We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Tables

Tables should only be used for displaying data in a tabular format. Tables should not be used for layout or arranging elements on a page.

Tables can be difficult for assistive devices such as screen readers to parse, so they should only be used sparingly and only for true tabular data. If you need to layout information in a grid format, try using the multi-row/column content options instead.

The Summary attribute should be used when creating tables to provide a description to the user of what information the table contains and its structure.

Assistive devices such as screen readers cannot decipher how the table should be read (by column or by row or in a matrix formation). Each cell is read individually, so it is important to indicate which column or row contains headings and which contain data, so that reading direction can be determined.

For example:

An example summary for the table below would be Contact information. Table of 2 columns, to be read by row. Column 1 lists names, Column 2 lists phone extensions. The summary field will not appear on the page, but can be read by assistive devices like screen readers.

Sample table:

Contact information
John Doe	ext. 1234
Jane Doe	ext. 5678

Semantic HTML table headings should be used for headings in tables instead of regular text headings.

Regular text headings include H1- to H6-level headings. Headings in tables can be better defined for assistive devices such as screen readers using HTML table cell headings. HTML table cell headings can be created in the HTML source code. For assistance with creating semantic table headings, contact us.