Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Indexing Terms
December 2002
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- “A” series certificate
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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
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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
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FRA: Culture autochtone
UF:- Aboriginal heritage
- Native culture
- Aboriginal heritage
- USE: Aboriginal culture
- Aboriginal peoples
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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
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FRA: Accès à l'information
UF:- Access to Information and Privacy
- ATIP
- Freedom of information
- Access to Information and Privacy
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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
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FRA: Adaptation
UF: Adaptation - Adjustment Assistance Program
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FRA: Programme d’aide à l’adaptation
UF: AAP - Adjustment of status
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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
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FRA: Adolescent
SN: Aged 13-19.
UF: Teenagers - Adoption
- FRA: Adoption
- Adoption orders
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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
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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
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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
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FRA: Affirmation
SN: Applicants have the choice to either swear or affirm the Oath of Citizenship. - Affirmative action
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FRA: Action positive
UF:- Positive discrimination
- Reverse discrimination
- African immigration
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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
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FRA: Travailleur agricole
UF: Farmers - Agriculture
- FRA: Agriculture
- AIDS
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FRA: SIDA
UF:- Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- HIV
- Air carriers
- USE: Airlines
- Air transport
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FRA: Transport aérien
UF: Air transportation - Air transportation
- USE: Air transport
- Airline industry
- USE: Airlines
- Airlines
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FRA: Compagnie aérienne
UF:- Air carriers
- Airline industry
- ALF
- USE: Automated letters and forms system
- Aliens
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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
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FRA: Mode alternatif de règlement des conflits
UF: ADR - Amendments to date of birth
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FRA: Modification de la date de naissance
UF: Date of birth changes - Amnesty
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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
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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
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FRA: Demande
UF:- Application kits
- Kits
- Appointments
- FRA: Nomination
- Apprenticeships
- USE: Vocational training
- Approval
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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
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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
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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
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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: Asile
- Asylum
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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
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UF:
- Access to information
- Privacy
- Attitudes
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FRA: Attitude
UF: Social attitudes - Audit
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FRA: Vérification
UF: Audits - Audits
- USE: Audit
- Authority
- USE: Delegation of authorities
- Automated letters and forms system
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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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