Signature
<gcds-signature>

Also called: wordmark.

The signature is the Government of Canada landmark identifier found in the header or footer.

• Required on Canada.ca
• Required on GC sites

• GitHub
• Figma

On this page

• Coding and accessibility for signature
• Examples
• Code builder

Coding and accessibility for signature

Apply the signature or wordmark types

Use the signature type in the site's header and the wordmark type in the site's footer.

• Set the type attribute to signature.
• Set the type attribute to wordmark.

Set the language and colour

• Set the page's language settings using the lang attribute. En will render the English version for an English page and Fr will render the French version for a French page.
• Link the signature to the Canada.ca homepage in the same Official Language as the current page. Set has-link attribute to true to link to Canada.ca.
• Set the component to either colour or white using the variant attribute.

In this section

• Optional attributes

has-link

The has-link attribute controls whether the signature links to Canada.ca. By default, it's set to false, meaning the signature is displayed as static content and isn't clickable.

<gcds-signature></gcds-signature>

When it's set to true, the signature becomes clickable and links to Canada.ca.

<gcds-signature has-link="true"></gcds-signature>

type

The type attribute determines which graphic is displayed in the signature component. By default, it is set to signature, rendering the signature graphic.

<gcds-signature></gcds-signature>

When it's set to wordmark, the component displays the wordmark graphic instead.

<gcds-signature type="wordmark"></gcds-signature>

variant

The variant attribute controls the colour of the signature component. By default, it is set to colour, rendering the coloured version of the signature.

<gcds-signature></gcds-signature>

When it's set to white, the component displays the white version of the signature, suitable for dark backgrounds.

<div class="bg-dark p-300">
  <gcds-signature variant="white"></gcds-signature>
</div>

Code builder

Generate an instance of the component you need by selecting its code properties.

1. Explore by choosing different code values to generate the instance you want.

2. Get the code and pull it into your environment.

3. Add any copy you need to the component (like text for a label).

Note: The code builder uses English for all code elements, which follows standard practice.