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<p class="ontario-lead-statement"> Find current and past versions of the design system, with information about feature additions, bug fixes, and platform improvements. </p>

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## Latest version

### {{{ _config.project.version }}} Release – {{{ _config.project.releaseDate }}}

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Ontario.ca header changes to accommodate new Account Sign in
-   Replaced old Sort icon with new set of Sorts icons for different scenarios
-   Added “More accounts” icon

#### Platform

-   Updated: In-page navigation is now using built in border-bottom, instead of hard-coded HR tag

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System {{{ _config.project.version }}}]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-{{{ _config.project.version }}}.zip'}})

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## <span id="release2025">2025 releases</span>

### 2.1.0 Release – September 24, 2025

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Updated: Visa secondary icon set (now inline with Visa's branding updates)

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fix: Checkbox component missing background fill
-   Fix: Radio button component missing background fill
-   Fix: In-page navigation horizontal rules height (now 4px)
-   Fix: Task list padding and focus ring

#### Platform

-   Updated: Sample images and stylistic fixes throughout

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 2.1.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-2.1.0.zip'}})

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### 2.0.0 Release – August 1, 2025

#### Platform

-   New: “Getting started” and “About” sections
-   New: Component landing page with specific categories
-   Updated: Homepage layout and content improvements
-   Updated: Navigation - Header navigation using top level links, sitewide custom sidebar
-   Updated: Platform alignment with Design System standards

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 2.0.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-2.0.0.zip'}})

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### 1.11.0 Release – July 9, 2025

#### Platform

-   Add complete Raleway Modified font family to dist package
-   Update SASS to include new font weights

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Task List

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.11.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.11.0.zip'}})

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### 1.10.1 Release – June 9, 2025

#### Platform

-   Button guidance updates

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Summary list padding location fix
-   Focus ring spacing around the action button on summary list
-   Missing background colour when card height auto-adjusts

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.10.1]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.10.1.zip'}})

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## <span id="release2024">2024 releases</span>

### 1.9.1 Release – December 2nd, 2024

#### Platform

-   Fonts guidance updates
-   Accordion guidance updates
-   Header guidance updates
-   npm package migration guidance

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Search autocomplete

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: Bottom margin added to step indicator component
-   Fixed: Removed extra class from radio button labels
-   Fixed: Search box clear button alignment
-   Fixed: Header language toggle attribute updates
-   Fixed: Summary list padding
-   Fixed: Missing Table of Contents Smooth Scroll Script

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.9.1]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.9.1.zip'}})

### 1.8.0 Release – May 14, 2024

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   In-page navigation
-   Summary list
-   Form review

#### Platform

-   Updated links to Design System npm packages under their new namespace, @ongov

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Reduced the margin between cards on mobile

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.8.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.8.0.zip'}})

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### 1.7.0 Release – March 15, 2024

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Back button

#### Platform

-   Removed: component status badges

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: visual design issues and focus management behaviour for the search box component
-   Fixed: improved accessible labels and better focus management in the ontario.ca header
-   Fixed: the menu button in the application header became misaligned when used with long application names

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.7.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.7.0.zip'}})

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## <span id="release2023">2023 releases</span>

### 1.6.0 Release – December 8, 2023

### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Search box
-   Badges

#### Platform

-   Added: information about our npm packages

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.6.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.6.0.zip'}})

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### 1.5.0 Release – October 5, 2023

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Cards

Updated:

-   Social media icons for X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook

#### Platform

-   Added: information about the Angular web components library

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: improved aria label for the menu in the Ontario.ca header

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.5.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.5.0.zip'}})

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### 1.4.0 Release - July 19, 2023

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   ServiceOntario application header

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: the live validation script was missing from the distribution package
-   Fixed: the path for the fonts was incorrect in the distribution package CSS
-   Fixed: the `ontario-icon-arrow-up` PNG icon was missing from the distribution package

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.4.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.4.0.zip'}})

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### 1.3.0 Release - June 16, 2023

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Live validation pattern for alerting users to form errors

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: base SASS has been reinstated in the distribution package after being moved to the Global Styles NPM package
-   Fixed: duplicate `$line-height-default` variable has been removed
-   Fixed: the alt text for the Ontario logo now indicates that it is a link to the [ontario.ca](https://www.ontario.ca/) homepage in all versions of the header
-   Fixed: the menu label in French has been changed from "Sujets" to "Menu" in all versions of the header

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.3.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.3.0.zip'}})

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### 1.2.1 Release - March 7, 2023

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Favicon files and implementation guidance

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: broken links to fonts from `ds-theme-min.css`
-   Fixed: missing aria-label for the search button in the mobile version of the [ontario.ca](https://www.ontario.ca/) header
-   Fixed: missing `role="img"` on Ontario logo in all versions of the header
-   Fixed: date input now includes `aria-describedBy` and `role="group"` to improve accessibility

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.2.1]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.2.1.zip'}})

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### 1.1.0 Release - January 26, 2023

#### Platform

-   The design system website is now using the design system's global styles package.

#### Elements

-   Application header: the language toggle label is now spelled out in full at the mobile breakpoint.

