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• INCLUDES:
• Agricultural cooperatives and organizations Irrigation, irrigation districts
• Agricultural fairs, markets
• Academic research / programs lobby / professional groups
• Farming and ranching (individual, family, corporate)
• Horticulture, gardening
• Horticulture, gardening

• INCLUDES:
• Artists (i.e. musicians, actors, visual artists, dancers, writers, architects, photographers, etc.)
• Arts and/or culture related businesses and organizations (i.e. Art Gallery, Mission Artists Association)
• Cultural events (i.e. fairs, parades, lectures, festivals, presentations)
• Institutions (i.e. foundations, museums, art schools, heritage sites, libraries, archives)
• Literature
• Performing arts
• Professional organizations relating to the arts
• Research, projects or writing pertaining to arts and/or culture
• Visual arts

• INCLUDES:
• Bridges, trestles
• Buildings (i.e. residences, commercial, factories, churches, post offices, community centres, prisons, schools, arenas/sports venues, hotels, shopping centres/malls, and heritage buildings)
• Building management
• Construction
• Monuments, statues, shrines, etc.

• INCLUDES:
• Activities, organizations, programs, events etc. specifically devoted to children and/or youth
• Children and youth issues
• Persons aged 18 or younger
• Records created by children and youth

• INCLUDES:
• Communication businesses, cooperatives, organizations (i.e. advertising, printing, publishing, photofinishing)
• Communication media (i.e. newspapers, magazines, newsletters, radio, television, telephone, cable, documentary film, internet)
• Individuals (i.e. journalists, broadcasters, documentary film makers, commercial photographers
• Symbols, logos, flags

• INCLUDES:
• Communities (which can exist in municipalities, towns and villages, neighbourhoods, religious and cultural groups, camps, schools, etc.)
• Community activities and events
• Community booster and event promotion agencies
• Community support and charitable organizations
• Fraternal organizations
• Groups working for the development and/or maintenance of events, services and facilities for the community, community spirit, and community promotion

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / events promoting life / values of cultural group(s)
• Individuals / groups working towards preservation of heritage, a particular cultural group, or cultural community
• Movements, initiatives, legislation etc. that promotes the existence and participation of diverse ethnic, racial, religious or social groups within the larger community

• INCLUDES:
• Climate, weather
• Conservation movement / activities
• Environmental issues (i.e. air quality, pollution, habitat destruction, endangered species, recycling)
• Habitat and species protection / recovery
• Individuals, organizations, businesses
• Nature, wilderness, scenery
• Parks, natural areas, wildlife management

• INCLUDES:
• Campaigns (i.e. political, fundraising)
• Centennials, parades, festivals, fairs, exhibitions, concerts
• Ceremonies (i.e. openings, graduations, sod-turnings, etc.) Parties (i.e. community, birthday, anniversary, etc.)
• Organizations, public agencies and businesses that ONLY do event(s) planning
• Protests and demonstrations
• Specific cultural, arts, political, sports, holiday and community events; also personal events
• VIP visits (i.e. royalty, celebrity)
• Weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc.

• INCLUDES:
• Early contact with Indigenous Peoples
• Expeditions, exploration, adventure, prospecting, guiding
• Individuals and groups (i.e. explorers, adventurers, prospectors, guides, outfitters)
• Personal, geographical, scientific, mapping, etc.
• Personal travels accounts (i.e. journals / diaries, blogs, vlogs)

• INCLUDES:
• Friendships, personal relationships, home life
• Genealogical records
• Generational records
• Individuals (all ages), families
• Sexuality
• Support and charitable organizations for assisting families and individuals

• For items mainly but not exclusively pertaining to photgraphic and cartographic records
• INCLUDES:
• Boundaries, districts, reserves, parks, sanctuaries, towns, etc.
• Includes both natural and artificial features
• Physical landscape, built landscape
• Site plans
• Topography
• Urban and industrial landscapes
• Viewscapes (i.e. panoramas, scenery)

• INCLUDES:
• Hospital districts, improvement districts, land districts, school boards, health boards, library boards, police boards, etc.
• Indigenous Peoples and tribal governments
• Local, municipal, regional, provincial, federal, jurisdictional
• Officials (i.e. mayors, premiers, MLAs, ministers, civil servants)
• Organizations in direct response to government (i.e. ratepayers associations)
• Protest against government
• Support organizations (i.e. municipal associations)
• Taxes

