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Contextual band and sub-footer band

The global (site-wide) footer at the bottom of each web page contains up to 3 bands:

On transactional and campaign pages, the main band is optional.

Reference implementation

Expected output code - Footer with no main band
<footer id="wb-info">
	<h2 class="wb-inv">About this site</h2>
<div class="gc-contextual">
		<div class="container">
			<nav>
				<h3>[Contextual footer header]</h3>
				<ul class="list-col-xs-1 list-col-sm-2 list-col-md-3"><li><a href="http://canada.ca/en">Contextual link 1</a></li><li><a href="http://canada.ca/en">Contextual link 2</a></li><li><a href="http://canada.ca/en">Contextual link 3</a></li></ul>
			</nav>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="gc-sub-footer">
		<div class="container d-flex align-items-center">
			<nav>
				<h3 class="wb-inv">Government of Canada Corporate</h3>
				<ul>
					<li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/social.html">Social media</a></li>
					<li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/mobile.html">Mobile applications</a></li>
					<li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/government/about.html">About Canada.ca</a></li><li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/transparency/terms.html">Terms and conditions</a></li>
					<li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/transparency/privacy.html">Privacy</a></li></ul>
			</nav>
			<div class="wtrmrk align-self-end">
				<img src="https://wet-boew.github.io/themes-dist/GCWeb/GCWeb/assets/wmms-blk.svg" alt="Symbol of the Government of Canada" />
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</footer>

For GCWeb-Jekyll theme

By setting the noFooterMain variable to “true”, the main band will be hidden on page load.

Guidance

Consult the Canada.ca Design System for guidance on which footer elements to use based on the type of page you’re creating:

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