Federal Identity Program Policy 
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Federal Identity Program Policy

(Publié aussi en français sous le titre Politique sur le programme de coordination de l'image de marque)
Table of Contents
1.	Effective date	1
2.	Policy objective	1
3.	Policy statement	1
4.	Application	1
5.	Policy requirements	2
6.	Monitoring	4
7.	References	4
8.	Enquiries	5
Appendix A - Official Languages	6
Appendix B - Application Schedules	11
Appendix C - Titles of Federal Organizations	18
Guidelines	35

1.	Effective date
This policy takes effect on October 1, 1990.
2.	Policy objective
The objectives of the Federal Identity Program (FIP) are:
−	to enable the public to recognize clearly federal activities by means of consistent identification;
−	to improve service to the public by facilitating access to federal programs and services;
−	to project equality of status of the two official languages consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Official Languages Act;
−	to ensure effective management of the federal identity consistent with government‑wide priorities, and to achieve savings through standardization;
−	to promote good management practices in the field of corporate identity and information design.
3.	Policy statement
Federal institutions, programs, services and contributions shall be identified in accordance with corporate identity standards for the Government of Canada.
The equality of status of the two official languages shall be projected when applying these corporate identity standards.
4.	Application
This policy applies to all institutions named in Schedules I, II, and III to the Financial Administration Act and all branches designated as departments for purposes of the Act, unless the institution has been specifically exempted from FIP.  (See Appendix B, Application schedules, for the institutions subject to FIP policy and those that are exempt. (The appendix also contains exemption criteria.)
5.	Policy requirements
1)	Corporate management
Institutions must:
−	manage their corporate identity within the framework of the policy and in accordance with the design standards of FIP; and
−	identify their activities clearly and consistently in accordance with their communications strategy.
2)	Corporate symbols
The consistent application of corporate symbols helps to project the Government of Canada as a coherent, unified administration.  One of two corporate symbols must be used in the signature that identifies an individual or an institution: the Coat of Arms or the flag symbol.
The "Canada" wordmark, which is the global corporate symbol of the government, must be used in association with the appropriate signature.
3)	Corporate signatures
Corporate signatures, which consist of a symbol and a bilingual title, are established as follows:
b)	The Coat of Arms must be used to identify: ministers and their offices; parliamentary secretaries; institutions whose heads report directly to Parliament; as well as institutions with quasi‑judicial functions (their use of the Coat of Arms instead of the flag symbol requires authorization by the Minister responsible and the agreement of the President of the Treasury Board).
c)	The flag symbol must be used to identify all departments, agencies, corporations, commissions, boards, councils, as well as any other federal body and activity (unless they are authorized to use the Coat of Arms).
The flag symbol, which replaced the bar and maple leaf symbol in 1987, is being implemented gradually.  Institutions that have not yet completed the conversion must implement the flag symbol when:
−	designing or acquiring a new item;
−	current stocks of material are replenished or replaced; or
−	existing material or equipment is refurbished.
4)	Adoption and use of titles
Institutions must adopt an approved title (referred to as applied title) for their corporate signature, and use this title consistently when identifying the institution, except when they are required to use the legal title.  The approved titles are listed in Appendix C, Titles of federal organizations.
5)	Creation of titles
Institutions must apply certain criteria when establishing a new applied title or modifying an existing one, and register the title by seeking the agreement of both the minister responsible and the President of the Treasury Board.  The criteria for creating an applied title include that it must:
−	incorporate the word Canada or appear with the words Government of Canada, where appropriate;
−	have versions in each official language;
−	conform to acceptable linguistic usage in each official language; and
−	not contain an acronym, abbreviation or ampersand (&).
6)	Fields of application
Institutions must ensure that an appropriate corporate signature and the "Canada" wordmark are applied wherever an activity of the federal government is to be made known in Canada and abroad.  This means the identification of products, material, equipment and real property.  The fields of application include: stationery, forms, motor vehicles, signage, advertising, published material, audio‑visual productions, expositions and personnel identification.
Institutions must clearly identify real property occupied by organizational units that provide services directly to the public, and ensure that the signs make it easier to find these services.
For programs that the Government of Canada undertakes with another level of government or a private institution, corporate identity requirements are as follows:
−	it is the responsibility of the appropriate minister to determine whether or not a particular shared‑cost program requires federal identity in its publicity; and
−	as and when directed by the minister, a federal institution entering into a contract or agreement with another level of government or a private institution must include provisions in the contract that set out the terms for joint identification of the sponsors.
7)	Design standards
Key applications of FIP are subject to design standards.  Institutions must conform to these technical standards when implementing this policy.  They are set out in the Federal Identity Program Manual issued by Treasury Board.
8)	Using other symbols
Only the corporate symbols of FIP may be applied on the following standard applications: letterheads, notepaper, calling cards, complimentary cards, primary identification signs, directory boards and operational signs.  Any other symbol intended to be used government‑wide is subject to prior approval by the President of the Treasury Board.  Upon approval, it may be used as appropriate except for the standard applications referred to above.
9)	Official languages
Institutions must:
−	present the two official languages with equal prominence, i.e. in exactly the same colours and with identical style, size, and weight of type;
−	present the official languages in all corporate signatures in a side by side bilingual format, with the order of the languages in accordance with the standards in Appendix A; and
−	use the mandatory bilingual formats in accordance with the standards in Appendix A.
6.	Monitoring
The Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) will monitor compliance with this policy through reports available from central information systems, internal audits and liaison with institutions.  Upon request, institutions will provide implementation plans or progress reports to the TBS.  Internal audit groups should include in their audit of corporate identity applications an assessment of the extent of compliance with this policy and FIP design standards.
7.	References
This policy is based on Cabinet decisions between 1970 and 1987, and the following acts and policies:
−	Financial Administration Act
−	Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
−	Official Languages Act
−	Treasury Board Manual, Communications Volume, Chapter 1, Government Communications.
This policy supersedes Chapter 470, Federal Identity Program, of the Administrative policy manual.
8.	Enquiries
All enquiries should be directed to institution headquarters (i.e. the head of communications or the official languages director and senior managers responsible for the administration of the official languages program of the institution concerned).
Enquiries about FIP should be directed to:
	Information Management Practices
	Administrative Policy Branch
	Treasury Board Secretariat.
Enquiries about official languages policies should be directed to:
	Official Languages Branch
	Treasury Board Secretariat.

