Canadian Immigration and
Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002

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A

“A” series certificate
  FRA:  Certificat de série « A »
  SN:   Use to describe the 2002 version of the Canadian  
        citizenship certificate.                          

1947 Act
  USE:  Canadian Citizenship Act

1977 Act
  USE:  Citizenship Act

AAP
  USE:  Adjustment Assistance Program

Abandon
  USE:  Abandonment

Abandoned applications
  USE:  Abandonment

Abandonment
  FRA:  Désistement
  SN:   Use to refer to an administrative decision to     
        terminate a client's application as per           
        Citizenship Regulations section 11(9) and 11(10). 
  UF:   Abandon
        Abandoned applications

Aboriginal culture
  FRA:  Culture autochtone
  UF:   Aboriginal heritage
        Native culture

Aboriginal heritage
  USE:  Aboriginal culture

Aboriginal peoples
  FRA:  Autochtones
  UF:   Bands
        First Nations
        First peoples
        Native peoples
        Non status Indians
        Non treaty Indians
        Status Indians
        Treaty Indians

Aboriginal youth
  FRA:  Jeune autochtone

Abused children
  USE:  Violence against children

Abused women
  USE:  Violence against women

Access to citizenship records
  FRA:  Accès aux dossiers de citoyenneté

Access to information
  FRA:  Accès à l'information
  UF:   Access to Information and Privacy
        ATIP
        Freedom of information

Access to Information and Privacy
  USE:  Access to information
        Privacy

Accommodation centres
  FRA:  Centre d'hébergement

Accommodations
  USE:  Housing

Accounting
  FRA:  Comptabilité

Accreditation
  USE:  Certification

Acculturation
  USE:  Integration

Acknowledgement letter
  FRA:  Lettre -- accusé de réception

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
  USE:  AIDS

Acronyms
  FRA:  Acronyme

Adaptation
  USE:  Adjustment

Adjudication Division
  USE:  Immigration Division

Adjustment
  FRA:  Adaptation
  UF:   Adaptation

Adjustment Assistance Program
  FRA:  Programme d'aide à l'adaptation
  UF:   AAP

Adjustment of status
  FRA:  Rectification du statut
  SN:   Use for amnesty schemes for immigrants.           
  UF:   Amnesty

Administration of justice
  USE:  Justice system

Administrative law
  FRA:  Droit administratif

Admissibility hearings
  FRA:  Audition de l'admissibilité

Admissibility requirements
  FRA:  Exigences de l'admissibilité

Adolescents
  FRA:  Adolescent
  SN:   Aged 13-19.                                       
  UF:   Teenagers

Adoption
  FRA:  Adoption

Adoption orders
  FRA:  Ordonnance d'adoption
  SN:   Use to describe a document issued by a            
        governmental authority that establishes that an   
        adoption was in accordance with the laws of the   
        country in which it took place and the laws of the
        country of residence of the adopting citizen.     

ADR
  USE:  Alternative dispute resolution mechanism

Adult education
  USE:  Continuing education

Adult grants
  USE:  Grants of citizenship

Adults
  FRA:  Adulte
  SN:   Up to February 15, 1977 a minor was a person under
        21 years of age and after this date a minor is a  
        person under 18 years of age.                     

Advisory committees
  FRA:  Comité consultatif

Affidavits
  FRA:  Affidavit
  SN:   An affidavit is a voluntary statement or          
        declaration of fact. It can be written or printed.
        The person stating the facts confirms them by oath
        or affidavit, before someone who has the authority
        to administer the oath.                           
  UF:   Sworn statements

Affirmations
  FRA:  Affirmation
  SN:   Applicants have the choice to either swear or     
        affirm the Oath of Citizenship.                   

Affirmative action
  FRA:  Action positive
  UF:   Positive discrimination
        Reverse discrimination

African immigration
  FRA:  Immigration africaine
  SN:   Use for works which include immigration from all  
        areas of the African continent.  For works dealing
        with specific areas or countries, use the name of 
        the ethnic group and the heading 'Immigration'.   

