accessibility

Accessibility Standards Canada and CSA Group have collaborated to publish three new accessibility standards. The standards are: CSA/ASC B651, Accessible design for the built environment; CSA/ASC B651.2, Accessible design for self-service…

VANCOUVER — Canada's finance minister says it's not the federal government's job to build all the houses Canadians need, but it will try to remove roadblocks with a $4-billion fund earmarked to help boost housing construction announced in…

New data from Statistics Canada shows multiple-property owners held between 29 and 41 per cent of the housing stock in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in 2019 and 2020. The data from the Canadian Housing…

City council has adopted the first comprehensive update to Toronto’s Accessibility Design Guidelines (TADG) since its publication in 2004. The research and technical update was led by Toronto-based, global consultancy company, Human Space.…

The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, along with Steven MacKinnon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility and Member of…

The federal government will heed the calls of Canada's disabled community and amend the country's first piece of national accessibility legislation to include some of the changes they sought, the minister spearheading the effort said…

TORONTO – The accessibility law that took effect in Ontario 14 years ago and has served as a blueprint for similar legislation in other parts of Canada has fallen well short of its goals and continues to leave disabled residents facing…

Are you a building professional interested in advancing your knowledge of accessibility in the built environment? The upcoming Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Assessor course at Vancouver Community College may be a fit for you! This 10…

The governments of Canada and St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador are making infrastructure investments that will help create jobs, grow the middle class, and support a high standard of living for Canadians and their families for years to…