Getting started for designers

If you're a designer, start here to find everything you need to use the Ontario Design System.

Introduction

Use the Ontario Design System to create digital products and services that meet Ontario branding guidelines, accessibility guidelines and design principles to design for user needs.

The Ontario Design System provides essential styles and components for you to design and assemble pages with greater speed and consistency.

Figma prototyping kit

The Ontario Design System prototyping kit is a set of pre-built components, styles and templates that you can use to design your website or application.

See instructions for getting started with the prototyping kit.

Images and photography

We recommend using images and photography that align with the Ontario Design System visual style.

Read the images and photography page for additional guidance.

Design resources

• Build Ontario government services
• Digital service standard
• Inclusive design toolkit
• Ontario.ca style guide
• Ontario.ca web content editing guide
• Service design playbook
• User research guide