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cic.gc.ca Mobile Performance
41/100
These metrics represent real-world Chrome users experience viewing cic.gc.ca on mobile devices. Reports are focused on loading performance and other critical factors that most affect user experience. Follow our guide to track, optimize, and improve the quality of your web pages.
User Loading Experience
Cumulative Layout Shift
First Input Delay
First Contentful Paint
Largest Contentful Paint
Metrics
Largest Contentful Paint13/100 6.0 s
Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. Learn More
Total Blocking Time40/100 690 ms
Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, when task length exceeded 50ms, expressed in milliseconds. Learn more.
Speed Index45/100 6.1 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more.
First Contentful Paint52/100 3.9 s
First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. Learn more.
Time to Interactive56/100 6.7 s
Time to interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more.
Cumulative Layout Shift100/100 0
Cumulative Layout Shift measures the movement of visible elements within the viewport. Learn more.
Should Fix (14)
Opportunities
These suggestions can help your page load faster. They don't directly affect the Performance score.
Avoid multiple page redirects
Potential savings of 1,110 ms
1,110 ms
Eliminate render-blocking resources
Potential savings of 950 ms
949 ms
Remove unused CSS
Potential savings of 73 KiB
750 ms
Remove unused JavaScript
Potential savings of 110 KiB
450 ms
Minify JavaScript
Potential savings of 36 KiB
150 ms
Diagnostics
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Ensure text remains visible during webfont load
Reduce the impact of third-party code
Third-party code blocked the main thread for 410 ms
Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy
12 resources found
Minimizes main-thread work
1.9 s
JavaScript execution time
1.2 s
Avoid chaining critical requests
13 chains found
Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small
27 requests • 437 KiB
Largest Contentful Paint element
1 element found
Avoid long main-thread tasks
8 long tasks found
Passed Audits (14)
Efficiently encode images
Uses passive listeners to improve scrolling performance
Avoids an excessive DOM size
33 elements
Avoids `document.write()`
Initial server response time was short
Root document took 520 ms
Enable text compression
Minify CSS
Avoids enormous network payloads
Total size was 437 KiB
Use video formats for animated content
Properly size images
Preload key requests
Preconnect to required origins
Serve images in next-gen formats
Defer offscreen images

cic.gc.ca Mobile SEO
92/100
These checks ensure that your page is optimized for search engine results ranking. There are additional factors Lighthouse does not check that may affect your search ranking. Learn more. Run these additional validators on your site to check additional SEO best practices.
Should Fix (1)
Crawling and Indexing
To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.
Page is blocked from indexing
Passed Audits (12)
Tap targets are sized appropriately
100% appropriately sized tap targets
robots.txt is valid
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
Document uses legible font sizes
100% legible text
Document has a `<title>` element
Document avoids plugins
Document has a meta description
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Page has successful HTTP status code
Links have descriptive text
Links are crawlable

cic.gc.ca Mobile Best Practices
62/100
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the overall code health of cic.gc.ca mobile page. Current recommendations will help to make your page fast and secure, to create a good user experience and to avoid deprecated technologies.
Should Fix (5)
User Experience
Serves images with low resolution
Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio
General
Browser errors were logged to the console
Trust and Safety
Does not use HTTPS
1 insecure request found
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
4 vulnerabilities detected
Passed Audits (9)
Avoids deprecated APIs
Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
Properly defines charset
Page has the HTML doctype
Detected JavaScript libraries
Links to cross-origin destinations are safe
Avoids Application Cache
Allows users to paste into password fields
Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

cic.gc.ca Mobile Progressive Web App
50/100
These checks validate the aspects of a Progressive Web App. Learn more. These checks are required by the baseline PWA Checklist but are not automatically checked by Lighthouse. They do not affect your score but it's important that you verify them manually.
Should Fix (8)
PWA Optimized
Is not configured for a custom splash screen
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
Manifest doesn't have a maskable icon
Fast and reliable
`start_url` does not respond with a 200 when offline
Current page does not respond with a 200 when offline
Installable
Does not use HTTPS
1 insecure request found
Does not register a service worker that controls page and `start_url`
Web app manifest does not meet the installability requirements
Passed Audits (6)
Content is sized correctly for the viewport
Page load is fast enough on mobile networks
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
Contains some content when JavaScript is not available
Provides a valid `apple-touch-icon`
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

cic.gc.ca Mobile Accessibility
100/100
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Only a subset of accessibility issues can be automatically detected so manual testing is also encouraged. These items address areas which an automated testing tool cannot cover. Learn more in our guide on conducting an accessibility review.
Passed Audits (15)
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
Links have a discernible name
`[role]` values are valid
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
Document has a `<title>` element
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

Mobile Usability
100/100
These checks validate how easily a visitor can use cic.gc.ca on a mobile device. Test results include a list of any mobile usability problems. Mobile usability problems are issues that can affect a user that visits the page on a mobile (small screen) device, including small font sizes (which are hard to read on a small screen).
Passed Audits (5)
Avoid plugins
Configure the viewport
Size content to viewport
Size tap targets appropriately
Use legible font sizes

Mobile Speed
84/100
These checks analyze the performance of cic.gc.ca on mobile devices and return PageSpeed score and information on how to improve the load time. What makes a good Progressive Web App?
Should Fix (4)
Leverage browser caching
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Enable compression
Minify CSS
Passed Audits (6)
Avoid landing page redirects
Reduce server response time
Minify HTML
Minify JavaScript
Optimize images
Prioritize visible content
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