or more employees, the website requirement is one of the requirements you are confirming: public websites and web content published after January 1, 2012 must meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA, apart from live captions and pre-recorded audio description.

That is a technical claim, and it is the one most businesses cannot check themselves. A scan from a free tool is a start, not evidence. W3C, which writes WCAG, says evaluation tools "can not determine accessibility, they can only assist in doing so." If you need to know where the site stands before December 31, we test it by hand, fix the issues and give you a written summary for your records.