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Drupal development in Halifax
Content governance first: DoodleWeb helps Halifax teams plan, design, build, and improve Drupal development work with the same senior process behind our case studies: practical discovery, clean implementation, WCAG 2.2 AA and AODA-aware delivery, and post-launch support that protects momentum. We work with teams across Halifax and the wider Nova Scotia market. Estimates are in Canadian dollars.
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service
Drupal development
Strategy, interface design, development, launch, and support tied to the platform your team actually uses.
market
Halifax
Built for organizations that need senior digital execution without hand-holding, churn, or mystery retainers.
Service area: Halifax and the wider Nova Scotia market.
outcome
Launch-ready
Fast pages, clean CMS workflows, strong accessibility, analytics, and a site structure search engines can understand.
what this covers
Drupal development in Halifax, specifically.
Drupal work is structured content and governance: complex editorial workflows, granular permissions, and multilingual publishing at scale.
Engagements that fit
- Higher-education and government sites with many content owners
- Multilingual English/French publishing with translation workflow
- Drupal 7/9 to Drupal 11 migrations with content audits
- Integrations with SIS, CRM, and single sign-on
Budget range
Drupal engagements typically start at CAD $60,000 and scale past $250,000.
The Halifax talent market
Certified Drupal capacity in Canada is genuinely scarce, which is why public-sector RFPs so often go to specialists.
how we work
A senior process, not a generic vendor page.
These location pages point to the same DoodleWeb delivery model: clear scope, visible tradeoffs, practical architecture, and real case-study proof.
Audit the current site, content model, integrations, analytics, and conversion paths.
Map the UX and technical plan before design or development starts.
Build with clean components, performance budgets, accessibility, and editor-friendly workflows.
Launch with redirects, QA, tracking, and a clear support plan for the next iteration.
related work
Case studies with the same kind of pressure.
Education
Young Americans Center
Young Americans Center for Financial Education runs the only bank in the world for kids alongside a set of hands-on programs, AmeriTowne, International Towne, Money Matters, YouthBiz, and summer camp, that teach financial literacy to youth. Two audiences, two brands, one mission, and previously two disconnected websites. DoodleWeb ran a brand and experience repositioning, then rebuilt the platform on WordPress at WP Engine: a sub-brand system that lets Young Americans Center, Young Americans Bank, and each program keep its own color world while sharing one component library, program pages that lead with a plain-language promise instead of nonprofit jargon, and an editorial model that keeps mission content and regulated bank content cleanly separated. Shipped in 18 weeks. WCAG 2.2 AA conformant.
Agency Partner
NextLevel Connect
A white-label Drupal build delivered behind a marketing agency. Senior dev capacity, branded as them, billed monthly.
Education
George Brown College
George Brown College engaged DoodleWeb for a full AODA and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility audit and remediation across their Drupal 10 platform serving 30,000+ students, 100+ editors, and 8 faculties. Combined automated scans (axe-core, Pa11y, Lighthouse CI) with manual expert testing (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, keyboard-only) surfaced 412 unique WCAG failures across 47 templates. In 24 weeks, DoodleWeb closed 100 percent of Level A and AA issues, shipped an AODA-conformant component library, delivered a VPAT 2.5 (WCAG 2.2 AA and AODA), lifted the average Lighthouse accessibility score from 74 to 98, and trained 100+ editors on accessible content practices. The college now publishes across faculties without reintroducing barriers, backed by weekly automated regression scans in CI.
accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA, AODA, and ACR/VPAT reporting on request.
Every drupal development build we ship in Halifax targets WCAG 2.2 Level AA by default, with AODA and Accessible Canada Act alignment for public-sector and higher-education teams. Full audits, manual assistive-tech testing, and VPAT 2.5 (ACR) authoring are available as a paid deliverable.
Included in every build
Semantic HTML, keyboard-navigable components, visible focus states, labeled forms, alt text workflows for editors, color contrast baked into the design system, and an automated axe pass before launch.
Add-on remediation and VPATs
Full WCAG 2.2 AA audit with an issues log, manual NVDA / JAWS / VoiceOver / keyboard testing, VPAT 2.5 (ACR) and conformance statement authoring, remediation sprints on legacy templates, and ongoing monitoring with a monthly report.
Which accessibility standards does DoodleWeb build to for drupal development in Halifax?
Every drupal development build we ship in Halifax targets WCAG 2.2 Level AA as the baseline, with Section 508 alignment for US public-sector and higher-ed clients, ADA Title II readiness for state and local government sites, and AODA compliance available for Canadian audiences. Testing combines axe-core and WAVE automation with manual NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, and keyboard-only walkthroughs.
Do you issue VPATs or accessibility conformance statements?
Yes. We publish a formal VPAT 2.5 (ACR) and a plain-language accessibility conformance statement as a paid deliverable, typically produced by our accessibility specialists after a Level AA audit. The VPAT covers WCAG 2.2, Section 508, and EN 301 549, and is suitable for procurement, RFP responses, and Title II documentation.
What accessibility work is included in a typical build versus a remediation engagement?
Included in every build: semantic HTML, keyboard-navigable components, visible focus states, labeled forms, alt text workflows for editors, color contrast in the design system, and an automated axe pass before launch. Offered as an add-on: a full WCAG 2.2 AA audit with an issues log, manual assistive-tech testing, VPAT / ACR authoring, remediation sprints on legacy templates, and ongoing monitoring with a monthly report.
Can you audit and remediate an existing site, not just build new ones?
Yes. Our audit and remediation practice runs independently of new builds. We have shipped WCAG 2.2 AA remediation for university, cultural, and enterprise sites including George Brown College and Trinity Western University, closing hundreds of issues, adding reduced-motion fallbacks, and lifting Lighthouse accessibility scores from the low 70s into the high 90s.
questions
Halifax questions, answered plainly.
What does drupal development in Halifax cost?
Drupal engagements typically start at CAD $60,000 and scale past $250,000. Every estimate is quoted in Canadian dollars, with the scope, assumptions, and exclusions written down before work starts.
Should we hire in-house for drupal development in Halifax instead?
Certified Drupal capacity in Canada is genuinely scarce, which is why public-sector RFPs so often go to specialists.
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