Background materials - Bank of Canada

Educational resources - Bank of Canada

The Bank and you - Bank of Canada

Working here - Bank of Canada

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

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

July 2025

June 2025

Title / URL	Issues
Background materials - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/about/background-materials/	1
Educational resources - Bank of Canadawww.bankofcanada.ca/about/educational-resources/	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
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

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Bank of Canada

Where this issue has occurred