Industrial Transport, Logistics, Export & Containers | cn.ca

About CN | cn.ca

Media | cn.ca

History | About CN | cn.ca

Podcast Gallery | cn.ca

Coal Export, Logistics, Transport & Shipping | Your Industry | cn.ca

Leadership Team | Who We Are | About CN | cn.ca

Investors | cn.ca

Webcasts & Events | Investors | cn.ca

Image Gallery | Media | cn.ca

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.

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Title / URL	Issues
Industrial Transport, Logistics, Export & Containers \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/your-industry	15
About CN \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/about-cn	15
Media \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/media	12
History \| About CN \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/about-cn/history	10
Podcast Gallery \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/media/podcast-gallery	10
Coal Export, Logistics, Transport & Shipping \| Your Industry \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/your-industry/coal	10
Leadership Team \| Who We Are \| About CN \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/about-cn/leadership-team	10
Investors \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/investors	10
Webcasts & Events \| Investors \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/investors/events	10
Image Gallery \| Media \| cn.cawww.cn.ca/en/media/image-gallery	10

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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