Aged
  USE:  Older adults

Agreements
  FRA:  Accord

Agricultural workers
  FRA:  Travailleur agricole
  UF:   Farmers

Agriculture
  FRA:  Agriculture

AIDS
  FRA:  SIDA
  UF:   Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
        HIV

Air carriers
  USE:  Airlines

Air transport
  FRA:  Transport aérien
  UF:   Air transportation

Air transportation
  USE:  Air transport

Airline industry
  USE:  Airlines

Airlines
  FRA:  Compagnie aérienne
  UF:   Air carriers
        Airline industry

ALF
  USE:  Automated letters and forms system

Aliens
  FRA:  Étrangers
  SN:   In the Canadian Citizenship Act an alien is a     
        person other than a Canadian citizen, Commonwealth
        citizen, British subject or citizen of the        
        Republic of Ireland. Under the Naturalization Act,
        an alien is a person other than a British subject 
        or subject of the Republic of Ireland. This term  
        is not used in the Citizenship Act.               

Allowances
  FRA:  Indemnité

Alternative dispute resolution mechanism
  FRA:  Mode alternatif de règlement des conflits
  UF:   ADR

Amendments to date of birth
  FRA:  Modification de la date de naissance
  UF:   Date of birth changes

Amnesty
  SN:   Works about the organisation 'Amnesty             
        International' should be entered under its proper 
        name.                                             
  USE:  Adjustment of status

Annual immigration plan
  FRA:  Plan d'immigration annuel

Annual report to parliament
  FRA:  Rapport annuel au Parlement

Annual reports
  FRA:  Rapport annuel

Antipersonnel mines
  USE:  Landmines

Appeals
  FRA:  Appel
  SN:   Use to describe requests to a higher court or     
        regulatory body for review of the decision of a   
        lower court or body.                              

Applicant appeals
  FRA:  Appels interjetés par un demandeur

Application kits
  USE:  Applications

Applications
  FRA:  Demande
  UF:   Application kits
        Kits

Appointments
  FRA:  Nomination

Apprenticeships
  USE:  Vocational training

Approval
  FRA:  Approbation
  SN:   Use to describe decisions by citizenship judges to
        approve an application for citizenship or an      
        application for renunciation of citizenship.      
        Approval can also refers to where a citizenship   
        officer approves the issuance of a proof          
        certificate.                                      

Archives
  FRA:  Archives

Area studies
  FRA:  Études des civilisations
  SN:   Use to describe studies of political or geographic
        areas, usually multi-disciplinary in nature.      

Arranged marriages
  FRA:  Mariage arrangé

Arts
  FRA:  Arts

Asian immigration
  FRA:  Immigration asiatique
  SN:   Use for works which include immigration from all  
        areas of the Asian continent.  For works dealing  
        with specific areas or countries, use the name of 
        the ethnic group and the heading 'Immigration'.   

Assimilation
  USE:  Integration

Assistance loans
  FRA:  Prêt d'aide à l'installation

Assisted immigration
  FRA:  Aide à l'immigration
  SN:   Use to describe government programs designed to   
        aid immigrants during the immigration and         
        settlement process.  This is a broad term.  Where 
        possible prefer the specific program name, e.g.   
        Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program.      
  UF:   Assisted passage

Assisted passage
  USE:  Assisted immigration

Assisted relative immigrants
  FRA:  Parent aidé

Associations
  FRA:  Association

Asylum
  FRA:  Asile
  SN:   Use to describe protection, based upon the        
        principle of non-refoulement, which is afforded to
        refugees who fear persecution in their home       
        country due to political or religious beliefs.    

Asylum seekers
  FRA:  Demandeur d'asile

ATIP
  USE:  Access to information
        Privacy

Attitudes
  FRA:  Attitude
  UF:   Social attitudes

Audit
  FRA:  Vérification
  UF:   Audits

Audits
  USE:  Audit

Authority
  USE:  Delegation of authorities

Automated letters and forms system
  FRA:  Système automatisé de lettres et de formulaires
  UF:   ALF

Automatic loss
  USE:  Revocation of citizenship

AWR
  USE:  Women at Risk Program

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