adj. — Administration
having full recognition as an immigrant to Canada, with rights resulting from it.
Type: 3. Semantic Change — The term was defined in the Immigration Act of 1910 (see the 1910 quotation). Note that land and landing were defined in the previous Immigration Act of 1906, although landed was not included (see the 1906 quotation). In other locations, landed usually denotes the possession of a tract of land. The term may also be used to refer to a person that has landed at a port or gone ashore. In Canada, landed more commonly refers to those immigrants with official recognition of immigration to Canada, which is today officially called permanent residency.
See also COD-2, s.v. "landed" (1), and Gage-3, "landed" (3), which are marked "Cdn.", ITP Nelson, s.v. "landed" (3), which is marked "Canadian", and OED-3, s.v. "landed", adj.2 (3), which is described as Canadian.