Building Design Consulting | Stantec

Environmental Consulting Services | Stantec

Transportation Engineering and Consulting | Stantec

Water

Energy Consulting Services | Stantec

Smart Cities Consulting | Stantec

Energy Transition

Coastal & Marine

Mining, Minerals & Metals Consulting | Stantec

Sustainability

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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December 2025

November 2025

Stantec Inc.

	Title / URL	Issues
	Building Design Consulting \| Stantecwww.stantec.com/en/markets/buildings	100
	Environmental Consulting Services \| Stantecwww.stantec.com/en/markets/environment	100
	Transportation Engineering and Consulting \| Stantecwww.stantec.com/en/markets/transportation	100
	Waterwww.stantec.com/en/markets/water	97
	Energy Consulting Services \| Stantecwww.stantec.com/en/markets/energy	92
	Smart Cities Consulting \| Stantecwww.stantec.com/en/markets/smart-cities	88
	Energy Transitionwww.stantec.com/en/markets/energy-transition	88
	Coastal & Marinewww.stantec.com/en/markets/coastal-marine	85
	Mining, Minerals & Metals Consulting \| Stantecwww.stantec.com/en/markets/mining	84
	Sustainabilitywww.stantec.com/en/services/sustainability	80

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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