Our culture

Office of the Auditor General of Canada

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Reports to Northern Legislative Assemblies

Who We Are

Office of the Auditor General of Canada Code of Values, Ethics, and Professional Conduct

Publications

Independent Advisors

About the OAG

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

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Auditor General of Canada

Title / URL	Issues
Our culturewww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_43560.html	6
Office of the Auditor General of Canadawww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/admin_e_41.html	6
Office of the Auditor General of Canadawww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/Internet/English/admin_e_41.html	6
First time visit: View without clicking anythingwww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/admin_e_41.html	6
Reports to Northern Legislative Assemblieswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/nla_fs_e_857.html	5
Who We Arewww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_370.html	5
Office of the Auditor General of Canada Code of Values, Ethics, and Professional Conductwww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_8603.html	5
Publicationswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/rp_fs_e_44.html	5
Independent Advisorswww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_lp_e_8072.html	5
About the OAGwww.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/au_fs_e_43.html	5

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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