Navigational help

Common menu bar

The first menu bar on the top of the page, the Common Menu Bar, is mandatory for all Government of Canada websites in correspondence with the norms set forth by the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada's Common Look and Feel Standards. It allows you to perform navigational tasks that are frequently necessary on all government sites, including:

• Switching between the two official languages; in this case, from English to Français.
• Allowing you to Contact us.
• Providing Help by directing you back to this page.
• Running a Search to locate a topic of interest.
• Linking back to the Canada home page.

Breadcrumb trail

The breadcrumb trail, found just beneath the common menu bar, shows where you are within the Web site and helps you to quickly navigate.

Example:

CGC > Help

Sidebar

The sidebar is your key navigational tool. It allows you to immediately uncover the site section that interests you and link there.

Page footer

In the page footer, you will find information on the date the page was most recently updated. The footer also contains a quick link to the top of the page and a link to our important notices page which offers information on copyright, permission to reproduce, privacy, official languages, and our web links policy.