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Accessible Canada Act
The purpose of the Accessible Canada Act is to make Canada barrier-free by January 1, 2040. This involves identifying, removing and preventing barriers in federal jurisdiction in the following priority areas:
- employment
- the built environment (buildings and public spaces)
- information and communication technologies
- communication, other than information and communication technologies
- the procurement of goods, services and facilities
- the design and delivery of programs and services, and
- transportation (airlines, as well as rail, road and marine transportation providers that cross provincial or international borders)
Communication, as a priority area, includes the use of:
- American Sign Language
- Quebec Sign Language (Langue des signes québécoise), and
- Indigenous sign languages
The Act recognizes these sign languages as the primary languages of Deaf people in Canada.
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