Background materials - Bank of Canada

The Bank and you - Bank of Canada

Working here - Bank of Canada

Bank of Canada

Bank notes past and present - Bank of Canada

What is a central bank? - Bank of Canada

Careers - Bank of Canada

Currency - Bank of Canada

Students and recent grads - Bank of Canada

Our history - Bank of Canada

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

August 2025

July 2025

Title / URL	Issues
Background materials - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/about/background-materials/	1
The Bank and you - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/the-bank-and-you/	1
Working here - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/careers/working-here/	1
Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/	1
Bank notes past and present - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/	1
What is a central bank? - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/2024/12/what-is-a-central-bank/	1
Careers - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/careers/	1
Currency - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/core-functions/currency/	1
Students and recent grads - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/careers/students/	1
Our history - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/about/our-history/	1

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

Bank of Canada

Where this issue has occurred