Appendix A - Official Languages
Note:  This appendix will be subject to detailed review after Regulations pursuant to the 1988 Official Languages Act are issued.
Table of contents
1.	Visual equality
2.	Order of the official languages
3.	Formats and applications
4.	Style and usage
5.	Other languages
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides for the equality of status of English and French as Canada's official languages, and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all the institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada.  The Official Languages Act extends the legal framework to ensure respect for their equality.  To implement these statutory requirements, the following policy has been adopted.
1.	Visual equality
It is the policy of the government to project itself as an institution in which English and French enjoy equal status in all respects.  Therefore, the two official languages shall be presented with equal prominence, i.e. in exactly the same colours and with identical style, size and weight of type.
To project visual equality, the official languages shall appear in a side by side bilingual format in all signatures.
2.	Order of the official languages
The order of the official languages in the signature is determined by the type of application and by certain factors, such as location, language of the medium, or distribution.  These are set out in articles 2.1 to 2.4.
2.1	Items for which the location determines the order of the official languages in the signature
Within Canada, the order of the official languages in the signature on stationery is determined by the official language of the majority of the population of the province or territory in which the issuing federal office is located.  Thus, French appears to the left in Quebec, and English to the left in the other provinces and the territories. However, each Minister may decide whether English should be placed to the left of French or vice versa in the signature on ministerial stationery.  The term "stationery" includes items such as letterheads, envelopes, notepaper, complimentary slips and cards, and calling cards (see also article 2.3).
Within Canada, when the item is physically located or based in a province or territory (e.g. a sign or a vehicle) or is intended for use solely in, or pertains principally to, that province or territory, the official language of the majority of the population in the province or territory shall be placed to the left of the other official language.
Canadian offices located abroad shall use both English and French in their signature.  Of these, the language placed to the left shall correspond to the one used by the Secretariat of the United Nations in communicating with the country concerned.
2.2	Items for which the language of the medium determines the order of the official languages in the signature
When a signature is used in a unilingual English or French medium (e.g. a newspaper or separate but equal unilingual versions of government publications printed in both official languages), the official language of the medium determines the order of precedence of the official languages in the signature.  Thus, French will appear to the left of English in the signature in unilingual French media and English to the left of French in unilingual English media.
2.3	Items for which the individual determines the order of the official languages in the signature
Such items include calling cards, complimentary slips and cards.  The person whose name is to be printed on these items may decide on the order in which the official languages will appear in the signature and hence in the text.
2.4	Order of the official languages on items for national use, when the languages are presented side by side
As a general rule, the order of the official languages in the signature and text shall be English to the left of French on material intended for national use and distribution.  Notwithstanding this general rule, material for national use and distribution may also be produced in two versions (i.e. English/French and French/English) when the volume or range of distribution would warrant the printing of two versions.
Material for national use and distribution may also be produced with French to the left of English when the nature of the material or the specific public for which it is intended would make the use of this format more appropriate.
3.	Formats and applications
Set out here are the conditions under which the two official languages shall be used, either together or separately, in the various applications of the FIP.  In general, one of two methods is used:
−	side by side (or recto‑verso) bilingual format; or
−	separate versions in each language.
The rules on the use of these formats, which apply regardless of location in Canada, are set out below.
3.1	Side by side format mandatory
Items listed below shall be produced by presenting both official languages in a side by side format (except where noted):
−	stationery;
−	calling cards (individuals have the option of using a side by side or recto‑verso format);
−	primary identification signs;
−	directory boards;
−	common‑use and operational signs (an over and under format is permitted in cases where horizontal space is inadequate);
−	project signs;
−	commemorative plaques (the side by side format applies to all plaques produced after March 1982);
−	markings that identify motor vehicles, aircraft and watercraft;
−	personnel identification (an over and under format is permitted in cases where horizontal space is inadequate).
Note:  When presenting the two official languages in an over and under format, the language that would appear to the left in the side by side format shall appear above the other language.  The order of precedence for the side by side format is set out in articles 2.1 to 2.4.
3.2	Bilingual format mandatory
Outdoor and transit advertisements shall be produced by presenting both official languages in a bilingual format.  With respect to the presentation of the two official languages, it is optional to use the side by side format or another format.  (N.B. See the note under article 3.1.)
Any departure from the bilingual format requires the approval of the appropriate Minister, following consultation with the President of the Treasury Board.
3.3	Use of bilingual or separate, unilingual versions
Items referred to below shall be produced in both English and French wherever the Official Languages Act requires federal institutions to provide communications and services to the public in both official languages.  However, a federal institution has a choice between a bilingual version or separate but equal versions in each language when producing items such as forms, brochures, publications, posters, exhibits, and audio‑visual productions.
With the exception of outdoor and transit advertisements (see article 3.2), the use of separate versions in each language would normally apply to all other forms of advertising, i.e. print advertising, paid announcements, and television and radio advertising.
The need to communicate effectively with the public, as well as certain requirements under the Official Languages Act for the use of the media in either language, will have a bearing on which media are selected for a given purpose.
Where printed material (e.g. brochures, forms and publications) is produced in separate but equal unilingual versions or in a bilingual, recto‑verso format, the material presenting one official language shall state that the same material is available in the other official language.  Therefore, words such as version française disponible or français au verso should be displayed, as applicable.
4.	Style and usage
Aside from respecting the visual equality of English and French, it is also essential to ensure equal linguistic quality in the usage of the two languages.  When implementing FIP policy, it is important to use either language according to its own style and usage and not to confuse the conventions of each.  Inaccuracies can be most conspicuous because the two languages are presented side by side in many applications of the FIP.
Section 1.2 "Message", of the FIP Manual sets out certain rules on style and usage as well as other requirements with respect to the use of building, street and geographical names.  These shall be observed when developing an appropriate version of a message in either official language.
5.	Other languages
There are cases where a language other than English and French may be required for certain government communications.  Any use of a third language should be consonant with the communication policy of the federal institution concerned.
In the corporate signature, no language other than English and French may be used.  When a message needs to be communicated in another language, the requirements of government policy with respect to the use of the official languages shall nevertheless be met.

