Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002

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Cabinet
FRA: Conseil des ministres
UF: Governor in Council
CAIPS
UF:: Computer assisted immigration processing system
Call centres
FRA: Télécentre
Canada Evidence Act
FRA: Loi sur la preuve au Canada
Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement
FRA: Accord de libre-échange Canada-Chili
Canada-Quebec Accord
FRA: Accord Canada-Quebec
Canada-referred refugee
FRA: Réfugié désigné par le Canada
Canada-U.S. relations
USE: Canadian-American relations
Canadian citizen
FRA: Citoyen canadien
SN: A person defined as a citizen under the Canadian Citizenship Act or Citizenship Act and has not ceased to be a Canadian citizen under either of these Acts.
UF:
  • Canadian citizenship status
  • Natural-born Canadian
  • Natural-born citizen
  • Other than natural born
Canadian Citizenship Act
FRA: Loi sur la citoyenneté canadienne
SN: This is the Act in force from 1 January 1947 to 14 February 1977 inclusive.
UF: 1947 Act
Canadian citizenship status
USE: Canadian citizen
Canadian history
FRA: Histoire du Canada
UF: History of Canada
Canadian Human Rights Commission
FRA: Commission canadienne des droits de la personne
UF: CHRC
Canadian Immigration Historical Society
FRA: Société historique de l’immigration canadienne
Canadian Multiculturalism Act
FRA: Loi sur le multiculturalisme canadien
Canadian naturalization certificate
USE: Naturalization certificates
Canadian-American relations
FRA: Relations canado-américaines
UF:
  • Canada-U.S. relations
  • U.S.-Canada relations
Cancellation of certificates
FRA: Annulation du certificat
SN: See 26(3) of the Citizenship Regulations.
Capital costs
FRA: Coûts des immobilisations
Career counselling
USE: Vocational guidance
Career development
USE: Professional development
Career guidance
USE: Vocational guidance
Careers
FRA: Carrière
CARF
USE: Citizenship application review form
Case analyst
FRA: Analyste de cas
Case processing centres
FRA: Centre de traitement des demandes
UF: CPC
Case studies
FRA: Étude de cas
SN: An analysis of an individual unit (as a person or community) to illustrate or prove a theory.
Catalogs
USE: Catalogues
Catalogues
FRA: Catalogue
UF: Catalogs
Census
FRA: Recensement
Census data
FRA: Données du recensement
Ceremonies
FRA: Cérémonie
Certificat de sélection du Québec
FRA: Certificat de sélection du Québec
UF: CSQ
Certificate corrections
FRA: Rectification apportée au certificat
UF: Certificates with errors
Certificate exchange
USE: Exchanging certificates
Certificate of departure
FRA: Certificat de départ
UF: IMM 0056
Certificate of renunciation
FRA: Certificat de répudiation
Certificate Production System
FRA: Système de production des certificats
UF: CPS
Certificates
USE: names of specific certificates, e.g. 'Birth certificates'
Certificates of Canadian citizenship
USE: Citizenship certificates
Certificates of citizenship
USE: Citizenship certificates
Certificates of conviction
FRA: Attestation de condamnation
Certificates of marriage
USE: Marriage certificates
Certificates of naturalization
USE: Naturalization certificates
Certificates of Renunciation
USE: Renunciation certificates
Certificates with errors
USE: Certificate corrections
Certification
FRA: Accréditation
SN: Accreditation of professions, courses and institutions.
UF:
  • Accreditation
  • Education credentials
  • Licensing
Certified copies
FRA: Copie certifiée
Certified tribunal record
FRA: Dossier du tribunal certifié
UF: CTR
Change in names
USE: Name changes
Change of name
USE: Name changes
Changes of address
FRA: Changement d’adresse
Charter of Rights and Freedoms
FRA: Charte des droits et libertés
Chartered banks
USE: Banks
Child abuse
USE: Violence against children
Children
FRA: Enfant
SN: Aged from 2-12 years. For citizenship purposes refer to definition of 'Minors'.
Children of diplomats
FRA: Enfants de diplomates
SN: Subsection 3(2) of the Citizenship Act states certain children born in Canada to diplomats are not Canadians.
Children of immigrants
FRA: Second generation
Children's literature
FRA: Littérature de jeunesse
UF: Juvenile literature
Children's rights
FRA: Droits de l’enfant
UF: Rights of the child
CHRC
USE: Canadian Human Rights Commission
Cities
USE: Urban communities
Citizen participation
FRA: Participation du citoyen
SN: Use to describe political or social involvement in the community, government, or school in an effort to either improve or maintain the status quo, or to impact upon policy development.
UF: Civic participation
Citizenship
FRA: Citoyenneté
UF:
  • Nationality
  • Naturalization
Citizenship Act
FRA: Loi sur la citoyenneté
SN: Act in force since February 15, 1977.
UF: 1977 Act
Citizenship application review form
FRA: Formulaire d’étude de demande de citoyenneté
UF: CARF
Citizenship cards
FRA: Carte de citoyenneté
USE: Citizenship certificates
Citizenship ceremonies
FRA: Cérémonie de citoyenneté
UF: Swearing in ceremony
Citizenship certificates
FRA: Certificat de citoyenneté
UF:
  • Certificates of Canadian citizenship
  • Certificates of citizenship
  • Citizenship cards
Citizenship classes
FRA: Cours d’instruction civique
SN: Use to describe courses offered by various organizations and education facilities to help prepare applicants for the citizenship test.
Citizenship clearances
USE: Clearances
Citizenship commissioners
FRA: Commissaire à la citoyenneté
SN: Under Bill C-16 the title 'Citizenship commissioner' would have replaced the term 'Citizenship judge' as the role and responsibilites associated with the position would also have changed. However, Parliament was dissolved before this bill could be passed.
Citizenship court
FRA: Bureau de la citoyenneté
USE: Citizenship office
Citizenship education
FRA: Éducation à la citoyenneté
Citizenship fees
FRA: Droits exigibles -- citoyenneté
Citizenship hearings
USE: Hearings
Citizenship judges
FRA: Juge de la citoyenneté
SN: Governor in Council appointment designated by the Citizenship Act to fulfil specific functions in a quasi-judicial process.
UF: Judges
Citizenship oath
FRA: Serment de la citoyenneté
USE: Oath of citizenship
Citizenship of Canada Act, 1998 (Bill)
FRA: Loi sur la citoyenneté au Canada, 1998 (projet de loi)
Citizenship office
FRA: Bureau de la citoyenneté
UF:
  • Citizenship court
  • Court of Canadian citizenship
Citizenship officers
FRA: Agent de la citoyenneté
SN: Officers with delegated authority perform specific duties under the Citizenship Act.
Citizenship policy manual
FRA: Guide des politiques de citoyenneté
Citizenship registration system
FRA: Système d’enregistrement de la citoyenneté
SN: Use to describe Citizenship and Immigration Canada's electronic processing and database system for citizenship services.
UF: CRS
Citizenship registry
FRA: Index de l’enregistrement de la citoyenneté
Citizenship regulations
FRA: Règlement sur la citoyenneté
Citizenship residence requirement
FRA: Critères liés à la résidence pour la citoyenneté
Citizenship responsibilities
FRA: Responsabilités liées à la citoyenneté
Citizenship resumption
USE: Resumption of citizenship
Citizenship rights
FRA: Droits liés à la citoyenneté
Citizenship status
USE: Proof of citizenship
Citizenship test
FRA: Examen pour la citoyenneté
UF:
  • Exam
  • Test
  • Written test
Citizenship theory
FRA: Théorie de la citoyenneté
City planning
USE: Urban planning
Civic participation
USE: Citizen participation
Civil rights
FRA: Droits civils
UF: Political rights
Civil servants
USE: Public service
Civil service
USE: Public service
Claim
USE: Proof of citizenship
Claim to citizenship
FRA: Revendication de la citoyenneté
SN: Term used to determine if a person is a citizen or not or to describe a person who falls under 4(3), 5(2)(b), or 11(2) of the Citizenship Act.
USE: Proof of citizenship
Clarification of status
FRA: Confirmation du statut
SN: In the past, this term was used to describe the process of determining the status of a person particularly regarding those who may have lost their Canadian citizenship. Today any person who would like to find out if he/she is a citizen is advised to submit a proof of citizenship application.
USE: Proof of citizenship
Clearance checks
USE: Clearances
Clearance exceptions
USE: Clearances
Clearances
FRA: Autorisation
SN: Applicants for Canadian citizenship undergo immigration, security and criminal clearance checks. For Immigration purposes, use the term 'Security and criminal screening'.
UF:
  • Citizenship clearances
  • Clearance checks
  • Clearance exceptions
Clerk of the ceremony
FRA: Greffier de la cour
UF: Clerk of the court
Clerk of the court
USE: Clerk of the ceremony
Client case files
FRA: Dossiers du client
Client service
FRA: Service à la clientèle
Clothing allowances
FRA: Allocation vestimentaire
Clubs and societies
FRA: Club et société
Codes
FRA: Code
UF: Coding
Coding
USE: Codes
Colleges
FRA: Collège
Colonization
FRA: Colonisation
SN: The establishment of an overseas or satellite colony by people from the mother country.
Commemoration
FRA: Commémoration
Commemorative certificates
FRA: Certificat commémoratif
SN: The commemorative certificate is a souvenir certificate with no legal value.
Committees
FRA: Comité
Common-law partners
FRA: Conjoint de fait
SN: Use to describe a person who has been living in a conjugal relationship with the sponsor for at least one year. The term refers to both opposite-sex and same-sex relationships.
Common-law relationships
FRA: Union de fait
Communicable diseases
USE: Infectious diseases
Communications
FRA: Communications
Communications policy
FRA: Politque de communications
Community centres
FRA: Centre communautaires
SN: A hall used for recreation, entertainment, public meetings etc. in a community.
Community development
FRA: Développement communautaire
SN: Empowerment of a community to develop its capacity using strategies such as mass mobilization, social action, community involvement, public advocacy, community education or local services development.
Community involvement
FRA: Participation communautaire
SN: Use to describe the encouragement of participation by local residents in their community services.
Community life
FRA: Vie communautaire
SN: Used to describe the everyday life and lifestyle of an ethnic group or community.
Community relations
FRA: Relations communautaires
SN: Use for relations between various groups in a community with emphasis on race and ethnicity, including relations between ethnic groups and the host society.
Community services
FRA: Services communautaires
Comparative studies
FRA: Études comparatives
SN: Use for studies which examine and compare data from more than one country or social system.
Compassionate review
USE: Humanitarian and compassionate review
Compensation
FRA: Indemnité
Competencies
USE: Skills
Computer applications
FRA: Application informatique
Computer assisted immigration processing system
FRA: Système de traitement informatisé des dossiers d’immigration
USE: CAIPS
Computer assisted instruction
FRA: Enseignement assisté par ordinateur
SN: Use of a computer as a teaching tool, particularly in individualized or self-study instruction.
Concurrent applications
FRA: Demande simultanée
SN: Use when a minor's citizenship application is submitted at the same time as an application by one or both parents.
Conditional bonds
FRA: Cautionnement conditionnel
USE: Guarantees
Conditional departure orders
USE: Departure orders
Conditional discharge
FRA: Libération conditionelle
Confederation
FRA: Confédération
Conference proceedings
USE: Conferences
Conferences
FRA: Congrès
UF:
  • Conference proceedings
  • Congresses
  • Seminars
Confirmation of citizenship
USE: Record letters
Confirmation of permanent residence
FRA: Confirmation de résidence permanente
SN:
  • This document will contain all of the data elements previously captured by the Immigrant Visa and Record of Landing, as well as a photograph and additional information fields for the holder's eye colour and height. The purpose of the Confirmation of Permanent Residence document is to provide the holder with a hard copy of the digitized personal information that will be encoded on the Permanent Resident Card.
  • The holder will be examined on arrival at a Canadian port of entry, and if otherwise admissible, will be asked to sign the Confirmation of Permanent Residence. Copy 1 of the form, including the client's photo and signature, will be sent to the CPC where this information will be scanned. The digitized images will be transmitted, along with the FOSS client file data, to the card production facility where a Permanent Resident Card will be generated.
UF:
  • CPR
  • IMM 5292
Confirmation of status
SN: Persons who suspect that they may have lost their Canadian citizenship and who require written confirmation of their current citizenship status are to complete the form “Application for Proof of Citizenship”.
USE: Proof of citizenship
Conflict
FRA: Conflit
SN: Use for a hostile encounter, or an antagonistic state or action.
Conflict of loyalties
FRA: Conflit d’allégeance
SN: Used for situations in which immigrants or their descendants are accused of, or find they experience, conflicting national allegiance between their host and mother countries, particularly in times of conflict with the mother country.
Conflict resolution
FRA: Résolution de conflit
UF:
  • Dispute resolution
  • Dispute settlement
Congresses
USE: Conferences
Conjugal partners
FRA: Partenaire conjugal
SN: Use to describe a person who has maintained a conjugal realtionship with the sponsor for at least one year but has been unable to live with the sponsor due to immigration impediments. The term refers to both opposite-sex and same-sex couples.
Conjugal relationships
FRA: Union conjugale
Conjugal violence
USE: Family violence
Connection to Canada
FRA: Lien avec le Canada
Consanguinity
FRA: Consanguinité
SN: Use for a relationship by descent from the same parent or ancestor.
Constituent groups
FRA: Groupe constitutif
Constitution
FRA: Constitution
Construction industry
FRA: Industrie de la construction
UF: Building industry
Consulates
USE: Diplomatic missions
Consultants
FRA: Expert-conseil
Consumers
FRA: Consommateur
Contagious diseases
USE: Infectious diseases
Continuing education
FRA: Éducation permanente
SN: Use for educational programs and services, usually at the post secondary level, designed for adults seeking personal, academic or occupational development.
