Important Notices

• Copyright/Permission to reproduce
• Non-commercial reproduction
• Commercial reproduction
• Third-party material
• External hyperlinks
• Government of Canada privacy statement
• Official languages

Copyright/Permission to reproduce

Material on this Web site was produced and/or compiled by the Public Health Agency of Canada for the purpose of providing Canadians with direct access to information about the Government of Canada.

The content on this site is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission.

Non-commercial reproduction

Information on this site has been posted with the intent that it be readily available for personal and public non-commercial use and may be reproduced, in part or in whole and by any means, without charge or further permission from the Public Health Agency of Canada. We ask only that:

• Users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the information reproduced; translations or modifications are not permitted without the consent of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
• The copyright owner is properly identified and the date of original publication is indicated (for example, © Public Health Agency of Canada, 2004)
• The reproduction is not represented as an official version of the material reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with or with the endorsement of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Reproduction rights refer only to text. Logos, symbols, photographs and any other graphical material may not be used or reproduced without permission unless explicitly stated in the source document.

Because the Public Health Agency of Canada information is often updated, non-commercial Web sites wishing to cite current departmental material are strongly encouraged to utilize hypertext links in lieu of reproducing actual pages.

Commercial reproduction

Electronic or multiple-copy print reproduction of content on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution is prohibited except with written permission from the Government of Canada's copyright administrator, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC). Through the permission granting process, PWGSC helps ensure individuals/organizations wishing to reproduce Government of Canada materials for commercial purposes have access to the most accurate, up-to-date versions. To obtain permission to reproduce materials on this site for commercial purposes please contact:

Public Works and Government Services Canada
Publishing and Depository Services
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Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K1A 0S5
copyright.droitdauteur@pwgsc.gc.ca

Translations or modifications are not permitted without the consent of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Third-party material

Some of the content found on this Web site may be subject to copyright held by other organizations. This is particularly true of sites that are jointly operated by the Public Health Agency of Canada and an external organization as part of a collaborative arrangement. In such cases, some restrictions on the reproduction of information or graphical elements may apply and it may be necessary to seek permission from the rights holder prior to reproducing the material.

External hyperlinks

Links to Web sites not under the control of the Government of Canada (GoC) are provided solely for the convenience of users. The GoC is not responsible for the accuracy, currency or the reliability of the content. The GoC does not offer any guarantee in that regard and is not responsible for the information found through these links, nor does it endorse the sites and their content.

Users should be aware that information offered by non-GoC sites that are not subject to the Official Languages Act and to which the Public Health Agency of Canada links, may be available only in the language(s) used by the sites in question.

(Please note: Links to documents housed on external sites will open in a new browser window.)

Also see Criteria for Hyperlinking to and from the Public Health Agency of Canada Web Site.

Government of Canada privacy statement

The Public Health Agency of Canada is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals who visit our Web site. All personal information you do provide is protected under the federal Privacy Act.

Official languages

This Site is bound by the Official Languages Act and relevant Treasury Board policies and all information is available in both French and English. However, users should be aware that some information on external sites to which we link is available only in the language in which it was provided.