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31

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-IMG
nodeLabel: A young woman holding a tiny burger up to her mouth
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,0,DIV,3,DIV,0,SECTION,0,ARTICLE,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG
selector: article.preview > div.img > a > img
snippet: <img alt="A young woman holding a tiny burger up to her mouth" rel="prefetch" loading="lazy" width="1996" height="1996" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent" sizes="(max-width:640px) 100vw,(max-width:834px) 50vw,25vw" srcset="/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fmac%2F202…" src="https://macleans.ca/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2F…">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.
title: Preconnected origins
description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.
title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
An office with employees Workington computers looking stressed. article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...113.4 KiB107.9 KiB
Several taxi-like airplanes flying over a city skyline article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...118.9 KiB72.9 KiB
An illustration of Fries R' Us article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...76.3 KiB71.7 KiB
Mark Carney on the left and Pierre Poilievre right, in black and white standing… article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...72.7 KiB66.6 KiB
A collage comprised of several images of a man overlayed with a blue and green … article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...72.6 KiB66.6 KiB
A photograph of a winery's rolling green fields, with a blue sky in the backgro… article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...63.9 KiB58.5 KiB
A black and white picture of a leg resting their cleat on a gold soccer ball. article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...44.0 KiB37.9 KiB
An orange gas pump on the left and an electric charger on the right, with the w… article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...43.6 KiB37.5 KiB
A group of people sitting in a Mexican restaurant wearing black t-shirts article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...40.6 KiB34.5 KiB
A woman sitting on the floor laying against a couch atop a rug in an apartment article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...34.5 KiB28.5 KiB
Black and white baby bottles decreasing in size from left to write, with a red … article.preview > div.img > a > img
/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmacleans.mblycdn.com%2Fup...27.2 KiB23.2 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

CategoryTime Spent
Script Evaluation4.7 s
Other792 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation564 ms
Style & Layout357 ms
Garbage Collection194 ms
Parse HTML & CSS127 ms
Rendering62 ms

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reasonFailure type
An iframe on the page started a navigation that did not complete.Not actionable

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits
●Document request latency
●Optimize DOM size
●Font display
●Forced reflow
●LCP breakdown
●Modern HTTP
●Optimize viewport for mobile
●Minify CSS
●Minify JavaScript
●Reduce unused CSS
●User Timing marks and measures 15 user timings
●Avoid long main-thread tasks 20 long tasks found
●Image elements have explicit `width` and `height`
●Network Requests
●Network Round Trip Times 170 ms
●Server Backend Latencies 430 ms
●Tasks
●Diagnostics
●Metrics
●Screenshot Thumbnails
●Final Screenshot
●Script Treemap Data
●Resources Summary
●Avoid multiple page redirects
●Initial server response time was short Root document took 70 ms
●Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found
○INP breakdown
○Avoid non-composited animations
84

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

ARIA

Assistive technologies, like screen readers, can't interpret ARIA attributes with invalid values. Learn more about valid values for ARIA attributes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Names and labels

When a button doesn't have an accessible name, screen readers announce it as "button", making it unusable for users who rely on screen readers. Learn how to make buttons more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7
div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7 div.css-o526ag > div.css-2i4w5k > nav > button.css-yop8v7

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.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
1 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button.active
2 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
3 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
1 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button.active
2 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
3 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
4 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
5 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
6 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
7 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
8 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
9 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button
10 div.items > div.css-ixig9i > div.blaze-pagination > button

One main landmark helps screen reader users navigate a web page. Learn more about landmarks.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
html html

