British Columbia Municipal Websites
Independent automated accessibility testing of municipal websites, ranked by health score (0–100). Every municipality is tested the same way, with the same tools, at a respectful crawl rate — see the full methodology. Higher scores mean fewer machine-detectable barriers for residents who use assistive technology.
In British Columbia, a single census population centre often spans several municipalities — Metro Vancouver alone contains more than twenty. Each municipality is therefore ranked separately with its own municipal population, and regional-district websites represent unincorporated communities.
| Rank | Municipality | Score | Critical | Serious | Pages tested | Last tested |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of Richmond richmond.ca | 99.3 | 175 | 897 | 2740 | August 22, 2026 |
| 2 | City of Coquitlam coquitlam.ca | 78.7 | 4389 | 23501 | 3065 | August 22, 2026 |
| 3 | City of Burnaby burnaby.ca | 74 | 6690 | 12875 | 1677 | August 22, 2026 |
Critical / serious columns count individual instances of WCAG 2.2 A/AA issues detected by automated testing, excluding issues inside embedded third-party content. Sample sizes differ (up to full-site coverage); scores are averages per page tested, so they remain comparable across sample sizes.
Insufficient data — not ranked
We publish a score only when a clean, reliable test sample was completed. These municipalities could not be reliably tested — usually because the website's security system blocks automated tools. Blocking automated tools is a legitimate security choice and implies nothing about how accessible a website is.
| City of Kelowna | The site's security system blocked automated testing; no reliable sample could be completed. Blocking automated tools is a legitimate security choice and implies nothing about the site's accessibility. |
| City of Vancouver | The site's security system blocked automated testing; no reliable sample could be completed. Blocking automated tools is a legitimate security choice and implies nothing about the site's accessibility. |
| District of West Vancouver | The site's security system blocked automated testing; no reliable sample could be completed. Blocking automated tools is a legitimate security choice and implies nothing about the site's accessibility. |
What these scores are — and are not. Automated tools can test roughly a third of WCAG 2.2 success criteria. A high score means few machine-detectable barriers; it is not a WCAG conformance claim, and a lower score is not a finding of legal non-compliance. Scores are our opinion, produced by our software, from published methodology anyone can review.