మూస:PD-Canada
- it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published before 1975,
- it was a photograph created before 1949,
- it was a photograph that was created after 1948 — but before 1962 — and the copyright was owned by a corporation,
- it was an unpublished work created by an author who died before 1949,
- it was otherwise a work created by an author who died before 1975 (subject to transitional rules for unpublished works by authors who died after 1948 but before 1999),
- where the creator is unknown, the work was published before 1975 or (if not published) created before 1950.
A more exhaustive listing of terms of copyright and permitted exceptions, by type of work, may be found at http://www.toronto.ca/archives/copyright.htm.
The media description page should identify which reason applies.
This file is NOT necessarily in the public domain in the United States because a non-simple image can only be in the public domain in the U.S.:
- if it entered the public domain in Canada prior to 1996, or
- when, after that date, its copyright term expires in accordance with U.S. law.
Information about the creation date and creator should be provided.
If the image is not in the public domain in the United States, in addition to the license tag for its status in Canada an appropriate fair use license and rationale should be provided, or the image should be proposed for deletion.
If the media is in the public domain in both Canada and the United States, it may be transferred to the Wikimedia Commons.Note: If this image is in the public domain in the U.S., modify the end of the copyright tag from "}}" to "|commons}}". This will replace the preceding U.S. copyright notification with a nomination for this image to be moved to the Wikimedia Commons.