Appendix B - Application Schedules
Table of contents
1.	Introduction
2.	Institutions identified by the Coat of Arms
3.	Institutions identified by the flag symbol
4.	Institutions not subject to the Federal Identity Program
5.	Exemption criteria
1.	Introduction
Listed here are the institutions subject to the Federal Identity Program (FIP) and those that are exempt or excluded from it.  The lists were compiled from the schedules to the Financial Administration Act.
For purposes of the FIP, the term "institution" includes certain organizational entities or programs which have adopted a corporate signature without the title of the parent department.
The following schedules are organized according to the corporate symbol used in the signature of the institution.
2.	Institutions identified by the Coat of Arms
Appeal Board, Hazardous Materials Information Review Act
Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Civil Aviation Tribunal of Canada
Competition Tribunal
Copyright Board Canada
External Affairs and International Trade Canada (note 1)
Human Rights Tribunal
National Energy Board
National Transportation Agency of Canada
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs
Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Office of the Umpire, Unemployment Insurance Act
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioners
Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Canada
Procurement Review Board of Canada
RCMP External Review Committee
RCMP Public Complaints Commission
Security Intelligence Review Committee
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
Note 1: Generally identified by the flag symbol, the department applies the Coat of Arms to stationery for formal correspondence with other governments and to identify official premises abroad.
3.	Institutions identified by the flag symbol
Agricultural Stabilization Board
Agriculture Canada
Atlantic Development Council Canada
Atlantic Pilotage Authority Canada
Atomic Energy Control Board
Bureau of Pensions Advocates Canada
Canada Centre for Inland Waters
Canada Communication Group
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
Canada Employment and Immigration Advisory Council
Canada Harbour Place Corporation
Canada Museums Construction Corporation Inc.
Canada Oil and Gas Lands Administration
Canadian Coast Guard
Canadian Dairy Commission
Canadian Grain Commission
Canadian International Development Agency
Canadian Multiculturalism Council
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Pension Commission
Canadian Radio‑television and Telecommunications Commission
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian Space Agency
Canadian War Museum
Cape Breton Development Corporation (Government of Canada)
Communications Canada
Consulting and Audit Canada
Consumer and Corporate Affairs Canada
Contracts Settlement Board (Supply and Services Canada)
Correctional Investigator Canada, The
Correctional Service Canada
Defence Construction Canada
Department of Finance Canada
Department of Justice Canada
Department of the Secretary of State of Canada
Emergency Preparedness Canada
Employment and Immigration Canada
Energy Supplies Allocation Board
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
Environment Canada
External Affairs and International Trade Canada
Farm Credit Corporation Canada
Federal Environmental Assessment Review Office
Federal‑Provincial Relations Office (Government of Canada)
Fire Commissioner of Canada
Fisheries and Oceans (Government of Canada)
Fisheries and Oceans Research Advisory Council (Government of Canada)
Fisheries Prices Support Board Canada
Fitness and Amateur Sport (Government of Canada)
Foreign Claims Commission (Government of Canada)
Forestry Canada
Goods and Services Tax, Consumer Information Office (Government of Canada)
Grain Transportation Agency
Great Lakes Pilotage Authority Canada
Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission Canada
Health and Welfare Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Immigration and Refugee Board
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Industry, Science and Technology Canada
Investment Canada
Labour Canada
Laurentian Pilotage Authority Canada
Law Reform Commission of Canada
Livestock Feed Board of Canada
Medical Research Council of Canada
Merchant Seamen Compensation Board Canada
Multiculturalism and Citizenship Canada
National Advisory Council on Aging (Government of Canada)
National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport
National Archives of Canada
National Aviation Museum
National Battlefields Commission (Government of Canada), The
National Council of Welfare (Government of Canada)
National Defence
National Farm Products Marketing Council
National Gallery of Canada
National Library of Canada
National Museum of Science and Technology
National Parole Board (Government of Canada)
National Research Council Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Northern Pipeline Agency Canada
Office of Privatization and Regulatory Affairs of Canada
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada
Pacific Pilotage Authority Canada
Passport Office
Patent Appeal Board Canada
Petroleum Monitoring Agency Canada
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (Agriculture Canada)
Privy Council Office (Government of Canada)
Public Service Commission of Canada
Public Works Canada
Queen Elizabeth II Canadian Research Fund (Government of Canada)
Reference Canada
Revenue Canada, Customs and Excise
Revenue Canada, Taxation
Ship‑source Oil Pollution Fund (Government of Canada)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Solicitor General Canada
Statistics Canada
Status of Women Canada
Statute Revision Commission Canada
Supply and Services Canada
Tourism Canada
Transport Canada
Treasury Board of Canada, Secretariat
Treasury Board of Canada, Comptroller General
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Appeal Board Canada
Western Economic Diversification Canada
4.	Institutions not subject to the Federal Identity Program
Except where noted, the following institutions are exempt from FIP policy because of Cabinet approval or are excluded because of their legal status.
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Bank of Canada
Canada Council
Canada Development Investment Corporation (note 1)
Canada Labour Relations Board
Canada Lands Company Limited (note 1)
Canada Lands Company (Le Vieux‑Port de Montréal) Limited (note 1)
Canada Lands Company (Vieux‑Port de Québec) Inc. (note 1)
Canada Lands Company (Mirabel) Limited
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Canada Ports Corporation
Canada Post Corporation
Canadian Forces
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Centre for Management Development
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Canadian Commercial Corporation
Canadian General Standards Board
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat
Canadian National Railway Company
Canadian Patents and Development Limited
Canadian Saltfish Corporation
Canadian Wheat Board, The
CORCAN (industrial work program of Correctional Service Canada)
Economic Council of Canada (note 1)
Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation
Export Development Corporation
Federal Business Development Bank
Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation
Halifax Port Corporation
Harbourfront Corporation (note 1)
House of Commons
International Centre for Ocean Development
Judiciary, The (all courts established by an Act of Parliament)
Language Training Canada (component of the Public Service Commission of Canada)
Marine Atlantic Inc. (note 1)
Montreal Port Corporation
National Arts Centre Corporation
National Capital Commission
National Film Board
National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
Petro‑Canada
Port of Quebec Corporation
Prince Rupert Port Corporation
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Royal Canadian Mint
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Saint John Port Corporation
Science Council of Canada
Senate, The
Standards Council of Canada
St. John's Port Corporation
St. Lawrence Seaway Authority, The
Vancouver Port Corporation
VIA Rail Canada Inc.
Note 1: The status with respect to FIP has not been clarified.
5.	Exemption criteria
The Cabinet has directed that institutions that meet one or more of the following criteria may be exempted from FIP policy:
a)	institutions which are engaged in commercial activity or are in competition with private enterprise;
b)	international institutions in which the nature of international collaboration is such that a Canadian national symbol would be inappropriate;
c)	institutions in which another government provides substantial executive participation (i.e. where there is joint financing and shared authority);
d)	institutions in which voluntary organizations or citizens provide substantial participation and financial contribution (i.e. a cooperative or a private company in which the federal government has a financial interest).
A minister may request from the President of the Treasury Board exemption for an institution that meets these criteria.  If the two ministers are unable to reach agreement, the minister requesting the exemption may refer the matter to the Cabinet.
Federal institutions exempted from using FIP corporate symbols are nevertheless obliged to conform to those elements of the FIP policy that derive from federal official languages policies or law.

Appendix C - Titles of Federal Organizations
Table of contents
1.	Introduction
2.	Definitions
3.	Titles of organizations
4.	Index of abbreviations
5.	Titles of ministers
1.	Introduction
This edition supersedes the March 1989 version published under the same title but as part of the Federal Identity Program Manual.
Registered here are the applied titles and their abbreviations that the President of the Treasury Board has approved for use by organizations subject to the Federal Identity Program (FIP).  For details on the creation, adoption and use of an applied title and its abbreviation, see the FIP policy and guidelines.
This publication was compiled from the schedules to the Financial Administration Act.  Excluded from this publication are institutions not subject to FIP Policy, commissions established under the Inquiries Act, and organizations that are inactive.
The Treasury Board Secretariat maintains updates to the lists of titles and abbreviations and issues them periodically.  The titles are also contained in the Terminology Bank of Canada, operated by the Translation Bureau, Department of the Secretary of State of Canada.
For easy reference, the official titles of ministers that are used together with the Coat of Arms to form a signature are included in this publication.
Note:  This publication is intended for reference purposes only.
2.	Definitions
For easy reference, certain terms established for FIP purposes are included here.
applied title: The approved name used in the signature to identify an organization, program, or activity.
legal title: The name that appears in the enabling legislation (act), proclamation, order in council or other instrument used to create a branch of government.
signature:  The combination of a symbol and a title.

3.	Titles of organizations		Titres des organismes
	English/French			anglais/français

	Applied title	Titre d'usage	Abbr.	Abrév.	Legal title	Appellation légale

A	Agricultural
Stabilization Board
(note 1)	Office de stabilisation
des prix agricoles
(note 1)	ASB	OSPA	Agricultural
Stabilization Board	Office de stabilisation
des prix agricoles	
							
	Agriculture
Canada	Agriculture
Canada	Agr	Agr	Department
of Agriculture	Ministère
de l'Agriculture	
							
	Appeal Board,
Hazardous
Materials Information
Review Act	Commission d'appel,
Loi sur le contrôle
des renseignements relatifs
aux matières dangereuses			Appeal Board,
Hazardous
Materials Information
Review Act	Commission d'appel,
Loi sur le contrôle
des renseignements relatifs
aux matières dangereuses	
							
	Atlantic Development
Council Canada	Conseil de développement de la
région de l'Atlantique Canada	ADC	CDRA	Atlantic Development
Council	Conseil de développement
de la région de l'Atlantique	
							
	Atlantic Pilotage
Authority Canada	Administration de pilotage
de l'Atlantique Canada	APA	APA	Atlantic Pilotage
Authority	Administration de pilotage
de l'Atlantique	
							
	Atomic Energy
Control Board
(note 1)	Commission de contrôle
de l'énergie atomique
(note 1)	AECB	CCEA	Atomic Energy
Control Board	Commission de contrôle
de l'énergie atomique	
							
B	Bureau of Pensions
Advocates Canada	Bureau de services juridiques
des pensions Canada	BPA	BSJP	Bureau of Pensions
Advocates	Bureau de services
juridiques des pensions	
							
C	Canada Centre
for Inland Waters	Centre canadien
des eaux intérieures	CCIW	CCEI	Canada Centre
for Inland Waters	Centre canadien
des eaux intérieures	
							
	Canada Deposit
Insurance Corporation	Société d'assurance‑dépôts
du Canada	CDIC	SADC	Canada Deposit
Insurance Corporation	Société d'assurance‑dépôts
du Canada	
							
	Canada Employment and
Immigration Advisory Council	Conseil consultatif canadien
de l'emploi et de l'immigration	CEIAC	CCCEI	Canada Employment and
Immigration Advisory Council	Conseil consultatif canadien
de l'emploi et de l'immigration	
							
	Canada Harbour Place
Corporation	Corporation
Place du Havre Canada	CHPC	CPHC	Canada Harbour Place
Corporation	Corporation
Place du Havre Canada	
							
	Canada Museums Construction
Corporation Inc.
(note 1)	Société de construction
des musées du Canada Inc.
(note 1)	CMCC	SCMC	Canada Museums Construction
Corporation Inc.	Société de construction
des musées du Canada Inc.	
							