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
POLITICS section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Official Bilingualism Has Failed Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Air Travel Sucks. It Doesn’t Have To. article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
PHOTO ESSAY section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
A Tour of Canada’s Nostalgic Fry Trucks article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
POLITICS section.__home__LhGmX > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
The Welcome Return of Boring Politics article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Atlantic Canada Won’t Survive a Population Decline article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Official Bilingualism Has Failed Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Air Travel Sucks. It Doesn’t Have To. article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Will Outrageous Gas Prices Restart the EV Boom? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Good Luck Getting World Cup Tickets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Will Outrageous Gas Prices Restart the EV Boom? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Foreign Worker Clampdown Is Killing My Restaurant article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Free the Wine article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Office Wars article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
A Renter’s Nightmare article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Menace on the Streets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Justice for Stablecoins article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Canada’s Entrepreneur Opportunity article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
A Moon Hotel? Why Not? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Drone Highways Are Coming to Canada’s Skies article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Rich List article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
How AI Gave Me My Voice Back article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Canadian Immigration Has an AI Problem article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
An AI Became My Best Friend article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
AI Has Entered the Cubicle article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Doom Spenders article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
POLITICS div.blaze-track > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Trump Wants the Western Hemisphere—Canada Included article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The American Hotel Chain Wooing Canadians Back article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Living With My Ex article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
POLITICS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Canada’s Reconciliation Panic article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
PHOTO ESSAY div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Inside B.C.’s Perilous Forestry Industry article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
How to Fight Loneliness article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
LEFT BRAIN div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Where Does the NDP Go From Here? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
THE INTERVIEW div.previews > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Can AI Do Good? article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Little House in the County article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Home Prices Are Finally Dropping article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
THE BUILDINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
The Uglification of Canada article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Second Life of a St. Lawrence Chalet article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
20 Reasons to Eat Canadian Right Now article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
EDUCATION div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Introducing the 2026 Maclean’s Ultimate Guide to Canadian Universities article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Canada’s Best Comprehensive Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Canada’s Best Primarily Undergraduate Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS div.items > article.preview > div.content > a.cat
Canada’s Best Medical Doctoral Universities for 2026 article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
READ MORE div.css-1kaaq5b-FormattedContentWrapper > section.previews > footer > a.btn
Why Businesses Need to Ask Harder Questions About Recycling article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
More Than a Place to Live: How Student Residences Are Becoming Career Hubs article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Cancer Care Doesn’t End with Medical Treatment—Here’s Where Canadians Can Find … article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Closing the Gap: How Purpose-Driven Innovation Is Reshaping Canadian Health Care article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Faces of the Trade War article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The End of Fat article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Menace on the Streets article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Hunt for Mr. Deepfakes article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
A Renter’s Nightmare article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
AI Has Entered the Cubicle article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Office Wars article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
My Secret Addiction article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Battle for the Soul of the University article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Rich List article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
Big Tech v. Me article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
The Doom Spenders article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
My Misadventures in Gentle Parenting article.preview > div.content > h3.title > a
ABOUT MACLEAN’S footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a
FAQS footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a
THE MACLEAN’S TEAM footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a
CONTACT US footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-1umsmbj > li.e9gglj61 > a
PRIVACY POLICY footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-blh3w4 > li.e9gglj61 > a
TERMS OF USE footer.css-5jcne7 > ul.css-blh3w4 > li.e9gglj61 > a
○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable
○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state
○The page has a logical tab order
○Visual order on the page follows DOM order
○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region
○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page
○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation
○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology
○Custom controls have associated labels
○Custom controls have ARIA roles
●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
●`[role]` values are valid
●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
●Form elements have associated labels
●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role
●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes
●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
●Document has a `<title>` element
●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.
●Links have a discernible name
●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
●Identical links have the same purpose.
○`[accesskey]` values are unique
○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.
○`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
○ARIA input fields have accessible names
○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names
○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.
○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names
○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names
○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names
○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.
○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements
○ARIA IDs are unique
○No form fields have multiple labels
○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.
○Input buttons have discernible text.
○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
○`<object>` elements have alternate text
○Select elements have associated label elements.
○Skip links are focusable.
○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value
○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`
○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.
○All heading elements contain content.
○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements
○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.
○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.
○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.
81

Best Practices

General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / WarningSource
SharedStorage
StorageType.persistent is deprecated. Please use standardized navigator.storage instead.
Fledge
AttributionReporting

Source maps translate minified code to the original source code. This helps developers debug in production. In addition, Lighthouse is able to provide further insights. Consider deploying source maps to take advantage of these benefits. Learn more about source maps.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

●Uses HTTPS
●Avoids third-party cookies
●Allows users to paste into input fields
●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
●Displays images with correct aspect ratio
●Serves images with appropriate resolution
●Page has the HTML doctype
●Properly defines charset
●No browser errors logged to the console
●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
●Detected JavaScript libraries
○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
○Use a strong HSTS policy
○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
100

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

○Structured data is valid
●Page isn’t blocked from indexing
●Document has a `<title>` element
●Document has a meta description
●Page has successful HTTP status code
●Links have descriptive text
●Links are crawlable
●robots.txt is valid
●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
●Document has a valid `hreflang`
●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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