Content editing

Content should be reviewed and approved by an editor before it's published. 

On this page

• Checklist for content creators
• Checklist for editors

Checklist for content creators

• Follow the Web Content Standards
• Check your work against the Web Style Guide
• Follow the Plain Language Checklist to help keep the content at a grade 8 reading level or lower
• Have you considered cultural safety and Indigenous Gender-Based Analysis?
• Leave the content for a day or two after you write it, and then edit it
• Read it aloud (or use text-to-speech) to catch awkward wording, missing words and readability issues
• For a fresh perspective, have another person review it as well to catch anything you may have missed
• Confirm spelling, facts and dates are correct
• Make sure information is easy to find and scan on the page

Checklist for editors

1. Does the content follow the Web Content Standards?
2. Does the language, grammar, punctuation and formatting follow the Web Style Guide?
3. Has it been reviewed for cultural safety and Indigenous Gender-Based Analysis?
4. Is the purpose of the content clear, relevant and useful?
5. Is the information accurate and supported by details or examples where needed?
6. Is the information grouped logically?
7. Does the order of information make sense?
8. Do the page title and headings clearly describe the page content?
9. Is the writing is in plain language?
10. Is the tone of the writing clear, consistent and appropriate for the audience?
11. Does the spelling follows the Canadian Oxford Dictionary?