Copyright expired. As the copyright in Canada expired prior to 1996, it is also public domain in the United States. (As per Commons:Licensing: Uploads of non-U.S. works are allowed on the Commons only where the work is covered by a free license valid in both the U.S. and the country of origin of the work, or if it is in the public domain in both countries.)
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This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired due to one of the following:
1. it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or
it was not subject to Crown copyright, and
2. it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, or
3. the creator died prior to January 1, 1972.
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it meets three requirements:
it was first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days),
it was first published before 1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States,
it was in the public domain in its home country (Canada) on the URAA date (1 January 1996).
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History of Toronto, Canada
