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Canada Law Wiki Schema

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  • DEPLOYED LOCATION: /opt/data/workspace/Documents/Wiki/Canada-Law-Wiki/SCHEMA.md
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Domain

Federal and Provincial laws, regulations, and administrative tribunal rules of Canada, with core focus branches: 1. Housing: Residential tenancies, rights, landlord/tenant disputes, and provincial tribunal rules (e.g., LTB in Ontario, RTB in BC). 2. Immigration: IRCC guidelines, federal acts (IRPA), express entry, and permit structures. 3. Tax: Income Tax Act, CRA bulletins, credits, and deductions. 4. Benefits: Employment Insurance (EI), CPP, OAS, and Child Benefits.

Conventions

  • File Names: Lowercase, hyphens, no spaces (e.g., residential-tenancies-act.md).
  • Markdown Links: Use [[wikilinks]] to interlink pages. Every page must maintain at least 2 outbound links.
  • Synthesized Provenance: On pages summarizing multiple sources, use ^[raw/housing/source.md] at the end of paragraphs to map statements to primary legislative files.
  • Dates: Always format as YYYY-MM-DD.

Frontmatter Template

Every page in the wiki must start with this frontmatter: 

---
title: Page Title
created: YYYY-MM-DD
updated: YYYY-MM-DD
type: legislation | regulation | tribunal-rule | concept | entity | comparison | query
tags: [from taxonomy below]
sources: [raw/housing/source-file.md]
confidence: high | medium | low
contested: true | false
contradictions: [conflicting-page-slug]
---

Tag Taxonomy

Only the following tags are authorized inside frontmatter. Add new tags here before using them. - Housing Branch: housing-act, ltb-rules, rtb-rules, eviction-guideline, rent-control, tenant-rights, landlord-obligations - Immigration Branch: immigration-act, ircc-guideline, express-entry, work-permit, study-permit, pr-status - Tax Branch: tax-act, cra-bulletin, deductions, tax-credits, audit-procedures - Benefits Branch: employment-insurance, cpp-rules, oas-pension, child-benefits - General Meta: federal-jurisdiction, provincial-jurisdiction, administrative-rule, comparison, query-synthesis

Page Thresholds

  • Create Page: When a legal entity, specific rule, or concept appears in 2+ primary sources or requires dedicated synthesis.
  • Update Page: When new legislation, tribunal decisions, or CRA bulletins modify current rules.
  • Split Page: When a file exceeds 200 lines—sub-split and link.