And here's the canadian take on the subject...
Extract from
http://www.ehow.com/l...one-calls-canada.html
The Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 states that a person may not intercept and record a third-party conversation--he may record the conversation if he is taking part in it. If, for example, a person in a multi-tenant home picks up the phone and listens in (without permission) and records a conversation already in progress, she is breaking the law, if the parties speaking do not know. However if she is part of the conversation, talking to a friend, she is legally allowed to record the conversation and does not have to tell the other party he is being recorded.
Read more: Laws on Recording Phone Calls in Canada | eHow.com
http://www.ehow.com/l...da.html#ixzz2BWwl22Pc
Additionally, as noted from
http://blog.privacyla...ne-calls-without.html
For private actors (as opposed to agents of the state), we have to also look at general privacy legislation, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) aka PIPEDA, the Personal Information Protection Act (Alberta), the Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia) and an Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector (Quebec). None of these statues apply to purely personal endeavours. For example, PIPEDA says:
[3](2) This Part does not apply to ...
(b) any individual in respect of personal information that the individual collects, uses or discloses for personal or domestic purposes and does not collect, use or disclose for any other purpose; or
(c) any organization in respect of personal information that the organization collects, uses or discloses for journalistic, artistic or literary purposes and does not collect, use or disclose for any other purpose.
Alberta's PIPA similarly reads:
[3](3) This Act does not apply to the following:
(a) the collection, use or disclosure of personal information if the collection, use or disclosure, as the case may be, is for personal or domestic purposes of the individual and for no other purpose;
(b) the collection, use or disclosure of personal information if the collection, use or disclosure, as the case may be, is for artistic or literary purposes and for no other purpose;
HOWEVER, as all the Provinces have their own Privacy Laws, and all vary to some degree, and I'd be loath to rcord without advice from a suitably qualified Lawyer/Notarybefore I started.