Accessible Canada Regulations (SOR/2021-241)

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  Act

  Act means the Accessible Canada Act. (Loi)

  band

  band has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act. (bande)

  employee

  employee means any person employed by a regulated entity described in paragraph 7(1)(e) or (f) of the Act and includes a dependent contractor as defined in subsection 3(1) of the Canada Labour Code, but excludes

  • (a) a person employed under a program designated by the employer as a student employment program; and

  • (b) a student employed solely during the student’s vacation periods. (employé)

  planning and reporting cycle

  planning and reporting cycle means a period of three consecutive years the first year of which is a year in which there is a date by which a regulated entity is required to publish a version of an accessibility plan under section 47, 56, 65 or 69 of the Act, as the case may be and in which the second and third years are years in which there is a date by which a regulated entity is required to publish a progress report under section 49, 58, 67 or 71 of the Act, as the case may be. (cycle de planification)

  WCAG

  WCAG means the most recent version that is available in both English and French of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, published by the World Wide Web Consortium. (WCAG)

  year

  year means a calendar year. (année)

• Marginal note:Average number of employees — year

  (2) For the purposes of these Regulations, the average number of employees during a year is the sum of the number of employees at the time in each month during that year when the number of employees is the greatest, divided by 12 and rounded to the nearest whole number or, if the value is equidistant between two whole numbers, rounded up to the nearest whole number.

• Marginal note:Average number of employees — planning and reporting cycle

  (3) For the purposes of these Regulations, the average number of employees during a planning and reporting cycle is the sum of the average number of employees during each year of the planning and reporting cycle, divided by three and rounded to the nearest whole number or, if the value is equidistant between two whole numbers, rounded up to the nearest whole number.