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Report Summary

  • 10

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    23% of other websites

  • 53

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 22% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    35% of websites

  • 100

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    94% of websites

canfor.ca

Canfor | Lumber, Pulp, Paper & Sustainable-Wood Products

Page Load Speed

3.3 sec in total

First Response

13 ms

Resources Loaded

2.7 sec

Page Rendered

579 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed Canfor.ca page load time and found that the first response time was 13 ms and then it took 3.3 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 60% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

canfor.ca performance score

10

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value5.9 s

4/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value8.2 s

2/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value8.8 s

15/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value3,940 ms

1/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.318

36/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value11.6 s

18/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

canfor.ca

13 ms

www.canfor.com

576 ms

ruxitagentjs_2fqr_10141180419161112.js

180 ms

core.css

301 ms

sitefinity.css

381 ms

Our browser made a total of 64 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 2% of them (1 request) were addressed to the original Canfor.ca, 84% (54 requests) were made to Canfor.com and 3% (2 requests) were made to Googletagmanager.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (994 ms) relates to the external source Canfor.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 285.9 kB (24%)

Content Size

1.2 MB

After Optimization

925.9 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Canfor.ca main page is 1.2 MB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 665.3 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-84%

Potential reduce by 64.0 kB

  • Original 76.3 kB
  • After minification 57.0 kB
  • After compression 12.4 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 19.3 kB, which is 25% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 64.0 kB or 84% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-1%

Potential reduce by 7.2 kB

  • Original 665.3 kB
  • After minification 658.0 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Canfor images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-45%

Potential reduce by 196.5 kB

  • Original 433.0 kB
  • After minification 422.9 kB
  • After compression 236.5 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 196.5 kB or 45% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-49%

Potential reduce by 18.3 kB

  • Original 37.3 kB
  • After minification 33.4 kB
  • After compression 19.0 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Canfor.ca needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 18.3 kB or 49% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 35 (57%)

Requests Now

61

After Optimization

26

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 61 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of Canfor. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 20 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 10 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

canfor.ca

canfor.ca

13 ms

www.canfor.com

www.canfor.com

576 ms

ruxitagentjs_2fqr_10141180419161112.js

ruxitagentjs_2fqr_10141180419161112.js

180 ms

core.css

core.css

301 ms

sitefinity.css

sitefinity.css

381 ms

main.css

main.css

376 ms

homepage.css

homepage.css

380 ms

responsibility.css

responsibility.css

379 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.css

392 ms

skin.css

skin.css

498 ms

content.css

content.css

498 ms

jquery-1.6.4.min.js

jquery-1.6.4.min.js

546 ms

jquery.cycle.min.js

jquery.cycle.min.js

496 ms

jquery.bgpos.js

jquery.bgpos.js

496 ms

cufon-yui.js

cufon-yui.js

499 ms

Helvetica_Neue_LT_Std_500.font.js

Helvetica_Neue_LT_Std_500.font.js

626 ms

Helvetica_Neue_LT_Std_900.font.js

Helvetica_Neue_LT_Std_900.font.js

629 ms

jquery.cookie.js

jquery.cookie.js

647 ms

home-functions.js

home-functions.js

648 ms

jquery.isotope.min.js

jquery.isotope.min.js

628 ms

jquery.pajinate.js

jquery.pajinate.js

675 ms

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.js

jquery.fancybox-1.3.4.js

675 ms

site-functions.js

site-functions.js

696 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

683 ms

WebResource.axd

WebResource.axd

659 ms

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd

994 ms

gtm.js

gtm.js

43 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

176 ms

conversion_async.js

conversion_async.js

160 ms

js

js

48 ms

151 ms

collect

collect

114 ms

collect

collect

173 ms

bg-main-repeat.png

bg-main-repeat.png

114 ms

143 ms

2819.js

2819.js

144 ms

bg-main.jpg

bg-main.jpg

103 ms

residuals.jpg

residuals.jpg

276 ms

title-1.png

title-1.png

91 ms

energy.jpg

energy.jpg

275 ms

title-2.png

title-2.png

271 ms

pulp.jpg

pulp.jpg

271 ms

title-3.png

title-3.png

271 ms

lumber.jpg

lumber.jpg

275 ms

title-4.png

title-4.png

271 ms

icon-scroll-down.png

icon-scroll-down.png

272 ms

icon-view-all.png

icon-view-all.png

271 ms

bg-utilities.png

bg-utilities.png

277 ms

icon-search.png

icon-search.png

292 ms

bg-home-connect.jpg

bg-home-connect.jpg

301 ms

icon-facebook.png

icon-facebook.png

302 ms

icon-twitter.png

icon-twitter.png

308 ms

icon-linkedin.png

icon-linkedin.png

320 ms

icon-youtube.png

icon-youtube.png

338 ms

bg-home-content.jpg

bg-home-content.jpg

666 ms

bg-meganav.jpg

bg-meganav.jpg

374 ms

logo.png

logo.png

377 ms

bg-footer.png

bg-footer.png

381 ms

footer-logo.png

footer-logo.png

400 ms

bg-footer-divider.png

bg-footer-divider.png

415 ms

bg-search.png

bg-search.png

448 ms

btn-search.png

btn-search.png

454 ms

icon-blog.png

icon-blog.png

375 ms

print.css

print.css

105 ms

Accessibility Review

canfor.ca accessibility score

53

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

canfor.ca best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

SEO Factors

canfor.ca SEO score

100

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Canfor.ca can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Canfor.ca main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

canfor.ca

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of Canfor. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: