Canadian Immigration and Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002


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Labour disputes
FRA: Conflit de travail
UF:
  • Lockouts
  • Strikes
Labour force
FRA: Main d’oeuvre
UF:
  • Manpower
  • Workforce
Labour market
FRA: Marché du travail
UF: Job market
Labour mobility
FRA: Mouvement des travailleurs
Landed Immigrant Data System
FRA: Système de données sur les immigrants ayant obtenu le droit
UF: LIDS
Landed immigrants
USE: Permanent residents
Landing fee
USE: Right of permanent residence fee
Landmines
FRA: Mine antipersonnel
UF: Antipersonnel mines
Language acquisition
FRA: Apprentissage linguistique
Language assessment
FRA: Évaluation linguistique
Language barriers
FRA: Barrières des langues
Language education
FRA: Enseignement des langues
Language instruction
USE: Language training
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada
FRA: Cours de langue pour les immigrants au Canada
UF: LINC
Language maintenance
FRA: Maintien des connaissances linguistiques
SN: Use for items that discuss the protection and survival of ethnic languages through family traditions and rituals etc.
Language policy
FRA: Politique linguistique
SN: Use for a course or method of action deliberately chosen that guides or influences decisions on language 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'.
Language proficiency
USE: Language requirements
Language requirements
FRA: Exigences linguistiques
UF: Language proficiency
Language rights
FRA: Droits linguistiques
UF: Minority language rights
Language services
FRA: Services linguistiques
SN: Use to describe items which discuss the general range of services provided in the language sphere, eg interpreting, translating, teaching, etc. For specific services use the specific term.
Language skills
FRA: Compétence linguistique
Language training
FRA: Formation linguistique
UF: Language instruction
Languages
FRA: Langue
Large certificates
FRA: Grand certificat
SN: From January 1, 1947 to February 14, 1977, the official citizenship document was the large certificate.
Law
FRA: Droit
SN: Use for rules of conduct or action established by authority, society, or custom and their benefits and problems to the populace. For individual pieces of legislation, use 'Legislation'.
Lawful admission
FRA: Admission légale
Learning kits
USE: Instructional materials
Learning materials
USE: Instructional materials
Leave requirement
FRA: Obligation de demander l’autorisation
LED
USE: Linguistic eligibility determination process
Legal aid
FRA: Aide juridique
Legal guardians
USE: Legal guardianships
Legal guardianships
FRA: Tutelle légal
UF: Legal guardians
Legal procedures
FRA: Procédure judiciaire
Legal rights
FRA: Garantie juridique
Legal services
FRA: Services juridiques
Legal system
FRA: Système judiciaire
USE: Justice system
Legislation
FRA: Législation
SN: Use for the enactments of, or matters under consideration by a legislative body.
Lending
USE: Loans
LI time
FRA: Temps IA
SN: A term used to refer to time spent as a permanent resident in the calculation of residence for citizenship. In the four-year period immediately preceding the date the applicant applied for citizenship the applicant is credited with 1 day residence for each day he/she was resident in Canada after landing. The residence requirement can include LI and NI time.
Libraries
FRA: Bibliothèque
Library acquisition
FRA: Acquisition d’une bibliothèque
SN: Use to describe the process of selecting and obtaining resources for a library collection.
Library services
FRA: Services de bibliotheque
SN: Use for activities related to the development, organization and maintenance of subject collections of essential materials on various media.
Licensing
USE: Certification
LICO
USE: Low-income cut-off
LIDS
USE: Landed Immigrant Data System
Life expectancy
FRA: Espérance de vie
Lifestyle
FRA: Mode de vie
LINC
USE: Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada
Linguistic eligibility determination process
FRA: Détermination de l’admissibilité à un cours de langue
UF: LED
Literacy
FRA: Alphabétisation
UF:
  • Functional literacy
  • Illiteracy
Literature
FRA: Littérature
Literature reviews
FRA: Analyse documentaire
Live-in Caregiver Program
FRA: Programme concernant les aides familiaux résidents
Live-in caregivers
FRA: Aide familial résidant
Living conditions
USE: Quality of life
Living standards
USE: Standard of living
Loans
FRA: Prêt
UF:
  • Borrowing
  • Lending
Lobby groups
FRA: Groupe de lobbying
Local Act
FRA: Loi locale
SN: In effect from May 22, 1868 until December 31, 1917 inclusive. The Imperial Act came into force January 1, 1915 however there was an overlap period for 3 years.
Local agreements
FRA: Entente locale
Local certificates
FRA: Certificats locaux
SN: Until December 31, 1917 local certificates were granted under the Naturalization Act. During the transition period from January 1, 1915 until December 31, 1917 both local and imperial certificates were granted.
UF: Local certificates of naturalization
Local certificates of naturalization
USE: Local certificates
Local government
FRA: Administration locale
UF: Municipal government
Local record
FRA: Dossier du bureau local
Lockouts
USE: Labour disputes
Longitudinal studies
FRA: Étude longitudinale
SN: Use for studies that examine changes in an individual or group over an extended period of time.
Loss
FRA: Perte
Loss list
FRA: Liste des pays visés - perte de citoyenneté
SN: A list of countries identifying automatic acquisition of nationality upon marriage used in applying the Naturalization Act from January 15, 1932 to December 31, 1946 inclusive.
Loss of British subject status
FRA: Perte du statut de sujet britannique
SN: As described in the Naturalization Act.
Loss of citizenship
FRA: Perte de la citoyenneté
Lost applications
FRA: Demande perdue
UF: Multiple applications
Low-cost housing
USE: Subsidized housing
Low-income cut-off
FRA: Seuil de faible revenu
UF: LICO

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