Footer
<gcds-footer>

Also called: site footer.

The footer is the responsive Government of Canada branded footer landmark.

• Required on Canada.ca
• Required on GC sites

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• Coding and accessibility for footers
• Examples
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Coding and accessibility for footers

Choose a display mode using the display property

Use the display property to choose one of the two display modes: compact or full.

Choose the compact display to include:

1. The footer links band and the Government of Canada wordmark.

Include the full display if you need to include:

1. The main band with a large selection of Government of Canada corporate links.
2. The footer links band and the Government of Canada wordmark.

Opt to include the contextual band to add up three specific links for your site.

Set up the GC footer links band

• Always maintain the integrity of the Government of Canada wordmark. Do not modify the wordmark in any way.
• Keep the Canada wordmark, privacy link, and terms and conditions link. The other links are only required on standard pages, otherwise you can remove.

Add optional elements

• Add content to the contextual band by using both the contextual-heading and contextual-links attributes.
• Use the contextual-heading attribute to assign heading text and the navigational landmark label of the contextual band.
• Use the contextual-links attribute to set a maximum of three links in the contextual band. Add support links for your product or service, such as contact details for a program.
• For the contextual band, set the contextual-links, by passing an object or an object in a string in the following format:

{
“1st link label”: “href”
“2nd link label”: “href”
“3rd link label”: “href”
}

• For the footer links band, set the sub-links, by passing an object or an object in a string in the following format:

{
“1st link label”: “href”
“2nd link label”: “href”
“3rd link label”: “href”
}

In this section

• Optional attributes

contextual-heading

The contextual-heading attribute defines the heading text for the contextual navigation section in the footer. This heading is also used to label the footer’s navigation landmark, supporting clearer structure and accessibility.

<gcds-footer contextual-heading="Canadian Digital Service" contextual-links='{ "Why GC Notify": "#", "Features": "#", "Activity on GC Notify": "#" }'>
</gcds-footer>

<img src="/images/en/components/example/example-footer-full-with-contextual-links.svg" alt="Footer component showing the contextual band, main band, GC footer links band, and Canada wordmark."/>

contextual-links

The contextual-links attribute defines the set of links displayed in the footer’s contextual navigation section. It accepts an object where each key represents the link label and each value represents the corresponding URL. Format: { link-label: link-href }.

<gcds-footer contextual-heading="Canadian Digital Service" contextual-links='{ "Why GC Notify": "#", "Features": "#", "Activity on GC Notify": "#" }'>
</gcds-footer>

<img src="/images/en/components/example/example-footer-full-with-contextual-links.svg" alt="Footer component showing the contextual band, main band, GC footer links band, and Canada wordmark."/>

display

The display attribute controls which sections of the footer are rendered. By default, it is set to compact, displaying only the sub-footer section.

<gcds-footer></gcds-footer>

<img src="/images/en/components/example/example-footer-compact.svg" alt="Footer component showing the GC footer links band for a standard Canada.ca page, with Social media, Mobile applications, About Canada.ca, Terms and conditions, Privacy, as well as the Canada wordmark."/>

When it is set to full, both the main footer and sub-footer sections are displayed.

<gcds-footer display="full"></gcds-footer>

<img src="/images/en/components/example/example-footer-full.svg" alt="Footer component showing the main band above the GC footer links band and the Canada wordmark."/>

sub-links

The sub-links attribute defines the set of links displayed in the sub-footer section. It accepts an object where each key represents the link label and each value represents the corresponding URL. Format: { link-label: link-href }.

<gcds-footer sub-links='{ "Terms and conditions": "#", "Privacy": "#" }'>
</gcds-footer>

<img src="/images/en/components/example/example-footer-compact-sub-links.svg" alt="Footer component showing the GC footer links band for a non-standard Canada.ca page, with Terms and conditions, Privacy, and the Canada wordmark."/>

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