	Canada Oil and Gas
Lands Administration	Administration du pétrole
et du gaz des terres du Canada	COGLA	APGTC	Canada Oil and Gas
Lands Administration	Administration du pétrole
et du gaz des terres du Canada	
							
	Canadian
Coast Guard
(note 2)	Garde côtière
canadienne
(note 2)	CCG	GCC	Canadian Coast Guard	Garde côtière canadienne	
							
	Canadian Dairy
Commission	Commission canadienne
du lait	CDC	CCL	Canadian
Dairy Commission	Commission canadienne
du lait	
							
	Canadian Grain
Commission	Commission canadienne
des grains	CGC	CCG	Canadian Grain
Commission	Commission canadienne
des grains	
							
	Canadian International
Development Agency	Agence canadienne
de développement international	CIDA	ACDI	Canadian International
Development Agency	Agence canadienne
de développement international	
							
	Canadian International
Trade Tribunal
(note 1)	Tribunal canadien
du commerce extérieur
(note 1)			Canadian International
Trade Tribunal	Tribunal canadien
du commerce extérieur	
							
	Canadian Multiculturalism
Council	Conseil canadien
du multiculturalisme	CMC	CCM	Canadian Multiculturalism
Council	Conseil canadien
du multiculturalisme	
							
	Canadian Museum
of Civilisation	Musée canadien
des civilisations			Canadian Museum
of Civilisation	Musée canadien
des civilisations	
							
	Canadian Museum of
Contemporary Photography	Musée canadien de la
photographie contemporaire			Canadian Museum of
Contemporary Photography	Musée canadien de la
photographie contemporaire	
							
	Canadien Museum
of Nature	Musée canadien
de la nature			Canadian Museum
of Nature	Musée canadien
de la nature	
							
	Canadian Pension
Commission	Commission canadienne
des pensions	CPC	CCP	Canadian Pension
Commission	Commission canadienne
des pensions	
							
	Canadian Radio‑television
and Telecommunications
Commission	Conseil de la radiodiffusion
et des télécommunications
canadiennes	CRTC	CRTC	Canadian Radio‑television
and Telecommunications
Commission	Conseil de la radiodiffusion
et des télécommunications
canadiennes	
							
	Canadian Security
Intelligence Service
(note 1)	Service canadien du
Renseignement de sécurité
(note 1)	CSIS	SCRS	Canadian Security
Intelligence Service	Service canadien du
renseignement de sécurité	
							
	Canadian Space
Agency	Agence spatiale
Canadienne			Canadian Space
Agency	Agence spatiale
canadienne	
	Canadian
War Museum	Musée canadien
de la guerre			Canadian
War Museum	Musée canadien
de la guerre	
							
	Government of Canada
Cape Breton Development
Corporation	Gouvernement du Canada
Société de développement
du Cap‑Breton	CBDC	SDCB	Cape Breton Development
Corporation	Société de développement
du Cap‑Breton	
							
	Civil Aviation
Tribunal of Canada	Tribunal de l'aviation
civile du Canada	CAT	TAC	Civil Aviation
Tribunal	Tribunal de l'aviation
civile	
							
	Communications
Canada	Communications
Canada	Com	Com	Department
of Communications	Ministère
des Communications	
							
	Competition Tribunal
(note 1)	Tribunal de la concurrence
(note 1)			Competition Tribunal	Tribunal de la concurrence	
							
	Consulting and Audit
Canada
(note 5)	Conseils et Vérification
Canada
(note 5)	CAC	CVC	A special operating agency
of the Department of
Supply and Services	Un organisme de services
spéciaux du Ministère des
Approvisionnements et Services	
							
	Consumer and 
Corporate Affairs Canada	Consommation et
Corporations Canada	CCAC	C&CC	Department of Consumer
and Corporate Affairs	Ministère des Consommateurs
et des Sociétés	
							
	Supply and Services
Canada
Contracts Settlement
Board	Approvisionnements
et Services Canada
Conseil de règlement
des contrats	CSB	CRC	Contracts Settlement
Board	Conseil de règlement
des contrats	
							
	Copyright Board
Canada	Commission du droit
d'auteur Canada	CB	CDA	Copyright Board	Commission du droit
d'auteur	
							
	The Correctional Investigator
Canada	L'Enquêteur correctionnel
Canada	CIC	ECC	The Correctional Investigator	L'Enquêteur correctionnel	
	Correctional Service
Canada
(note 8)	Service correctionnel
Canada
(note 8)	CSC	SCC	Correctional Service
of Canada	Service correctionnel
du Canada	
							
D	Defence Construction
Canada	Construction
de Défense Canada	DCC	CDC	Defence Construction 
(1951) Limited	Construction de Défense
(1951) Limitée	
							
	Department of Finance
Canada	Ministère des Finances
Canada	Fin	Fin	Department of Finance	Ministère des Finances	
							
	Department of Justice
Canada	Ministère de la Justice
Canada	Jus	Jus	Department
of Justice	Ministère
de la Justice	
							
	Department of the Secretary
of State of Canada	Secrétariat d'État
du Canada			Department of the Secretary
of State of Canada	Secrétariat d'État
du Canada	
							
E	Emergency Preparedness
Canada	Protection civile
Canada	EPC	PCC	Emergency Preparedness
Canada	Protection civile
Canada	
							
	Employment and
Immigration Canada
(note 3)	Emploi et 
Immigration Canada
(note 3)	EIC	EIC	Canada Employment
and Immigration Commission;
and
Department of Employment
and Immigration	Commission de l'emploi et de 
l'immigration du Canada;
et
Ministère de l'Emploi
et l'Immigration	
							
	Energy Supplies
Allocation Board
(note 1)	Office de répartition
des approvisionnements d'énergie
(note 1)	ESAB	ORAE	Energy Supplies
Allocation Board	Office de répartition
des approvisionnements d'énergie	
							
	Energy Supplies
Allocation Board
(note 1)	Office de répartition
des approvisionnements d'énergie
(note 1)	ESAB	ORAE	Energy Supplies
Allocation Board	Office de répartition
des approvisionnements d'énergie	
							
	Energy, Mines and
Resources Canada	Énergie, Mines et
Ressources Canada	EMR	EMR	Department of Energy, 
Mines and Resources	Ministère de l'Énergie,
des Mines et des Ressources	
							
	Environment
Canada	Environnement
Canada	EC	EC	Department
of the Environment	Ministère
de l'Environnement	
							
	Environment Canada
Parks Service
(note 7)	Environnement Canada
Service des parcs
(note 7)			Department of the Environment
Canadian Parks Service	Ministère de l'Environnement
Service canadien des parcs	
							
	External Affairs and
International Trade Canada	Affaires extérieures et
Commerce extérieur Canada	EAITC	AECEC	Department of External
Affairs	Ministère des Affaires
extérieures	
							
F	Farm Credit Corporation
Canada	Société du crédit agricole
Canada	FCC	SCA	Farm Credit 
Corporation	Société 
du crédit agricole	
							