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / systems for maintaining and preserving individual / community health and wellness (provided by public, private or community agencies or individuals)
• Businesses
• Fire and emergency services, disaster relief
• Health and wellness services offered by charitable groups (i.e. meditation, retreats)
• Individuals (i.e. doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, counselors, clinicians)
• Medical services, hospitals, clinics
• Professional and support organizations
• Protective services and emergency support (i.e. community watch) - NOT police
• Safety and community health programs and training
• Social programs and services (i.e. youth, seniors, mental illness, maternity, counseling, support, etc.)

Use for: Aboriginal, First Nations, Indian, Inuit, Metis, Native, Native American

• INCLUDES:
• Government agencies and treaties
• Indigenous organizations and businesses
• Indigenous schools and education
• Individuals / communities of Indigenous ancestry
• Issues pertaining to Indigenous Peoples or history
• Records pertaining to / created by Indigenous individuals, families, bands, agencies

• INCLUDES:
• Construction, ship building
• Processing, packing and shipping industries
• Resource industries (i.e. mining, forestry, fishing, etc.)
• Resource industry cooperatives (i.e. agriculture, housing, retail)
• Salvage companies and operations

• INCLUDES:
• Arbitration boards
• Events (eg. strikes)
• Individuals
• Labour and union organizations
• Professional associations with labour focus (eg. teachers, nurses)
• Union-associated social groups

• INCLUDES:
• Claiming, settling and moving to a new land
• Community and regional settlement patterns
• Land settlement companies
• Land surveys / surveyors
• Land titles, distribution, grants etc.
• Organizations involved in sponsoring / supporting immigrants
• Real estate companies and activities

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / structures for administration of law and justice
• Administrative and support organizations (i.e. police boards)
• Community service programs
• Courts, prisons, remand centres
• Individuals (i.e. lawyers, judges, police officers, bylaw officers, criminals)
• Law enforcement (i.e. police forces, RCMP, coast guard)
• Legislation
• Litigation, arbitration, mediation, restorative justice, reconciliation, settlements
• Professional organizations (established specifically for the administration and enforcement of law and justice)

• INCLUDES:
• Equipment, weapons, uniforms, artifacts
• Individuals and organizations (i.e. veterans, military personnel, militia, cadets)
• Legislation
• Military institutions, bases, sites
• Military service, training and activities
• Military vehicles and ships

• INCLUDES:
• Energy (i.e. hydro-electric, thermal, solar)
• Game management
• Individuals
• Land, water, minerals, forests, fisheries, soil, oil and gas
• Regulatory and professional organizations

• INCLUDES:
• Clubs, societies, associations - all types, except official (government) functions (i.e. agricultural, business, charitable, community, cultural, ethnic, fraternal, labour, military, political, professional, recreational, social, sports)

• INCLUDES:
• Individuals (i.e. politicians, campaigners, party members)
• Political parties, campaigns and organizations
• Political theory and study

• INCLUDES:
• Clubs, user groups, professional organizations specifically dedicated to science and/or technology
• Research / research foundations, institutes
• Scientists, researchers, etc.
• Study and application of science
• Technology schools / programs

• INCLUDES:
• Clubs, societies, organizations specifically related to women
• Historical, social, political and cultural circumstances of women
• Individuals
• Records created by women
• Women-only facilities and activities
• Women’s issues

• INCLUDES:
• Activities / structures relating to educational activities
• Individual teachers / educators
• Educational related professional, regulatory, and support organizations
• Public and private schools / agencies offering training or education
• Students (all ages)
• Vocational training and continuing education

• INCLUDES:
• Business-related associations and chambers of commerce
• Individual business owners and operators
• Financial resources
• Retail businesses, service businesses, banking

• For specific "Business Names"

• For specific "School Names"

• INCLUDES:
• Churches and denominations
• Individuals (i.e. ministers, missionaries, members of religious orders, etc.)
• Non-traditional groups and organizations (sometimes referred to as cults)
• Personal, institutional and organizational relationships between humans and what they regard as holy, sacred or divine
• Religious orders, groups and organizations
• Religious theory and study
• Schools, charities, missions and hospitals operated by religious groups