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    Common Five-Lined Skink

    The common five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a relatively small lizard native to Eastern North America. With a distribution spanning more than 2.5 million square kilometres, it is the most widely distributed lizard species in Eastern North America. Due to a combination of threats and historical declines, it is listed as a species at risk under the Canadian Species at Risk Act.

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    Common Law

    Common law, the system of law that evolved from the decisions of the English royal courts of justice since the Norman Conquest (1066).

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    Common-Law Unions in Canada

    A common-law union occurs when two people live together in a conjugal relationship, generally for at least a year (or more depending on the province in which they reside). Common-law couples in Canada have many of the same legal, parental and financial rights and obligations as married couples.

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    Common Minke Whale

    The common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is the smallest of the baleen whales but is one of the most abundant baleen whales in the world. The scientific name acutorostrata means “sharp snout,” highlighting the whale’s pointed, bulletlike rostrum. In Canadian waters, there are two distinct common minke whale subspecies: a North Pacific subspecies (Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammoni) and a North Atlantic subspecies (Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata).

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    Common Watersnake

    The common watersnake (Nerodia sipedon) is a medium-sized, non-venomous snake native to North America. Within Canada, it is found in the southern portions of Ontario and Quebec. In the US, its range extends south to Florida and west to Colorado. Of the four officially recognized subspecies, two are found in Canada: the Northern watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) and the Lake Erie watersnake (Nerodia sipedon insularum). (See also Snake Species in Canada.)

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    Commonwealth

    The Commonwealth of Nations is made up of 56 countries, including Canada, that were for the most part once part of the British Empire. They work together on international policy and hold a major sports event every four years. It is one of the world’s oldest political associations of states.

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    Commonwealth Games

    Since the first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, in August 1930, and attended by 400 competitors representing 11 countries, Canada has been a leading proponent and participant in this quadrennial multi-sport festival. 

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    Commonwealth of Learning

    The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organization that helps developing countries improve access to quality education and training.

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    Communal Properties Act Case

     Walter v Attorney-General of Alberta (1965-69) tested the constitutional validity of the Communal Properties Act (1955), which had the effect of restricting the amount of lands that could be owned communally by religious groups such as the HUTTERITES and the DOUKHOBORS.

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    Communauté des biens

    Communauté des biens (community of property), term used in the legal codes of NEW FRANCE and Québec to describe the pooled assets of husband and wife. It began as part of the Coutume de Paris, introduced about 1640 and the sole legal code of the colony after 1664.

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    Communauté des habitants

    Communauté des habitants (Compagnie des habitants), colonial merchants who held the fur trade monopoly in New France 1645-63.

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    Communication and Transportation

    Events related to developments in communication and transportation in Canada

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    Communication Studies

    Research may focus on a variety of topics. Mass media are studied for the content of their programs, the way those programs are produced and the impact of various influences on programming. Media economic structure and the media's role in political life are also topics of research.

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    Communications

    Communications influence all societies, but Canada in particular takes its shape and meaning from communications systems.

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    Communications in Québec

    What is distinctive about communications in Québec is the existence of 2 often competing media serving different cultures and, above all, the ways in which francophone media have expressed or reinforced the character of French Canada.

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