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  | notes    = This page helps users determine whether a given work is in the public domain in Canada where this site is hosted. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has [http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/h_wr02281.html A Guide to Copyrights]. For a visualization see an archived (no longer current) version of the [http://replay.web.archive.org/20080911023939/http://www.creativecommons.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/pdregistryca-pd_flowchart.pdf Canadian public domain flowchart].


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If a work is in the [[en.ws:Help:Public domain|public domain in the USA]], please post it on Wikisource per its copyright policy.
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! Section of the Copyright Act of Canada
! Section of the Copyright Act of Canada
! Work type
! Work type
! Copyright term
! [[Wikilivres:Copyrights|Copyright]] term (until year end)
! Public domain
! Public domain
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|-
| 6
| 6
| General work
| General work
| Life + 50 years until year end
| Life + 50 years
| Work whose author died through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}}
| Work whose author died through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}}
|-
|-
| 6.1
| 6.1
| Anonymous and pseudonymous work
| Anonymous and pseudonymous work
| 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter (until year end)
| 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter
| Work published through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}} or created through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-76}}
| Work published through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}} or created through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-76}}
|-
|-
| 6.2
| 6.2
| Joint anonymous and pseudonymous work whose authors' identity are all unknown
| Joint anonymous and pseudonymous work whose authors' identity are all unknown
| 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter (until year end)
| 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter
| Works published through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}} or created through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-76}}
| Work published through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}} or created through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-76}}
|-
|-
| 7(1), 7(2)
| 7(1), 7(2)
| Posthumous work, published before the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997[http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02395.html#posthumous]
| Posthumous work, published before the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997[http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02395.html#posthumous]
| 50 years from publication (until year end)
| 50 years from publication
| Works published through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}}
| Works published through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}}
|-
|-
| 7(3)
| 7(3)
| Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died within 50 years immediately before the coming into force of Section 7
| Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died within 50 years immediately before the coming into force of Section 7
| 50 years from the coming into force of Section 7, whether published or not
| 50 years from the coming into force of Section 7, whether published or not (i.e. through 2047)
| Nothing through 2048 as the copyright expiration will be in 2049
| Nothing through 2047
|-
|-
| 7(4)
| 7(4)
| Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died more than 50 years before the coming into force of Section 7
| Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died more than 50 years before the coming into force of Section 7
| 5 years from the coming into force of Section 7, whether published or not
| 5 years from the coming into force of Section 7, whether published or not (i.e. through 2002)
| All works since 2004
| All works since 2003
|-
| 8
| Repealed
| Repealed
| Repealed
|-
|-
| 9
| 9(1)
| Joint work
| Joint work
| Life + 50 years until year end based on the last death
| Life + 50 years until year end based on the last death
| Work whose last surviving author died through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}}
| Work whose last surviving author died through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}}
|-
| 9(2)
| Non-Canadian work
| colspan=2| The [[en.wp:rule of the shorter term|rule of the shorter term]] applies except member states of the North American Free Trade Agreement, i.e. the USA and Mexico
|-
| 12
| Governmental work
| 50 years from publication with perpetual copyright if never published
| Work published through {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-51}}, no unpublished work
|}
|}


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Revision as of 05:00, 21 April 2011

Public domain
This page helps users determine whether a given work is in the public domain in Canada where this site is hosted. The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has A Guide to Copyrights. For a visualization see an archived (no longer current) version of the Canadian public domain flowchart. If a work is in the public domain in the USA, please post it on Wikisource per its copyright policy.



Section of the Copyright Act of Canada Work type Copyright term (until year end) Public domain
6 General work Life + 50 years Work whose author died through 1975
6.1 Anonymous and pseudonymous work 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter Work published through 1975 or created through 1950
6.2 Joint anonymous and pseudonymous work whose authors' identity are all unknown 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter Work published through 1975 or created through 1950
7(1), 7(2) Posthumous work, published before the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997[1] 50 years from publication Works published through 1975
7(3) Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died within 50 years immediately before the coming into force of Section 7 50 years from the coming into force of Section 7, whether published or not (i.e. through 2047) Nothing through 2047
7(4) Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died more than 50 years before the coming into force of Section 7 5 years from the coming into force of Section 7, whether published or not (i.e. through 2002) All works since 2003
8 Repealed Repealed Repealed
9(1) Joint work Life + 50 years until year end based on the last death Work whose last surviving author died through 1975
9(2) Non-Canadian work The rule of the shorter term applies except member states of the North American Free Trade Agreement, i.e. the USA and Mexico
12 Governmental work 50 years from publication with perpetual copyright if never published Work published through 1975, no unpublished work