Signature
<gcds-signature>

Also called: wordmark.

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

• GitHub
• Figma

Main use case

Use the signature component for a clear and identifiable Government of Canada landmark identifier for your site or product.

Coding and accessibility for the 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.

Get your code

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.