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: Asile
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
UF:
  • 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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