	Federal Environmental
Assessment Review Office	Bureau fédéral d'examen des
évaluations environnementales	FEARO	BFEEE	Federal Environmental
Assessment Review Office	Bureau fédéral d'examen des
évaluations environnementales	
							
	Government of Canada
Federal‑Provincial
Relations Office	Gouvernement du Canada
Bureau des relations
fédérales‑provinciales	FPRO	BRFP	Federal‑Provincial
Relations Office	Bureau des relations
fédérales‑provinciales	
							
	Fire Commissioner
of Canada	Commissaire des incendies
du Canada	FC	CI	Dominion Fire
Commissioner	Commissaire fédéral
des incendies	
	Government of Canada
Fisheries and Oceans
(note 4)	Gouvernement du Canada
Pêches et Océans
(note 4)	F&O	P&O	Department of Fisheries
and Oceans	Ministère des Pêches
et des Océans	
							
	Government of Canada
Fisheries and Oceans
Research Advisory Council	Gouvernement du Canada
Conseil consultatif de recherches
sur les pêcheries et les océans	FORAC	CCRPO	Fisheries and Oceans
Research Advisory Council	Le Conseil consultatif de
recherches sur les pêcheries
et les océans	
							
	Fisheries Prices Support
Board Canada	Office des prix des produits
de la pêche Canada	FPSB	OPPP	Fisheries Prices
Support Board	Office des prix
des produits de la pêche	
							
	Government of Canada
Fitness and
Amateur Sport	Gouvernement du Canada
Condition physique
et Sport amateur	FAS	CPSA	Fitness and Amateur Sport
Branch (Department
of National Health
and Welfare)	Direction générale de la Condition
physique et du Sport amateur
(Ministère de la Santé nationale
et du Bien‑être social)	
							
	Government of Canada
Foreign Claims
Commission	Gouvernement du Canada
Commission des réclamations
étrangères	FgnCC	CRE	Foreign Claims
Commission	Commission des réclamations
étrangères	
							
	Forestry
Canada	Forêts
Canada	ForCan	ForCan	epartment
of Forestry	Ministère
des Fôrets	
							
G	Government of Canada
Goods and Services Tax
Consumer Information
Office	Gouvernement du Canada
Taxe sur les produits et les services
Bureau d'information
des consommateurs			Goods and Services Tax
Consumer Information
Office
(Department of Consumer
and Corporate Affairs)	Taxe sur les produits et les services
Bureau d'information
des consommateurs
(Ministère des Consommateurs
et des Sociétés)	
	Grain Transportation
Agency
(note 1)	Office du transport
du grain
(note 1)			Grain Transportation
Agency	Office du transport
du grain	
							
	Great Lakes Pilotage
Authority Canada	Administration de pilotage
des Grands Lacs Canada	GLPA	APGL	Great Lakes Pilotage
Authority, Ltd.	Administration de pilotage
des Grands Lacs, Ltée	
							
H	Hazardous Materials
Information Review
Commission Canada	Conseil de contrôle des
renseignements relatifs aux
matières dangereuses Canada	HMIRC	CCRMD	Hazardous Materials
Information Review
Commission	Conseil de contrôle des
renseignements relatifs
aux matières dangereuses	
							
	Health and Welfare
Canada	Santé et Bien‑être social
Canada	HWC	SBSC	Department of National
Health and Welfare	Ministère de la Santé nationale
et du Bien‑être social	
							
	Historic Sites and Monuments
Board of Canada	Commission des lieux et monuments
historiques du Canada	HSMB	CLMH	Historic Sites and Monuments
Board of Canada	Commission des lieux et monuments
historiques du Canada	
							
	Human Rights
Tribunal	Tribunal des droits
de la personne	HRT	TDP	Human Rights
Tribunal	Tribunal des droits
de la personne	
							
I	Immigration and Refugee
Board
(note 1)	Commission de l'immigration
et du statut de réfugié
(note 1)			Immigration and Refugee
Board	Commission de l'immigration
et du statut de réfugié	
							
	Indian and Northern
Affairs Canada	Affaires indiennes
et du Nord Canada	INAC	AINC	Department of Indian Affairs
and Northern Development	Ministère des Affaires indiennes
et du Nord canadien	
							
	Industry, Science and
Technology Canada	Industrie, Sciences et
Technologie Canada	ISTC	ISTC	Department of Industry,
Science and Technology	Ministère de l'Industrie,
des Sciences et de la Technologie	
							
	Investment
Canada	Investissement
Canada	Inv	Inv	Investment Canada	Investissement Canada	
							
L	Labour
Canada	Travail
Canada	Lab	Trav	Department
of Labour	Ministère
du Travail	
							
	Laurentian Pilotage
Authority Canada	Administration de pilotage
des Laurentides Canada	LPA	APL	Laurentian Pilotage
Authority	Administration de pilotage
des Laurentides	
							
	Law Reform Commission
of Canada	Commission de réforme
du droit du Canada	LRC	CRD	Law Reform Commission
of Canada	Commission de réforme
du droit du Canada	
							
	Livestock Feed Board
of Canada	Office des provendes
du Canada	LFBC	OPC	Canadian Livestock
Feed Board	Office canadien
des provendes	
							
M	Medical Research
Council of Canada	Conseil de recherches
médicales du Canada	MRC	CRM	Medical Research
Council	Conseil de recherches
médicales	
							
	Merchant Seamen
Compensation Board Canada	Commission d'indemnisation
des marins marchands du Canada	MSCB	CIMM	Merchant Seamen
Compensation Board	Commission d'indemnisation
des marins marchands	
							
	Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Canada	Multiculturalisme et Citoyenneté
Canada	MCC	MCC	Department of Multiculturalism
and Citizenship	Ministère de Multiculturalisme
et de la Citoyenneté	
							
N	Government of Canada
National Advisory Council
on Aging	Gouvernement du Canada
Conseil consultatif national
sur le troisième âge	NACA	CCNTA	National Advisory Council
on Aging	Conseil consultatif national
sur le troisième âge	
	National Advisory Council
on Fitness and
Amateur Sport
(note 1)	Conseil consultatif national
de la Condition physique
et du Sport amateur
(note 1)	NACFAS	CCNCS	ational Advisory Council
on Fitness and Amateur
Sport	onseil consultatif national
de la Condition physique
et du Sport amateur	
							
	National Archives
of Canada	Archives nationales
du Canada	NA	AN	National Archives
of Canada	Archives nationales
du Canada	
							
	National
Aviation Museum	Musée national
de l'aviation			National
Aviation Museum	Musée national
de l'aviation	
							
	Government of Canada
The National Battlefields
Commission	Gouvernement du Canada
Commission des champs
de bataille nationaux	NBC	CCBN	The National Battlefields
Commission	Commission des champs
de bataille nationaux	
							
	Government of Canada
National Council of Welfare	Gouvernement du Canada
Conseil national du Bien‑être	NCW	CNB	National Council
of Welfare	Conseil national du Bien‑être	
							
	National
Defence	Défense
nationale	ND	DN	Department
of National Defence	Ministère
de la Défense nationale	
							
	National Energy
Board
(note 1)	Office national
de l'énergie
(note 1)	NEB	ONE	National Energy
Board	Office national
de l'énergie	
							
	National Farm Products
Marketing Council
(note 1)	Conseil national de commercialisation
des produits agricoles
(note 1)	NFPMC	CNCPA	National Farm Products
Marketing Council	Conseil national de commercialisation
des produits de ferme	
							
	National Gallery
of Canada	Musée des beaux‑arts
du Canada			National Gallery
of Canada	Musée des beaux‑arts
du Canada	
	National Library
of Canada	Bibliothèque nationale
du Canada	NLC	BNC	National Library
of Canada	Bibliothèque nationale
du Canada	
							
