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Glossary Search Results
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- Fair drawing
- (See Manuscript, map)
- Families by Age Groups of Never-married Sons and/or Daughters at Home
- Families with never-married sons and/or daughters at home are classified to indicate those with:
–all never-married sons and/or daughters aged 18 or over;
–at least one aged 18 or over and at least one aged 17 or under;
–all never-married sons and/or daughters aged 17 or under.
This last category may be further subdivided to show, for example, the following age groups of never-married sons and/or daughters at home.
-All under 6 years
-All 6-14 years
-All 15-17 years
-Some under 6 and some 6-14 years
-Some under 6 and some 15-17 years
-Some 6-14 and some 15-17 years
-Some under 6, some 6-14 and some 15-17 years
(Some refers to at least one son or one daughter in each age group.)
(Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Statistics Canada)
- Families by Number of Never-married Sons and/or Daughters at Home
- Families are classified to indicate those without never-married sons and daughters at home through to those with eight or more, as applicable.
- Family Physician / General Practitioner
- These physicians deal with the day-to-day health problems of family members. Because of the wide variety of health problems that they examine they are considered to be "non-specialists". In general, over the past decade, new medical graduates who practice as family physicians have completed their M.D. degree, followed by a 2-year residency program, and passed the certification requirements of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Many physicians who have been in family practice for a longer period of time and who do not have College certification are referred to as "general practitioners".
- Family income
- Refers to the total incomes of all members of a census family 15 years of age and over. A census family is a couple who are married or living common-law (with or without never-married sons or daughters living with them), or a lone parent living with at least one never-married son or daughter. (Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Cat. No. 92-351-XPE, Statistics Canada)
- Family persons
- Family persons refers to household members who belong to a census family. (Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Statistics Canada)
- Feather-edging (photo)
- The process of thinning the edges of a photographic print (in cartography, aerial photos) with sandpaper or emery cloth, to facilitate the assembly of several overlapping photographs into a mosaic having in a smoother surface.
- Feather-edging (topo)
- The omission of contours on a topographic map in areas of steep terrain, in order to avoid a congestion of lines.
- Feature, map
- Any visible object of nature or of man-made culture shown on a map.
- Federal Child Tax Benefits
- Refers to federal Child Tax benefits paid during calendar year 1995 to parents with dependent children under 18 years of age. (Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Cat. No. 92-351-XPE, Statistics Canada)
- Feeders
- Weaned calves usually sold in the fall at auctions.
- Fens
- Fens are peatlands whose dominant plants are sedges (tall grass-like plants) accompanied by grasses, brown mosses and flowers such as iris. A fen is fed by streams or by ground water. Fens are less acidic and generally richer in nutrients than bogs. The water table is usually at or above the surface of the peatland.
- Field
- In a digital data base, a vertical column of data in an attribute table representing some characteristic of a geographical feature, described in numbers or words. (See Attribute and Record).
- Field check
- The verification of what is shown on a map manuscript or compilation, by comparing it with what is actually on the ground. Field checks supplement or clarify information provided by aerial photos.
- File
- In computer technology, a set of related information stored and managed on disk by a computer's operating system, that can be accessed by a unique name.
- Finishing
- The process of feeding animals on high energy rations until they reach their slaughter weight.
- First Nation(s)
- The term “First Nations” came into common usage in the 1970s to replace “band” or “Indian”, which some people found offensive. Despite its widespread use, there is no legal definition for this term in Canada. The term itself has two main uses –
(1) First Nations people: Many people today prefer to be called “First Nations” or “First Nations people” instead of “Indians”. Generally, First Nations people is used to describe both Status and Non-Status Indians. The term is rarely used as a synonym for “Aboriginal peoples” (i.e., it usually doesn’t include Inuit or Métis people);
(2) First Nation: First Nation has been adopted by some Indian communities to replace the term “Indian band”. Many Indian bands started to replace the word “band” in their name with “First Nation” in the 1980s. (Source: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
- First Official Language Spoken
- Refers to the official language actually spoken which, in most, cases, was first learned by the individual. (Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Statistics Canada)
- First Year Ice
- Ice resulting from not more than one winter’s growth, ranging in thickness from 30 cm to 2 m. It is usually greenish-white in colour and contains some salt.
- Fishing
- (See Recreational fishing).
- Fix
- A location obtained by surveying or astronomical observations and indicated on a map as the point from which the observations were made.
- Fjord
- Deep and narrow glacial valley invaded by sea water after the retreat of the glacier.
- Flat
- A horizontal or level surface, without elevation or relief; a plain.
- Fluorocarbons
- Carbon-fluorine compounds that often contain other elements such as hydrogen, chlorine, or bromine. Common fluorocarbons include chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and related compounds, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and perfluorcarbons (PFCs). They have been used as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, cleaning solvents, as well as in the manufacture of plastic foam. CFCs in particular are suspected of causing ozone depletion in the stratosphere. HFCs, which were introduced as alternatives to CFCs and are emitted as by-products of industrial processes and in manufacturing, are powerful greenhouse gases. (Source: Government of Canada Climate Change Site, Glossary of Climate Change Terms)
- Font
- In typography, a complete assortment of all the necessary characters for a particular size and style (face) of type required for ordinary typesetting.
- Foot
- A unit of length in the British system of measurement, equal to 0.3048 metre (exactly).
- Forage
- Fresh, dried or stored vegetative material fed to livestock.
- Forest resource management
- A holistic approach to forest management involving preservation, protection, extraction and development that includes managing two or more resources in the same general area, such as water, soil, timber, grazing land, fish, wildlife and recreation.
- Format
- (1) The systematic arrangement of data for processing or storage on a computer.
(2) In cartography, the dimensions of a map.
(3) In typography, the design, layout, page size, printing requirements, etc. of printed matter.
- Fossil fuels
- Coal, oil, natural gas (and fuel products made from them) are called fossil fuels because they are made of fossilized, carbon-rich plant and animal remains. These remains were buried in sediments and compressed over geologic time, slowly being converted to a form that can be used as fuel. Fossil fuels can be extracted from the sediment by humans millions of years after their deposition, and their stored energy can be used as fuel when it is burned. Fossil fuels emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when burnt, and thus significantly contribute to the enhanced greenhouse effect. (Source: Government of Canada Climate Change Site, Glossary of Climate Change Terms)
- Four-colour process
- The process of producing multi-coloured maps, diagrams, or pictures by printing with a set of matched inks - cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK). Other colours are obtained by combining two or three of these colours using dot or half-tone screens (CMY).
- Francophone
- Person with French as mother tongue. (Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Statistics Canada)
- French Speaker
- Person who is able to conduct a conversation in French. (Source: 1996 Census Dictionary, Statistics Canada)
- Frequency
- The number of times, per unit of time that an event occurs.
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