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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