Last Updated: October 5, 2025

At Canadian Family, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency about how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding data collection and your rights as a user of our website.

By using CanadianFamily.ca, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our website.

Information We Collect

We collect limited information from users of our informational website:

Information You Provide to Us

Newsletter Subscriptions: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. This information is used solely to send you updates, articles, and content from Canadian Family. Providing your email address is voluntary, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our site:

Usage Data: We collect information about your visit, including the pages you view, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on pages, and other diagnostic data.

Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our website, including IP address, browser type and version, operating system, and device identifiers.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site traffic, and understand user behavior. For more details, see our Cookies section below.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our website: Ensuring our site functions properly and delivers the content you request.
  • To send newsletters: Communicating updates and new content to subscribers who have opted in to receive our newsletter.
  • To improve our services: Analyzing how visitors use our website to enhance content quality, user experience, and site functionality.
  • To personalize your experience: Tailoring content recommendations and advertisements based on your interests and browsing behavior.
  • To monitor and analyze trends: Understanding which articles and topics resonate most with our audience.
  • To detect and prevent issues: Identifying technical problems, preventing fraud, and ensuring site security.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They help websites remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.

How We Use Cookies

We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device until deleted or expired) for various purposes:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas.

Analytics Cookies: We use analytics services like Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies help us improve our content and user experience.

Advertising Cookies: We may use advertising networks to display relevant ads on our site and across the internet. These cookies track your browsing activity to deliver personalized advertisements.

Preference Cookies: These cookies remember your settings and preferences, such as language preferences or region.

Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies or delete existing cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may limit your ability to use some features of our website.

For more information about managing cookies, visit your browser’s help section or consult resources like AboutCookies.org or AllAboutCookies.org.

Third-Party Services

We work with third-party service providers who may collect and process information on our behalf:

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and user behavior. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information anonymously and report website trends. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Email Service Providers: We use email marketing platforms to send newsletters and updates. These services collect and store your email address and track email engagement (opens, clicks).

Advertising Networks: We may partner with advertising networks that use cookies and similar technologies to deliver relevant ads based on your browsing activity across multiple websites.

Social Media Platforms: Our website may include social media sharing buttons (such as Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest). These features may collect information about your IP address and which pages you visit on our site, and may set cookies to enable the feature to function properly.

These third parties have their own privacy policies governing how they use information. We encourage you to review their policies.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:

Service Providers: We may share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, sending newsletters, or analyzing site usage, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (such as a court order or government agency).

Business Transfers: If Canadian Family is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Newsletter Subscriptions: We retain your email address until you unsubscribe from our mailing list.

Analytics Data: Usage and analytics data is typically retained for 26 months, after which it is automatically deleted or anonymized.

Your Privacy Rights

Under Canadian privacy law (the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, or PIPEDA), you have certain rights regarding your personal information:

Right to Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you (your email address if you’re a newsletter subscriber).

Right to Correction: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.

Right to Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions (such as legal obligations to retain records).

Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we process your information based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

Right to Unsubscribe: You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of our emails.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section below.

Children’s Privacy

Canadian Family is a general audience website intended for parents and caregivers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately, and we will take steps to remove that information from our systems.

International Users

Our website is hosted in Canada and is intended primarily for Canadian users. If you access our website from outside Canada, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in Canada, where privacy laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.