Prepare your 2026 AODA compliance report
Ontario businesses and non-profits with 20 or more employees must file an accessibility compliance report by December 31, 2026. This year it’s filed in a new online portal, with one yes-or-no question for each accessibility standard. Go through the requirements behind each question here, see what to answer and what to fix, then file.
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Prodigy Suite drafts your accessible customer service policy and, at 50 or more, your accessibility policies and multi-year plan; sends them to staff for sign-off; assigns the free government accessibility training and keeps the records; and tracks your report in the compliance centre with every other Ontario deadline.
Questions about the 2026 report
Who has to file an accessibility compliance report in 2026?
Every business and non-profit with 20 or more employees in Ontario (O. Reg. 191/11, s. 86.1). Organizations with fewer than 20 employees don’t have to file, though they can. Designated public sector organizations report on a different cycle.
How do I count my employees?
Count full-time, part-time, seasonal and contract workers in Ontario. Don’t count volunteers, independent contractors or people working outside Ontario. The reporting portal asks for your highest number at any one time in the last 12 months.
What changed for 2026?
The report is filed in the Accessibility Compliance Reporting Portal with a My Ontario Account, instead of a PDF form. Each standard is now one question: is your organization in compliance with all applicable requirements? At 20 to 49 employees that is only the customer service standard; at 50 or more it is six standards.
What if I have to answer “no”?
File anyway, on time. The portal asks you to tick the areas that aren’t compliant, and you are required to fix them. Once you have, you can file a new report before the deadline. Otherwise Ministry staff may contact you to agree on a plan.
What happens if I don’t file?
The Ministry can order you to file and impose an administrative penalty. For a corporation these usually range from $500 to $15,000 depending on the impact and your history, and can reach $100,000 a day in the most serious cases.
Do I have to make my report public?
Yes. The AODA (s. 14(2)) requires you to make your filed report available to the public. Download the PDF from the portal after you submit and post it, for example on your website.
Based on the AODA, O. Reg. 191/11 and the Ministry’s reporting guidance, checked October 15, 2026. Prodigy Suite is not a law firm; this is information, not legal advice.