Accessibility

The Municipality of West Grey is committed to ensuring accessible services and facilities for everyone. If you have any comments or suggestions to make West Grey more inclusive and accessible, please give us your feedback.

Accessible Transportation
Saugeen Mobility and Regional Transit (SMART) services West Grey residents by providing scheduled rides to eligible registered users. Learn more about eligibility and registration requirements by visiting SMART's website or by calling 519-881-2504.

Accessibility Committee
West Grey is a member municipality of the Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee in Grey County. This group is dedicated to removing barriers to municipal government and advocates for accessible buildings and spaces across Grey County. 

Multi-year Accessibility Plan
In 2020, West Grey Council adopted a multi-year accessibility plan to promote the core principles of accessibility, dignity, independence, integration, and equal opportunity in West Grey.

Grey County's Multi-year Accessibility Plan (2018-2022) sets out strategies for identifying, removing, and preventing barriers that challenge people with disabilities from fully participating in society. The plan also identifies the way Grey County will be compliant with the rules and standards of the Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act; a Status Report was released by Grey County in 2022.

Website Accessibility
The Municipality of West Grey is committed to providing a website that is accessible and usable by all citizens. We strive to meet or exceed industry best practices.

The website has been designed to be WCAG 2.0 level AA compliant and meets the Province of Ontario's Accessible Information and Communications Standard (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005).

The municipality aims to ensure the website is:

Perceivable

• Ability to provide text alternatives for any non-text content
• Site designed using CSS allowing for content to be compatible with screen readers
• Use of ALT tags and title tags
• Text size - increase and decrease

Operable

• Supports users who navigate via keyboard – i.e. using the Tab key instead of mouse
• Proper use of colour which takes into account colour blindness
• Multiple ways to navigate and find content – Search, Quick Links & Navigation

Robust

• Compatible with screen readers and cross browser compatible
• Scalable for future standards

Exceptions
Pursuant to O. Reg. 191/11 Integrated Accessibility Standards section 14(5)
The municipality recognizes situations where it is not practicable to present content in an accessible format. In these cases, best efforts are used to provide citizens an accessible alternative or assistance in acquiring the information they need.

Please contact the Clerk’s Department at 519-369-2200 ext. 229 if you need assistance in obtaining an accessible alternative for non-accessible content.

Examples of such exceptions include:

• Mapping or GIS data
• Engineering drawings or complex technical data
• Some financial report formats as prepared in iCity software
• Legacy applications or data that cannot be updated or cannot be updated with reasonable effort/expenses.
• Content that cannot be rendered accessible without significant impact.