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: application header menu button was shifting position on mobile
-   Fixed: error messaging now includes aria attributes to improve accessibility
-   Fixed: minor display issue with back to top component in Firefox
-   Fixed: loading indicator display issue in older versions of Safari

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.1.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.1.0.zip'}})

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## <span id="release2022">2022 releases</span>

### 1.0.0 Release - December 1, 2022

#### Platform

Introducing web components, a new way for developers to work with the design system.

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Loading indicator

Updated:

-   Guidance on placement of a Terms of use link in the footer.

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: headings have been reinstated in the accordion component.
-   Fixed: error message text lacked a max-width property.
-   Fixed: layout issues in the distribution package index.html file.

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 1.0.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-1.0.0.zip'}})

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### 0.12.13 Release - October 4, 2022

#### Elements

Updated:

-   Copyright link in footer components now refers to King's Printer.

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.13]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.13.zip'}})

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### 0.12.12 Release - September 29, 2022

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Dates - patterns for date input and display

Updated:

-   Footers now include standard top margin

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: the accordion component was failing HTML validation due to a heading hierarchy issue
-   Fixed: heading line heights were incorrect (desktop had the height intended for mobile and vice versa)
-   Fixed: the distribution package was missing some generic footer styles

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.12]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.12.zip'}})

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### 0.12.11 Release - August 4, 2022

#### Platform

-   We have improved the design of images in our guidance content.

#### Elements

-   Guidance on footers has been updated and clarified

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Fixed: the header menu was not closing when a menu item was clicked

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.11]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.11.zip'}})

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### 0.12.10 Release - June 3, 2022

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Error messaging

#### Bugs and known issues

-   Multiple bug fixes for the Tables component

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.10]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.10.zip'}})

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### 0.12.9 Release - May 13, 2022

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Fieldsets

Updated:

-   Labels: clarification of the use of labels as headings

#### Bugs and known issues

-   HTML improvements to the ontario.ca header

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.9]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.9.zip'}})

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### 0.12.8 Release - April 29, 2022

#### Distribution package

-   Component added: tables
-   Download: [Design System 0.12.8]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.8.zip'}})

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### 0.12.7 Release - April 25, 2022

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Tables

Updated:

-   Ontario.ca header menu behaviour

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.7]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.7.zip'}})

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### 0.12.6 Release - February 25, 2022

#### Elements

Added in this release:

-   Application header (code)
-   Back to top

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Replaced deprecated use of `/` as a division in SASS

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.6]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.6.zip'}})

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### 0.12.5 Release - January 13, 2022

#### Platform

-   Updated prototyping kit information and instructions for designers

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Replaced deprecated use of `/` as a division in SASS

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.5]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.5.zip'}})

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## <span id="release2021">2021 releases</span>

### 0.12.4 Release - December 3, 2021

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: broken French header link
-   Fixed: accordion caret alignment
-   Fixed: hint text padding adjustment
-   Fixed: spacing variables for headings are consistent

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.4]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.4.zip'}})

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### 0.12.3 Release - November 26, 2021

#### Platform

-   We have improved the full-screen preview for components.

#### Elements

-   Added in this release:
    -   Form step indicator

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: Icons no longer use the deprecated `xlink:href` attribute.

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.3]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.3.zip'}})

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### 0.12.2 Release - November 2, 2021

#### Platform

-   In the spirit of applying the design system to the design system, this site now uses the design system header and footer components.
-   The navigation design has been updated to make it easier to read and to better reflect design system styles.

#### Elements

-   Header component: the Ontario logo now links to the ontario.ca landing page rather than the splash page.

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: broken links to earlier versions of the distribution package.

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.12.2]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.12.2.zip'}})

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### 0.11.7 Release - July 8, 2021

#### Elements

-   Added in this release:
    -   Application header (design and guidance only)

#### Platform

-   Fixed: component preview had fixed height on mobile that prevented viewing entire component

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: dropdown max-width changed from 46rem to 48rem to match paragraph max-width
-   Fixed: broken reference in alerts and highlights ARIA ID (spaces instead of dashes)

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.11.7]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.11.7.zip'}})

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### 0.11.0 Release - May 19, 2021

#### Elements

-   Added in this release:
    -   Accordion
    -   Hint expander

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.11.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.11.0.zip'}})

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### 0.10.5 Release - March 2, 2021

#### Platform

-   Official release of the [design system prototyping kit]({{path './for-designers.html#prototyping-kit'}})
-   Updated information for designers and developers
-   Updated help and feedback information

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: header accessibility bug - pressing enter on search input does not trigger search
-   Fixed: hyphen replaced with en-dash in footer component
-   Fixed: order of menu items in French version of design system

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.10.5]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.10.5.zip'}})

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### 0.9.2 Release - January 15, 2021

#### Elements

-   Added in this release:
    -   Blockquote component now uses French quotation marks when html lang="fr"

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Added missing graphics to distribution package
-   Removed extra margin-bottom property in checkboxes.scss
-   Changed icon from transparent to white for informational alerts
-   Removed invisible characters that showed up in guidance text on Chrome for Windows

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.9.2]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.9.2.zip'}})

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## <span id="release2020">2020 releases</span>

### 0.9.0 Release - December 17, 2020

#### Elements

-   Added in this release:
    -   Headers
    -   Footers
    -   Images and photography

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.9.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.9.0.zip'}})

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### 0.8.4 Release - December 4, 2020

#### Platform

-   Added: [component statuses]({{path './component-status.html'}})

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: platform language toggle on IE
-   Fixed: dist index layout and titles
-   Fixed: markup for asides/callouts

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.8.4]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.8.4.zip'}})

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### 0.7.0 Release - November 9, 2020

This is the seventh Alpha release of the Ontario Design System.