UF: Adult education
Contracts
FRA: Contrat
Contribution Accountability Framework
FRA: Cadre de responsabilité en matière de contribution
Contribution agreement
FRA: Entente de contribution
Convention Against Torture
FRA: Convention contre la torture
Convention refugee abroad class
FRA: Catégorie des réfugiés au sens de la Convention outre-frontières
Convention Refugee Determination Division
USE: Refugee Protection Division
Convention refugees
FRA: Réfugié au sens de la Convention
Cooperatives
FRA: Coopératif
Corporate memory
FRA: Mémoire de l’organisation
SN: Use to describe publications in all formats, which have been produced by, for or about an organization and its activities and which are maintained by the organization to document its history.
Corporate plans
FRA: Plan organisationnel
SN: Use for plans which outline an organization's objectives and strategies to achieve those objectives.
Cost-recovery
FRA: Recouvrement des coûts
Costs
FRA: Coût
Counselling
FRA: Conseils
Counterfeit documents
USE: Fraudulent or counterfeit documents
Countersigned
FRA: Countresigné
SN: Applications for minors require a parent or guardian to sign the application and the minor (if 14 years or older) must also sign the application. Signature of spouse is required for section 5(1.1) of the Citizenship Act.
Country information
FRA: Renseignement sur un pays
Country of asylum class
FRA: Catégorie des personnes de pays d’accueil
Country of habitual residence
FRA: Pays de résidence habituelle
Country of nationality
FRA: Pays de nationalité
Country of origin
FRA: Pays d’origine
Court cases
FRA: Cas en instance
Court decisions
FRA: Décision du tribunal
Court interpreters
USE: Court interpreting
Court interpreting
UF: Court interpreters
Court of Canadian citizenship
USE: Citizenship office
Court procedures
USE: Procédure judiciaire
Courts
FRA: Tribunal
CPC
USE: Case processing centres
CPR
USE: Confirmation of permanent residence
CPS
USE: Certificate Production System
CRDD
USE: Refugee Protection Division
Crime
FRA: Crime
Crimes against humanity
FRA: Crime contre l’humanité
Criminal clearance checks
FRA: Attestation d’absence de casier judiciaire
Criminal clearances
FRA: Autorisation sécuritaire
Criminal offences
FRA: Infraction criminelle
Criminal records
FRA: Casier judiciaire
Criminal screening
FRA: Vérification judiciaire
USE: Security and criminal screening
Cross-cultural communications
USE: Intercultural communications
Cross-cultural differences
USE: Intercultural differences
Cross-cultural studies
USE: Intercultural studies
Crown elect offence
USE: Hybrid offences
CRS
USE: Citizenship registration system
CSQ
USE: Certificat de sélection du Québec
CTR
USE: Certified tribunal record
Cultural activities
USE: Cultural events
Cultural assimilation
USE: Integration
Cultural awareness
FRA: Sensibilisation aux différences culturelles
Cultural background
FRA: Antécédents culturels
SN: Use for materials, beliefs and institutions which comprise the social heritage of a group.
Cultural change
FRA: Changement culturel
SN: Use for changes to the cultural ideas, customs or values of a group, particularly a minority or ethnic group. For changes to society as a whole use 'Social change'.
Cultural comparisons
USE: Intercultural studies
Cultural differences
USE: Intercultural differences
Cultural diversity
FRA: Diversité culturelle
Cultural events
FRA: Événement culturel
SN: Use for events that increase the knowledge or enjoyment of a group's cultural, social or artistic heritage.
UF: Cultural activities
Cultural heritage management
FRA: Gestion du patrimoine culturel
SN: Use to describe the management and preservation of cultural material and institutions which contribute to the social heritage of a group.
Cultural identity
FRA: Identité culturelle
SN: Use for the unique social, artistic and cultural characteristics which identify and categorize a group or subgroup. For an individual's personal identification with an ethnic character or culture, use 'Ethnic groups'.
Cultural policy
FRA: Politique culturelle
SN: Use for a course or method of action deliberately chosen that guides or influences decisions on cultural matters. Use for outlining, discussing or proposing changes to policy. For actual statements issued by political parties or governments, use both this heading and 'Policy documents'.
Cultural profiles
FRA: Profil culturel
Culture
FRA: Culture
Culture conflict
FRA: Conflit culturel
Culture shock
FRA: Choc culturel
SN: Use for a sense of confusion and potential anxiety that may affect people exposed to a different culture.
Curriculum
FRA: Programme d’études
Customs
FRA: Coutume
UF: Traditions
Customs and excise
FRA: Douanes

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