	National Museum of
Science and Technology	Musée national des
sciences et de la technologie			National Museum of
Science and Technology	Musée national des
sciences et de la technologie	
							
	Government of Canada
National Parole
Board	Gouvernement du Canada
Commission nationale des
libérations conditionnelles	NPB	CNLC	National Parole
Board	Commission nationale
des libérations conditionnelles	
							
	National Research
Council Canada	Conseil national
de recherches Canada	NRC	CNRC	National Research Council
of Canada	Conseil national de recherches
du Canada	
							
	National Transportation Agency
of Canada	Office national des transports
du Canada	NTA	ONT	National Transportation Agency	Office national des transports	
							
	Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada	Conseil de recherches en sciences
naturelles et en génie du Canada	NSERC	CRSNG	Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council	Conseil de recherches
en sciences naturelles et en génie	

	Northern Pipeline Agency
Canada	Administration du pipe‑line du Nord
Canada	NPA	APN	Northern Pipeline
Agency	Administration du pipe‑line
du Nord	
							
O	Office of Privatization
and Regulatory Affairs
of Canada	Bureau de privatisation
et affaires réglementaires
du Canada	OPRA	BPAR	Office of Privatization
and Regulatory Affairs	Bureau de Privatisation
et des Affaires Réglementaires	
							
	Office of the Auditor General of Canada	Bureau du Vérificateur général du Canada	OAG	BVG	Office of the Auditor General of Canada	Bureau du Vérificateur général
du Canada	
							
	Office of the
Chief Electoral Officer
(note 1)	Bureau du
Directeur général des élections
(note 1)	CEO	BDGE	Office of the
Chief Electoral Officer	Bureau du
Directeur général des élections	
							
	Office of the Commissioner
for Federal Judicial Affairs
(note 1)	Bureau du Commissaire
à la magistrature fédérale
(note 1)	FJA	CMF	Office of the Commissioner
for Federal Judicial Affairs	Bureau du Commissaire
à la magistrature fédérale	
							
	Office of the Commissioner
of Official Languages
(note 1)	Commissariat aux
langues officielles
(note 1)	OCOL	CLO	Office of the Commissioner
of Official Languages	Commissariat aux
langues officielles	
							
	Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions Canada	Bureau du surintendant des
institutions financières Canada	OSFI	BSIF	Office of the Superintendent
of Financial Institutions	Bureau du surintendant
des institutions financières	
							
	Office of the Umpire
Unemployment Insurance Act
(note 1)	Bureau du Juge‑arbitre
Loi sur l'assurance‑chômage
(note 1)	OU	BJ	Office of the Umpire
Unemployment Insurance Act	Bureau du Juge‑arbitre
Loi sur l'assurance‑chômage	
							
	Offices of the Information
and Privacy Commissioners
(note 1)	Commissariats à l'information et
à la protection de la vie privée
(note 1)			Offices of the Information
and Privacy Commissioners	Commissariats à l'information et
à la protection de la vie privée	
							
P	Pacific Pilotage
Authority Canada	Administration de pilotage
du Pacifique Canada	PPA	APP	Pacific Pilotage
Authority	Administration de pilotage
du Pacifique	
	Patent Appeal
Board Canada	Commission d'appel
des brevets Canada	PAB	CAB	Patent Appeal
Board	Commission d'appel
des brevets	
							
	Patented Medicine
Prices Review Board
Canada	Conseil d'examen du prix
des médicaments brevetés
Canada	PMPRB	CEPMB	Patented Medicine
Prices Review Board	Conseil d'examen du prix
des médicaments	
							
	Petroleum Monitoring
Agency Canada	Agence de surveillance
du secteur pétrolier Canada	PMA	ASSP	Petroleum Monitoring
Agency	Agence de surveillance
du secteur pétrolier	
							
	Agriculture Canada
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation
Administration	Agriculture Canada
Administration du rétablissement
agricole des Prairies	PFRA	ARAP	Prairie Farm
Rehabilitation Administration	Administration du rétablissement
agricole des Prairies	
							
	Government of Canada
Privy Council Office	Gouvernement du Canada
Bureau du Conseil privé	PCO	BCP	Privy Council
Office	Bureau
du Conseil privé	
							
	Procurement Review Board
of Canada	Commission de révision
des marchés publics du Canada	PRBOC	CRMPC	Procurement
Review Board	Commission de révision
des marchés publics	
							
	Public Service
Commission of Canada	Commission de la fonction
publique du Canada	PSC	CFP	Public Service
Commission	Commission de la fonction
publique	
							
	Public Works
Canada	Travaux publics
Canada	PWC	TPC	Department
of Public Works	Ministère
des Travaux publics	
							
Q	Government of Canada
Queen Elizabeth II
Canadian Research Fund	Gouvernement du Canada
Fonds canadien de recherches
de la Reine Elizabeth II	QECRF	FCRRE	Queen Elizabeth II
Canadian Research Fund	Fonds canadien de recherches
de la Reine Elizabeth II	
R	RCMP External Review
Committee	Comité externe d'examen
de la GRC			RCMP External Review
Committee	Comité externe d'examen
de la GRC	
							
	RCMP Public Complaints
Commission	Commission des plaintes
du public contre la GRC			RCMP Public Complaints
Commission	Commission des plaintes
du public contre la GRC	
							
	Reference
Canada	Référence
Canada			Telephone Referral
Service Group
(Department of
Supply and Services)	Groupe de service de
référence téléphonique
(Ministère des Approvisionnements
et Services)	
							
	Revenue Canada
Customs and Excise	Revenu Canada
Douanes et Accise	RC‑CE	RC‑DA	Department
of National Revenue
(Customs and Excise)	Ministère
du Revenu national
(Douanes et Accise)	
	Revenue Canada
Taxation	Revenu Canada
Impôt	RCT	RCI	Department
of National Revenue
(Taxation); or Revenue
Canada, Taxation	Ministère
du Revenu national
(Impôt); ou Revenu
Canada, Impôt	
S	Security Intelligence
Review Committee
(note 1)	Comité de surveillance des activités
de renseignement de sécurité
(note 1)			Security Intelligence
Review Committee	Comité de surveillance des activités
de renseignement de sécurité	
	Government of Canada
Ship‑source
Oil Pollution
Fund	Gouvernement du Canada
Caisse d'indemnisation
des dommages dus à la pollution
par les hydrocarbures
causée par les navires			Ship‑source
Oil Pollution Fund
(Department of Transport)	Caisse d'indemnisation
des dommages dus à la pollution
par les hydrocarbures
causée par les navires
(Ministère des Transports)	
	Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada	Conseil de recherches
en sciences humaines du Canada	SSHRC	CRSH	Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council	Conseil de recherches
en sciences humaines	
	Solicitor General
Canada	Solliciteur général
Canada	SGC	SGC	Department
of the Solicitor General	Ministère
du Solliciteur général	
							
	Statistics
Canada	Statistique
Canada	SC	SC	Statistics
Canada	Statistique
Canada	
							
	Status of Women
Canada	Condition féminine
Canada	SWC	CFC	Office of the Coordinator
Status of Women	Bureau de la Coordonnatrice
Situation de la femme	
							
	Statute Revision
Commission Canada	Commission de révision
des lois Canada	SRC	CRL	Statute Revision
Commission	Commission de révision
des lois	
							
	Supply and Services
Canada	Approvisionnements
et Services Canada	SSC	ASC	Department
of Supply and Services	Ministère des Approvisionnements
et Services	
							
T	Tourism Canada	Tourisme Canada	Tour	Tour	Canadian Government
Office of Tourism	Office de tourisme
du Canada	
							
	Transport
Canada	Transports
Canada	TC	TC	Department
of Transport	Ministère
des Transports	
							
