Appendix C – Glossary and Acronyms

ALSO
Alternative Learning Styles and Outlooks

CAC
Children’s Aid Society

CCAC
Community Care Access Centre

CT
Census Tract: Census tracts are small, relatively stable geographic areas that usually have a population of 2,500 to 8,000. They are located in census metropolitan areas (CMAs) and in census agglomerations (CAs) with an urban core population of 50,000 or more in the previous census.

A committee of local specialists (for example, planners, educators and health and social workers) initially delineates CTs in conjunction with Statistics Canada. Once a CMA or CA has been subdivided into census tracts, the census tracts are maintained even if the urban core population subsequently declines below 50,000.

CPP
Canada Pension Plan

FSA
Forward Sortation Area: Forward sortation areas are the first three characters in a postal code. The postal code is a six-character code defined and maintained by Canada Post Corporation for the purpose of sorting and delivering mail.

EI
Employment Insurance

GIS
Geographic Information System

IALS
International Adult Literacy Survey

IMS
Information Management System: The database for Literacy and Basic Skills delivery agencies maintained by Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Programs use it to keep learner records and submit monthly reports to Toronto.

LBS
Literacy and Basic Skills