Marginal note:Definitions
2 In this Act,
- approved instalment credit agency
approved instalment credit agency[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
approved lender
prêteur agréé
approved lender means a person designated as an approved lender by the Corporation under section 5; (prêteur agréé)
- approved loan
approved loan[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- bank
bank[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
- borrowers’ charges
borrowers’ charges[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
builder
constructeur
builder means a person who builds houses for sale or for rent; (constructeur)
- condominium unit
condominium unit[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- cooperative housing project
cooperative housing project[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
Corporation
Société
Corporation means the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation established by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act; (Société)
cost of construction
coût de construction
cost of construction means the aggregate of
(a) the cost or appraised value of the land, whichever is the lesser, or, in the case of land acquired by gift or devise, the appraised value of the land,
(b) actual expenditure for building,
(c) the architectural, legal and other expenses and carrying charges necessary to complete the house or housing project,
(d) where work is done by the owner, such amount as the Corporation may fix as the value of the work, and
(e) land development costs and carrying charges; (coût de construction)
- cost of construction of a family housing unit
cost of construction of a family housing unit[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- cost of conversion
cost of conversion[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- designated area
designated area[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
family housing unit
logement familial
family housing unit means a unit providing therein living, sleeping, eating, food preparation and sanitary facilities for one family, with or without other essential facilities shared with other family housing units; (logement familial)
family of low income
famille à faible revenu
family of low income means a family that receives a total family income that, in the opinion of the Corporation, is insufficient to permit it to rent housing accommodation adequate for its needs at the current rental market in the area in which the family lives; (famille à faible revenu)
- farm
farm[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- guaranteed home improvement loan
guaranteed home improvement loan[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
- home improvement loan
home improvement loan[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
house
maison
house means a building or movable structure, or any part thereof, that is intended for human habitation and contains not more than two family housing units, together with any interest in land appurtenant to the building, movable structure or part thereof; (maison)
housing project
ensemble d’habitation
housing project means
(a) any building or movable structure, or any part thereof, that is intended for human habitation,
(b) any property that is intended to be improved, converted or developed to provide housing accommodation or services in support of housing accommodation, or
(c) any property that is associated with housing accommodation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, land, buildings and movable structures, and public, recreational, commercial, institutional and parking facilities; (ensemble d’habitation)
- Indian
Indian[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- Indian band
Indian band[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
insured loan
prêt assuré
insured loan means a loan that is insured by the Corporation under Part I; (prêt assuré)
- lender
lender[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- lending value
lending value[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
limited-dividend housing company
société immobilière à dividendes limités
limited-dividend housing company means a company incorporated to construct, hold and manage a low-rental housing project, the dividends payable by which are limited by the terms of its charter or instrument of incorporation to five per cent per annum or less; (société immobilière à dividendes limités)
low-rental housing project
ensemble d’habitation HLM ou HLM
low-rental housing project means a housing project undertaken to provide decent, safe and sanitary housing accommodation, complying with standards approved by the Corporation, to be leased to families of low income or to such other persons as the Corporation,
(a) in its discretion, in the case of a housing project owned by it, or
(b) under agreement with the owner, in the case of a housing project not owned by it,
designates, having regard to the existence of a condition of shortage, overcrowding or congestion of housing; (ensemble d’habitation HLM ou HLM)
metropolitan area
communauté urbaine
metropolitan area means a city together with one or more adjacent municipalities in close economic relationship with the city; (communauté urbaine)
Minister
ministre
Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act; (ministre)
- mortgage
mortgage[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- multiple-family dwelling
multiple-family dwelling[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
municipality
municipalité
municipality means an incorporated city, metropolitan area, town, village, county, township, district, rural municipality or other municipality; (municipalité)
non-profit corporation
association personnalisée
non-profit corporation means a corporation, no part of the income of which is payable to or is otherwise available for the personal benefit of any proprietor, member or shareholder thereof; (association personnalisée)
official community plan
plan d’urbanisme
official community plan means a master plan of community development and land utilization prepared by a local planning authority and legally adopted by or on behalf of a municipality; (plan d’urbanisme)
- one-family dwelling
one-family dwelling[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
- owner
owner[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
person
personne
person includes a group of persons, an organization, a municipality or a department or agency of the government of Canada or of a province; (personne)
regulation
règlement
regulation means a regulation made by the Governor in Council; (règlement)
- rent reduction fund
rent reduction fund[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
rental housing project
ensemble d’habitation locatif
rental housing project means a housing project occupied or intended to be occupied primarily by a person other than the owner. (ensemble d’habitation locatif)
- reserve
reserve[Repealed, 1999, c. 27, s. 1]
- semi-detached dwelling
semi-detached dwelling[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
- title
title[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1]
- R.S., 1985, c. N-11, s. 2
- R.S., 1985, c. 20 (2nd Supp.), s. 7, c. 25 (4th Supp.), s. 1
- 1992, c. 1, s. 142, c. 32, s. 5
- 1994, c. 35, s. 38
- 1999, c. 27, s. 1
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