	Transportation
Safety Board
of Canada	Bureau de la sécurité
des transports
du Canada	TSB	BST	Canadian Transportation
Accident Investigation
and Safety Board	Bureau canadien d'enquête
sur les accidents de transport
et de la sécurité des transports	
							
	Treasury Board of Canada
Secretariat	Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Secrétariat	TBS	SCT	Treasury Board
(Secretariat)	Conseil du Trésor
(Secrétariat)	
							
	Treasury Board of Canada
Comptroller General	Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Contrôleur général	OCG	BCG	Treasury Board
(Office of the
Comptroller General)	Conseil du Trésor
(Bureau du
Contrôleur général)	
							
V	Veterans Affairs
Canada
(note 6)	Anciens Combattants
Canada
(note 6)	VAC	ACC	Department
of Veterans Affairs	Ministère
des anciens combattants	
							
	Veterans Appeal Board
Canada	Tribunal d'appel des anciens
combattants Canada	VAB	TAAC	Veterans Appeal
Board	Tribunal d'appel
des anciens combattants	
							
W	Western Economic
Diversification Canada	Diversification de l'économie
de l'Ouest Canada	WD	DEO	Department of Western
Economic Diversification	Ministère de la Diversification
de l'économie de l'Ouest	

Notes
	Notes	
1.	This organization has no approved applied title.	1.	Cet organisme n'a pas de titre d'usage approuvé.	
2.	The Canadian Coast Guard also uses Coast Guard for brief identification.	2.	La Garde côtière canadienne utilise aussi le titre abrégé Garde côtière.	
3.	The immigration component of the Department also uses Immigration Canada for brief identification.	3.	Le service d'immigration du ministère utilise aussi le titre abrégé Immigration Canada.	
4.	The Department also uses Fisheries and Oceans for brief identification.	4.	Le ministère utilise aussi le titre abrégé Pêches et Océans.	
5.	When the Agency identifies its groups, signatures incorporating the following titles are used:  Government Consulting Group or Audit Services Group.	5.	Pour identifier ses groupes, l'organisme utilise des signatures comprenant les titres suivants:  Groupe des conseillers gouvernementaux ou Groupe des services de vérification.	
6.	To identify the Department and the Agencies under the responsibility of the Minister of Veterans Affairs, the title Government of Canada, Veterans Affairs is used (abbr. VA).	6.	Pour identifier le ministère et les organismes qui relèvent du ministre des anciens combattants, on utilise le titre Gouvernement du Canada, Anciens Combattants (abr. AC)	
7.	The Department also uses Parks Service for brief identification.	7.	Le ministère utilise aussi le titre abrégé Service des parcs.	
8.	The organization also uses Correctional Service for brief identification.	8.	L'organisme utilise aussi le titre abrégé Service correctionnel.	

