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Record 1 2026-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Trade Fairs, Exhibitions, and Shows
CONT

This Canadian industry comprises establishments, known as amusement or theme parks, primarily engaged in operating a variety of attractions, such as mechanical rides, water rides, games, shows, theme exhibits, refreshment stands and picnic grounds.

PHR

amusement attraction, theme park attraction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Salons, foires et expositions (Commerce)
DEF

Distraction mise à la disposition du public et faisant partie d’une exposition, d’un parc, d’une manifestation.

OBS

On compte parmi les attractions les manèges, les stands de jeux d’habileté ou de hasard, les parcours scéniques et les espaces thématiques.

PHR

attraction foraine, centre d’attractions, parc d’attractions

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2022-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2022-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
CONT

His barnstorming plane was forced down in a Minnesota swamp ...

CONT

Curtiss JN-4 "Canuck" the first mail carrier in Canada and popular barnstormer.

OBS

to barnstorm: to pilot one's airplane in sightseeing flights with passengers or in exhibition stunts in an unscheduled itinerant course especially in rural districts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
OBS

voltige : Ensemble des manœuvres inhabituelles dans le pilotage ordinaire d’un avion, et qui font l’objet d’un apprentissage particulier; acrobatie aérienne.

OBS

forain : Relatif aux foires, aux marchés : Fête, boutique foraine.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
  • Construction Site Organization
CONT

The new design methods will also radically change the handling of drawings. All the information required can be collected from the data base. As information is stored in one place only and is automatically transferred without manual intervention, it is possible to achieve the target of zero errors. The "scale-less site" has changed the site structure and procedures so that they fit into an efficient design process. 3-D design permits the correct amounts of building materials to be delivered in the exact form to the site or site factory for efficient assembly. We have obtained an industrialised process that is characterised by: Better working conditions; Ecological building; Functionally correct buildings; Quality; Radically shorter design times; Lower costs.

CONT

... on-site factories for prefabricated multiple dwellings have begun to be built in the United States.

OBS

... there are indications of a breakthrough in apartment-house prefabrication in the United States through the building of a plant on the site for the production of standardized parts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
  • Organisation des chantiers
CONT

Atelier forain. Les moules utilisés dans un tel atelier seront réemployés ultérieurement sur un autre site, la distance entre les deux emplacements étant telle qu’il est plus économique de déplacer les moules que de transporter les éléments préfabriqués.

CONT

Atelier précaire. Il s’agit d’un atelier de préfabrication destiné à disparaître après l’achèvement de l’ouvrage pour lequel il est installé [...] La préfabrication se fait alors le plus souvent au pied même du bâtiment [...]

OBS

Forain. Qualifie un chantier de fabrication de blocs ou d’éléments préfabriqués, installé provisoirement sur le site d’une opération de construction ou de travaux publics.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Variety Shows and Circuses
CONT

The term "carnival" also refers to the merry-go-rounds, Ferris wheels, side shows, and amusements at outdoor fairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spectacles de variétés et Cirque
DEF

fête [...] qui a lieu dans un bourg généralement à l’occasion d’une foire.

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Variety Shows and Circuses
CONT

Goods comprising circuses and other amusement shows and devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spectacles de variétés et Cirque
CONT

Marchandises se rattachant aux cirques et à d’autres attractions foraines.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Performing Arts (General)
  • Variety Shows and Circuses
DEF

A subsidiary show accompanying or part of a main exhibition (as of a circus).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts du spectacle (Généralités)
  • Spectacles de variétés et Cirque

Spanish

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Record 9 2010-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Cancers and Oncology
OBS

HSBC is the title sponsor of the HSBC ChildRun which raises funds for British Columbia's Children's Hospital to help kids with cancer. The HSBC ChildRun is a family "fun run," where participants can choose from one of two traffic-controlled [events:] a [kid's carnival including a 1-km race] through the hospital grounds with entertainment and activities for the little ones, and a more challenging 5-km route through Queen Elizabeth Park.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Cancers et oncologie
OBS

La [banque] HSBC est le commanditaire éponyme de la course HSBC ChildRun qui vise à amasser des fonds pour l'hôpital pour enfants de la Colombie-Britannique, afin de venir en aide aux enfants atteints du cancer. La course HSBC ChildRun est [une fête familiale] où les participants peuvent choisir un des deux [événements] à circulation contrôlée [suivants] : une fête foraine pour enfants [comprenant un course] de 1 km sur les terrains de l'hôpital, où les petits peuvent s’amuser, et un parcours plus ardu de 5 km dans le parc Queen Elizabeth.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Trade Fairs, Exhibitions, and Shows
OBS

The Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions (C.A.F.E.) is a non-profit organization whose principle is to provide leadership in the growth and development of exhibitions, and their suppliers to redefine their future direction and role in community events. The Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions includes members from all sectors of the industry ranging from smaller agricultural societies to large urban exhibitions as well as the many firms, organizations, and individuals that provide support services to the fair industry in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Salons, foires et expositions (Commerce)
OBS

L'A. C. F. E. est un organisme à but non lucratif. Son principal rôle est de fournir un leadership pour la croissance et le développement de l'industrie foraine du Canada, de répondre aux besoins des membres et de les aider à redéfinir leur rôle et leur orientation futurs au 21e siècle.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ports
DEF

An expanse of water situated off a port where ships are able to anchor safely but which is not sheltered from winds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ports
DEF

Plan d’eau qui permet le mouillage mais reste ouvert aux effets du vent et de la mer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puertos
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Record 14 2002-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
  • Anecdotal History
  • Sociology of Medicine
DEF

A traveling troupe, esp. in the late 1800's offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines of purported cures profered for sale.

CONT

P. Clifford Sifton, the Minister of the Interior from 1896 to 1905, was the driving force behind the greatest immigration scheme in Canadian history. Through his efforts, the Department of the Interior distributed tens of thousands of pamphlets similar to this 30-page atlas on western Canada. The atlas describes the opportunities and the free homesteads that were available for prospective immigrants in western Canada. The style is flamboyant and spectacular - not to mention overstated - and had some similarities to a travelling "medicine show."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
  • Histoire anecdotique
  • Sociologie de la médecine
OBS

boniment : Annonce orale faite à l'entrée d’un lieu de spectacle(baraque foraine, salle de cinéma muet, etc.) visant par son pittoresque et la faconde de celui qui la fait à susciter l'intérêt public.

OBS

charlatan : Marchand ambulant qui, après avoir débité un boniment, vendait des drogues, arrachait les dents, etc., sur les places publiques et dans les foires.

Spanish

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Record 15 2000-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Site Organization
DEF

... yards for contractors who require ... space and areas whether inside or outside of enclosed buildings to store raw material or equipment to be used at the job site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation des chantiers
CONT

L’importance, la nature et l’implantation des aires de stockage, de façonnage et de chargement seront très différentes selon que varieront les éléments suivants : possibilités de stockage (dimension et topographie du terrain); cadence des approvisionnements; nature de la construction (éléments préfabriqués venus de l’extérieur ou fabrication sur place). On distinguera en général : les aires proprement dites (aires de stockage pour les matériaux en verre, aires de façonnage des armatures, aires de fabrication de moellons ou de parpaings, aire de préfabrication d’éléments moulés, etc...); les aires de chargement (silos, trémies, etc...).

CONT

Préparation de chantier [...] Phasage de la réalisation [...] Identifier les phases principales et sous-phases d’un projet de bâtiment courant et établir leur enchaînement logique; [...] Concevoir l'organisation d’un poste de préfabrication foraine pour éléments d’ouvrages courants(prédalles, poutres, balcons,...) et d’une aire de stockage.

Spanish

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Record 16 1997-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Maneuvering of Ships

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Manœuvre des navires
DEF

Qualifie une rade ouverte, un mouillage peu abrité, exposé au vent et aux coups de mer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Maniobras de los buques
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Record 17 1997-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Equipment and Facilities (Recreation)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Loisirs)
OBS

Dans une fête foraine, sorte de manège assez haut et constitué de montées et de descentes sur lesquelles roulent, à vive allure, des voiturettes. Les amateurs de vitesse et de sensations fortes prennent place dans ces voiturettes.

OBS

manège du Mont-Blanc : régionalisme du Sud de la France.

Spanish

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Record 18 1994-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Festivals, Carnivals and Social Events
Key term(s)
  • midway concessions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Festivals, carnavals et fêtes
OBS

Source(s) : Lexique douanes/accise, version de 1994.

Key term(s)
  • attractions foraines

Spanish

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Record 19 1992-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 20 1992-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

... other than recognized varieties of seed in commercial channels.

OBS

A nonregistered class of seed sold without quality or identity control.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
DEF

Semence produite et vendue sans contrôle, donc sans garantie.

Spanish

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Record 21 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise

Spanish

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Record 22 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organized Recreation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Loisirs organisés
OBS

armes NDB

Spanish

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