#### Platform

-   Added an index.html file to the distribution package to allow developers to quickly review available components and styles.

#### Elements

-   Added guidance for disabled buttons.

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: an issue with text not wrapping for radio button and checkbox labels and hint text.
-   Fixed: missing background colour for system-white in colours table

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.7.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.7.0.zip'}})

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### 0.6.1 Release - November 5, 2020

This is the sixth Alpha release of the Ontario Design System.

#### Platform

-   Fixed issue with component preview window on Android devices

#### Elements

-   Alerts and highlights added
-   Added a maximum line length for text components

#### Known bugs and issues

-   Fixed: issue with grid breakpoints not being triggered at the exact pixel width expected
-   Fixed: square highlight on click of radio button
-   Fixed: label length wrapping for longer texts

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.6.1]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.6.1.zip'}})

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### 0.5.2 Release - October 2, 2020

This is the fifth Alpha release of the Ontario Design System.

#### Platform

-   Release date added to navigation
-   Form components grouped in menu
-   Faster webpages loading with Gzip compression
-   Minified CSS styles

#### Elements

-   List styles added
-   Radio buttons: label width bug fixed
-   Open Sans font 700 weight added; bold style changed to use 700 weight
-   Missing SVG icon added to distribution package
-   Fixes for SASS import paths
-   Minified theme file
-   Checkbox missing icon and styles fixes

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.5.2]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.5.2.zip'}})

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### 0.4 Release - June 9, 2020

This is the fourth Alpha release of the Ontario Design System.

#### Platform

As of this release:

-   The Design System is available in both English and French
-   Notes are integrated into the components pages
-   Component guidance pages work on mobile devices
-   Distribution package: [Design System 0.4.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.4.0.zip'}})

#### Elements

-   The system colour palette has some minor additions

#### Known bugs and issues:

-   Fixed: the order of the icons in the preview box does not match the order of the "Notes" table

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.4.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.4.0.zip'}})

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### 0.3 Release - April 27, 2020

This is the third Alpha release of the Ontario Design System.

#### Platform

-   We released our design system theme for developers
    -   Distribution package: [Design System 0.3.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.3.0.zip'}})
-   We improved the display of variations in the component preview window

#### Elements

-   In this release, we’ve included:
    -   icons
    -   links
-   We’ve also included a survey to gather your [feedback about the design system]({{path '../help-feedback.html'}}).

#### Known bugs and issues

-   We’re still having issues with the design system on mobile that we’re working to resolve
-   The order of the icons in the preview box does not match the order in the “Notes” table

#### Distribution package

-   Download: [Design System 0.3.0]({{path '../../../dist/ontario-design-system-dist-0.3.0.zip'}})

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### 0.2 Release - February 6, 2020

This is the second Alpha release of the Ontario Design System.

#### Platform

-   We’ve designed a new landing page which is way more fun than what we use to have
-   We’ve also improved the accessibility of the site with better tab order, alt text on buttons and better performance in <abbr title="Internet Explorer 11">IE11</abbr>

#### Elements

-   In this release, we’ve included:
    -   a new radio button design
    -   checkboxes
    -   grid
    -   spacing
-   We’ve also updated the content and layout of some pages, based on your feedback

#### Known bugs and issues

-   We’re still having issues with the design system on mobile that we’re working to resolve

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### 0.1 Release - December 3, 2019

This is the first Alpha release of the Ontario Design System.

#### Platform

-   We’ve released the first version of our design system platform using [Fractal](http://fractal.build), an open source solution
-   Fractal works well on desktop with Chrome, Safari and Firefox

#### Elements

-   In this release, we’ve included:
    -   design principles
    -   colours
    -   fonts and typography
    -   buttons
    -   dropdown lists
    -   hint text
    -   labels
    -   radio buttons
    -   text inputs
    -   textareas
-   Elements have been tested on <abbr title="Internet Explorer 11">IE11</abbr>, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Chrome, Safari on PC, Mac, iPhone and Android
-   This release includes the HTML, CSS and SCSS

#### Known bugs and issues

-   We are testing these components for accessibility issues. There may be more issues we identify through the testing
-   We’re still having issues with the design system in <abbr title="Internet Explorer 11">IE11</abbr>
-   We know there are issues with accessibility and navigation, particularly on mobile
-   We are currently using images in the guidance where they help to illustrate the guidance, and many of the images include text. In future releases, we want to move away from images and use code snippets to improve accessibility