Guidelines 
Table of contents
1.	Roles and responsibilities
2.	Corporate management
3.	Corporate symbols
4.	Corporate signatures
5.	Adoption and use of titles
6.	Fields of application
7.	Design standards
8.	Using other symbols
9.	Definitions
1.	Roles and responsibilities
The Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) provides functional leadership for the government's corporate identity, and is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the Federal Identity Program (FIP).  Each institution manages its own corporate identity within the framework of the government‑wide policy and standards.  Federal institutions are identified as organizations of the Government of Canada rather than as separate, independent entities.
The Government Communications Policy (see Chapter 1) establishes corporate identity management as an integral part of the communications function.  That policy sets out the deputy head's responsibilities, which include corporate identity.  The senior official designated by the deputy head and referred to as head of communications assumes responsibility to manage the institution's corporate identity in accordance with FIP policy and standards.
2.	Corporate management
Corporate identity is linked to corporate strategy.  Managing it requires a clear understanding of an institution's corporate structure, its goals, and communications objectives.  Although corporate identity focuses on communications with the public and delivering government services, it applies within each institution as well.  Its scope depends on the institution's mandate, the nature of its publics, the operating requirements, and the degree of decentralization.
Managing involves selecting a name, adopting a signature, and implementing the corporate identity.  The responsibilities of the corporate identity manager are as follows:
−	to ensure clear and consistent identification of the institution's activities;
−	to ensure corporate identity is applied as an integral part of the institution's communications strategy;
−	to assist in achieving clear and effective visual communications when applying corporate identity;
−	to maintain the quality and integrity of the corporate identity.
3.	Corporate symbols
The government's corporate symbols help to distinguish the executive arm from the legislature and the judiciary.  The application of these symbols under the FIP is as follows.
3.1	Coat of Arms
Also referred to as the Arms of Canada, the Coat of Arms is the identifying symbol of the Parliament of Canada and all courts established by an act of Parliament.
Regarding FIP policy, the Coat of Arms is used:
−	in signatures that identify ministers, parliamentary secretaries, and their offices;
−	in signatures that identify institutions whose heads report directly to Parliament;
−	in signatures that identify institutions which have a quasi‑judicial function;
−	by the Department of External Affairs on stationery for formal correspondence with other governments and to identify official premises abroad; and
−	by all commissions established under the Inquiries Act.
Government institutions may use the Coat of Arms for purposes other than identification, e.g. as a design element on items such as certificates.
3.2	Flag symbol
The flag of Canada, modified slightly for purposes of the FIP, is referred to as the "flag symbol".  When applied under this policy, the flag symbol appears with a bilingual title identifying a federal department, agency, corporation, commission, board, council, other federal body or activity (unless the organization is authorized to use the Coat of Arms).
3.2.1	Status of the bar and maple leaf symbol.  Introduced in 1970, this symbol, also referred to as the "federal emblem", was replaced in 1987 by the flag symbol.  During conversion, both symbols will be in use.
3.3	"Canada" wordmark
The wordmark serves as the global identifier of the government and is the dominant corporate symbol of FIP.  The wordmark appears always in association with the corporate signature of a federal institution.
3.3.1	Other uses.  Although the use of the "Canada" wordmark is controlled and generally restricted to applications under this policy, other uses can include the following:
−	by federal institutions exempted from FIP;
−	on special items that leave the control of the government (e.g. give‑aways), provided that such use is selective and does not seem to alter the wordmark's meaning and status;
−	by a company or organization that is not part of the federal government, provided the federal institution concerned first consults the TBS before authorizing (in writing) the use of the wordmark outside the government.
Whether used within or outside government, the "Canada" wordmark should be used only in a manner that conforms to good taste and where the standards for its application are carefully controlled.
3.4	Legal protection
The government's corporate symbols are protected under the Trade Marks Act.  Details regarding their adoption and use are set out below.
3.4.1	Coat of Arms.  Public notice of the adoption and use of the Arms of Canada as an official mark used by the Government of Canada for wares and services, was given under Section 9(1)(n)(iii) of the Trade Marks Act in the Trade Marks Journal, April 13, 1955.  Enquiries should be directed to the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada.
3.4.2	Flag of Canada.  Public notice about the national flag of Canada was given under Section 9(1)(e) of the Trade Marks Act in the Trade Marks Journal, April 14, 1965.  Enquiries should be directed to the Department of the Secretary of State of Canada.
Public notice of the adoption and use of the flag of Canada with the title "Government of Canada" or the title of a government institution was given under Section 9(1)(n)(iii) of the Trade Marks Act in the Trade Marks Journal, September 30, 1987 and December 23, 1987.  Enquiries should be directed to the TBS.
3.4.3	Federal emblem.  Public notice of the adoption and use of the federal emblem as an official mark used by the Government of Canada for wares and services, was given under Section 9(1)(n)(iii) of the Trade Marks Act in the Trade Marks Journal, April 7, 1976.  Enquiries should be directed to TBS.
3.4.4	"Canada" wordmark.  Public notice of the adoption and use of the "Canada" wordmark as an official mark used by the Government of Canada, was given under Section 9(1)(n)(iii) of the Trade Marks Act in the Trade Marks Journal, August 25, 1982.  Enquiries should be directed to TBS.
4.	Corporate signatures
Government activities are identified by signatures which consist of an approved bilingual title and incorporate (as appropriate) the Coat of Arms or the flag symbol.  All corporate signatures are subject to the design standards set out in the FIP manual.
4.1	"Government of Canada" signature
This universal signature is used to identify items intended for use throughout the government; activities involving two or more federal institutions; and facilities occupied by two or more federal institutions.
4.2	Variants of the corporate signature
If required, the signature of an institution may include the title of an individual (i.e. deputy minister, assistant deputy minister, or positions of equivalent status) or a service title (i.e. the name of an organizational unit, program or service).
5.	Adoption and use of titles
This policy requires institutions subject to FIP to adopt an approved title for use in their corporate signature.  Referred to as applied titles, these names have a dual purpose: to express the function or nature of the institution to the public, and to identify it as an institution of the Government of Canada.
Institutions may also adopt an applied title to identify an organization, program or service without the name of the parent institution, e.g. Correctional Service Canada (which comes within the responsibility of the Solicitor General of Canada but is not identified with the department).  In all cases, the applied title is subject to the criteria and approvals set out in the policy.
5.1	Titles for new institutions
The criteria for creating an applied title should be considered when establishing any new government institution.  Legislation or Orders in Council establishing an institution should therefore refer to a title that meets the criteria of FIP policy, thereby eliminating the need to distinguish between legal and applied titles.  Advice on creating titles and using them in corporate signatures is available from the Administrative Policy Branch, TBS.
5.2	Criteria for an applied title
The mandatory aspects are set out in policy requirement 6.  In addition, an applied title should:
−	be as brief as possible to assist effective communication;
−	begin with a key word that describes, or is associated with, the institution's function;
−	be unambiguous and capable of legal protection; and
−	incorporate the preposition of before the word Canada if this provides euphony.
5.3	Approval process
The adoption of an applied title requires the agreement of the minister responsible and the President of the Treasury Board.  If the ministers do not agree, the minister responsible for the institution concerned refers the matter to the Cabinet.
Upon approval, the applied title and its abbreviation are registered in the policy.  The TBS maintains, and issues periodically, an updated version of Appendix C, Titles of federal organizations.
5.4	Use of applied titles
Besides its use in the corporate signature, the applied title should be used consistently to identify an institution in all communications, except when the legal title has to be used.
Applied titles will not replace the legal titles which may be required for contracts or federal‑provincial agreements.  However, even on such documents, it may be appropriate for the signature to appear on the document as the principal identifying element.  In these cases, the legal title is normally referred to in the text, while the applied title appears in the signature.
Applied titles will not replace the legal titles required on documents for legal proceedings (e.g. affidavits).
When preparing lists of organizations (e.g. telephone or building directories), the applied titles should be used.
5.5	Abbreviation of the applied title
If required, the proposal for a new title should also include an appropriate abbreviation in each official language.  The criteria for establishing an abbreviation include that it:
should be based on the applied title, where feasible;
−	may not duplicate an abbreviation (pertaining to the same language) which had already been registered by the TBS;
−	should be based on the initial letters of the title, whenever possible, or on a syllable of the keyword (in the latter case, the use of upper and lower case letters is preferred, e.g. Agr, Fin, or Jus);
−	should not consist of more than six letters; and
−	should be acceptable to the institution concerned, subject to the above criteria.
5.6	Use of abbreviations
To ensure consistent communications, the authorized abbreviations should be used whenever possible.  Exceptions are applications where different abbreviations or codes are in use and where a changeover to the authorized abbreviations would not be feasible (e.g. government data systems, applications requiring an abbreviation consistent with the legal title).
6.	Fields of application
This policy requires the use of a corporate signature and the "Canada" wordmark whenever an activity of the federal government is to be made known in Canada and abroad.  The fields of application depend on an institution's mandate, its operating requirements, and the nature of its programs and services.  Although primarily concerned with external communications, the corporate identity applies also to communications with employees.  The fields of application are:
stationery (letterheads, envelopes, notepaper, calling cards, complimentary cards);
−	forms;
−	markings for motor vehicles, aircraft, and vessels;
−	signage (advance signs, primary identification signs, directory boards, common‑use and operational signs, project signs);
−	advertising (print advertising, television and radio advertising, outdoor and transit advertising, paid announcements);
−	published material (news releases, bulletins, brochures, periodicals, books, booklets, leaflets, invitations, posters, public notices, display cards, kit folders,  loose‑leaf binders, electronic data, microfilms, microfiches);
−	audio‑visual productions and expositions (motion picture films, videotapes, videodiscs, sound‑slide presentations, displays and exhibits);
−	personnel identification (insignia, badges, name tags, identification cards, hard hats);
−	certificates, awards, commemorative plaques;
−	packaging and labelling; and
−	identification of equipment such as all‑terrain vehicles, small watercraft, construction and maintenance equipment, and railway hopper cars.
7.	Design standards
Certain key applications of FIP are subject to design standards that prescribe elements such as size, layout, colour and typography.  These technical standards are set out in the Federal Identity Program Manual and apply to:
−	stationery items (letterheads and envelopes, notepaper, calling cards and complimentary cards);
−	the FIP signage system (primary identification signs, directory boards, common‑use and operational signs, and project signs); and
−	markings for motor vehicles.
All other fields of application of the FIP are subject to the general rules on the use of symbols, signatures and colours, but the design is at the discretion of the institution concerned.  The FIP manual provides guidance.
8.	Using other symbols
As stated in this policy, symbols other than the government's corporate symbols are not permitted on standard applications of FIP. Nevertheless, a minister may propose, for government‑wide use, a symbol that promotes a major program or event sponsored or supported by the Government of Canada.  When approved by the President of the Treasury Board, such a symbol may be applied to items such as envelopes, published material, or advertisements. (A typical example would be a symbol emanating from the United Nations and dedicating a year to a particular cause.)
A government institution that considers using a symbol to promote a special event, anniversary, or program, should ensure that the institution's corporate identity management function controls its application and that the symbol does not conflict with the corporate symbols.  This principle applies whether or not the symbol originates within or outside the government.
9.	Definitions
Application:  the act of applying FIP design standards or general rules to an object (e.g. a sign, a vehicle).
Applied title: the approved name used in the signature to identify an institution, program or activity.  (See also legal title, service title.)
Common‑use sign: any sign with a message related to the facility itself.  This type of sign remains valid regardless of changes in the facility's occupants, e.g. a directory board, a sign relating to fire safety, signs identifying rooms.  (See also operational sign.)
Design standard: the approved rules on the use of design elements outlined in the FIP policy.  They prescribe elements such as shape, size, layout, colour, typography, and use of symbols.
Field of application: the gamut of items that bear the identifying elements of FIP, e.g. stationery, vehicles, signs.
FIP signage: primary identification signs; common‑use signs; operational signs; and project signs.  (Excluded are signs subject to a regulation which specifies their design.)
Legal title: the name that appears in the enabling legislation (act), proclamation, order in council, or other instrument used to create a branch of government.  (See also applied title.)
Operational sign: any sign with a message related solely to the operational needs and hence the responsibility, of the occupant institution.  This type of sign is normally located within the space the institution occupies.  (See also common‑use sign.)
Primary identification sign: the first sign that identifies a federal facility and bears the signature and the wordmark.
Project sign: a sign that provides information about federal programs or projects, e.g. public works, employment programs, housing.
Service title: the name that identifies an organizational unit, program, service, or activity, and, for purposes of a signature, appears with the applied title of the parent institution.
Signature:  the combination of a symbol and a title.  (Also referred to as the corporate signature.)