Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations

2 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

Act

Act means the Official Languages Act. (Loi)

CMA

CMA means a census metropolitan area, excluding Ottawa-Gatineau, as used by Statistics Canada for the purposes of the most recent decennial census of population. (région métropolitaine de recensement)

CSD

CSD means a census subdivision, excluding any census subdivision or any part of a census subdivision within the National Capital Region, as used by Statistics Canada for the purposes of the most recent decennial census of population. (subdivision de recensement)

immigration services

immigration services means services that are provided, powers that are exercised and duties and functions that are performed by an immigration officer under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, other than services provided, powers exercised or duties or functions performed under that Act by an officer as defined in section 2 of the Customs Act; (services d’immigration)

Method I

Method I means the method of estimating first official language spoken that is described as Method I in Population Estimates by First Official Language Spoken, published by Statistics Canada in September 1989, which method gives consideration, firstly, to knowledge of the official languages, secondly, to mother tongue, and thirdly, to language spoken in the home, with any cases in which the available information is not sufficient for Statistics Canada to decide between English and French as the first official language spoken being distributed equally between English and French; (méthode I)

route

route means

• (a) for the purposes of paragraphs 7(4)(c) and (d), a route on which a federal institution provides the travelling public with a transportation service by aircraft or train that is carried out by a single conveyance, and

• (b) for the purposes of subsection 7(2) and paragraph 7(4)(e), a route on which a federal institution provides the travelling public with a two-way transportation service by aircraft, train or ferry between the starting and finishing points of a flight, train run or ferry crossing that is carried out by a single conveyance between those two points, with or without intermediate stops. (trajet)