Cic.gc.ca Site Title

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada

Cic.gc.ca Meta Description

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website is your best source of information about immigrating to Canada, settling in Canada, and Canadian citizenship

Cic.gc.ca Test Results

Cic.gc.ca Mobile Performance: 41/100
Quick overview:
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
Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn more.
Eliminate render-blocking resources. Potential savings of 950 ms
Resources are blocking the first paint of your page. Consider delivering critical JS/CSS inline and deferring all non-critical JS/styles. Learn more.
Remove unused CSS. Potential savings of 73 KiB
Remove dead rules from stylesheets and defer the loading of CSS not used for above-the-fold content to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity. Learn more.
Remove unused JavaScript. Potential savings of 110 KiB
Remove unused JavaScript to reduce bytes consumed by network activity. Learn more.
Minify JavaScript. Potential savings of 36 KiB
Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn more.
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
Leverage the font-display CSS feature to ensure text is user-visible while webfonts are loading. Learn more.
Reduce the impact of third-party code
Third-party code blocked the main thread for 410 ms
Third-party code can significantly impact load performance. Limit the number of redundant third-party providers and try to load third-party code after your page has primarily finished loading. Learn more.
Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy
12 resources found
A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more.
Minimizes main-thread work
1.9 s
Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn more
JavaScript execution time
1.2 s
Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn more.
Avoid chaining critical requests
13 chains found
The Critical Request Chains below show you what resources are loaded with a high priority. Consider reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load. Learn more.
Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small
27 requests • 437 KiB
To set budgets for the quantity and size of page resources, add a budget.json file. Learn more.
Largest Contentful Paint element
1 element found
This is the largest contentful element painted within the viewport. Learn More
Avoid long main-thread tasks
8 long tasks found
Lists the longest tasks on the main thread, useful for identifying worst contributors to input delay. Learn more

Cic.gc.ca Mobile SEO: 92/100
Quick overview:
Crawling and Indexing
To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.
Page is blocked from indexing
Search engines are unable to include your pages in search results if they don't have permission to crawl them. Learn more.

Cic.gc.ca Mobile Best Practices: 62/100
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User Experience
Serves images with low resolution
Image natural dimensions should be proportional to the display size and the pixel ratio to maximize image clarity. Learn more.
Displays images with incorrect aspect ratio
Image display dimensions should match natural aspect ratio. Learn more.
General
Browser errors were logged to the console
Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more
Trust and Safety
Does not use HTTPS
1 insecure request found
All sites should be protected with HTTPS, even ones that don't handle sensitive data. This includes avoiding mixed content, where some resources are loaded over HTTP despite the initial request being servedover HTTPS. HTTPS prevents intruders from tampering with or passively listening in on the communications between your app and your users, and is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs. Learn more.
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
4 vulnerabilities detected
Some third-party scripts may contain known security vulnerabilities that are easily identified and exploited by attackers. Learn more.
Cic.gc.ca Mobile Progressive Web App: 50/100
Quick overview:
PWA Optimized
Is not configured for a custom splash screen
A themed splash screen ensures a high-quality experience when users launch your app from their homescreens. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched.
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
The browser address bar can be themed to match your site. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched, No `<meta name="theme-color">` tag found.
Manifest doesn't have a maskable icon
A maskable icon ensures that the image fills the entire shape without being letterboxed when installing the app on a device. Learn more. No manifest was fetched
Fast and reliable
`start_url` does not respond with a 200 when offline
A service worker enables your web app to be reliable in unpredictable network conditions. Learn more. No usable web app manifest found on page.
Current page does not respond with a 200 when offline
If you're building a Progressive Web App, consider using a service worker so that your app can work offline. Learn more.
Installable
Does not use HTTPS
1 insecure request found
All sites should be protected with HTTPS, even ones that don't handle sensitive data. This includes avoiding mixed content, where some resources are loaded over HTTP despite the initial request being servedover HTTPS. HTTPS prevents intruders from tampering with or passively listening in on the communications between your app and your users, and is a prerequisite for HTTP/2 and many new web platform APIs. Learn more.
Does not register a service worker that controls page and `start_url`
The service worker is the technology that enables your app to use many Progressive Web App features, such as offline, add to homescreen, and push notifications. Learn more.
Web app manifest does not meet the installability requirements
Browsers can proactively prompt users to add your app to their homescreen, which can lead to higher engagement. Learn more. Failures: No manifest was fetched.
Cic.gc.ca Mobile Accessibility: 100/100
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