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| 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 For a visualization see an archived (no longer current) version of the Canadian public domain flowchart.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 1961 |
| 6.1 | Anonymous and pseudonymous work | 50 years from publication or 75 years from creation, whichever is shorter | Work published through 1961 or created through 1936 |
| 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 1961 or created through 1936 |
| 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 1961 |
| 7(3) | Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died within 50 years immediately before the coming into force of Section 7 | 50 years from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| 7(4) | Posthumous work, unpublished at the coming into force of Section 7 on July 25, 1997, whose author died more than 50 years before the coming into force of Section 7 | 5 years from the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| 8 | Repealed | Repealed | Repealed |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 1961 |
| 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work | 50 years from publication with perpetual copyright if never published | Work published through 1961, no unpublished work |
