Difference between revisions of "Template:PD-Canada"

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This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired for one of the following reasons:

1. it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or

it was not subject to Crown copyright, and

2. it is a photograph that was created before January 1, 1949, or

3. the creator died more than 49 years ago.

The media description page should identify which reason applies.

Although this file is claimed to be in the public domain in its source country, the United States uses different criteria for determining works that are in the public domain and does not use the "rule of the shorter term". As the sites of the Wikimedia Foundation are hosted in the United States, it must abide by these federal laws. If this file is still protected by copyright in the United States, please do not use this template and use an appropriate copyright tag and provide a rationale for its fair use on Wikipedia. Specific examples include the situations involving the images of Yousuf Karsh and some World War II images.
Please provide evidence that this image is not protected in the United States when using this copyright tag. If in doubt of this work's copyright status, please nominate it as being possibly unfree.
If this work was originally published outside the US entered the public domain before January 1, 1996 it may be in the public domain in the United States.