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  SAFETY TIPS & CHECKLISTS

Trip Plan:

 Download the Trip Planner in PDF format

Pre-Departure Checklist:

Download the Pre-Departure Checklist in PDF format


Canadian Coast Guard – Office of Boating Safety:
1-800-267-6687
Web: http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca
Email: obs-bsn@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.


Search and Rescue Resources:

Pacific Coast
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria
1-800-567-5111
1-250-363-2333

Great Lakes and Arctic
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton
1-800-267-7270
1-613-965-3870

St. Lawrence River
Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre Quebec
1-800-463-4393
1-418-648-3599

Newfoundland & Labrador Coast
Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre St. John’s
1-800-563-2444
1-709-772-5151

Maritime Coast
Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax
1-800-565-1582
1-902-427-8200

Marine Pollution Reporting:

Newfoundland:
1-800-563-2444

P.E.I. – Nova Scotia – New Brunswick:
1-800-565-1633

Quebec:
1-800-363-4735

Ontario & Central Canada:
1-800-265-0237

British Columbia & Yukon:
1-800-889-8852


Compliance Plates:

Transport Canada
Marine Safety
Design, Equipment & Boating Safety
Office of Boating Safety (AMSRO)

330 Sparks Street, 11th Floor
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0N5
Infoline: 1-800-267-6687
Fax: 1-613-991-4818
Calls from USA only: 1-613-990-5940
Web: http://www.boatingsafety.gc.ca/


British Columbia, Yukon Territory
Office of Boating Safety, Pacific Region

25 Huron Street
Victoria, British Columbia
V8V 4V9

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
Office of Boating Safety, Central and Arctic Region

201 N. Front Street, Suite 703
Sarnia, Ontario
N7T 8B1

Quebec
Office of Boating Safety Laurentian Region

2nd Floor
101 Boulevard Champlain
Quebec City, Quebec
G1K 7Y7


New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, P.E.I
Office of Boating Safety Maritimes Region

Foot of Parker Street, P.O. Box 1000
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
B2Y 3Z8


Newfoundland
Office of Boating Safety
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre (NAFC)

East White Hills Road
P.O. Box 5667
St. John’s, Newfoundland
A1C 5X1

Weather Forecasts:

Channel 21B, 25B and 83B on the Atlantic Coast and Great Lakes
Channel 21B, and Wx1, 2, 3 on the Pacific Coast

VHF broadcasts from Weatheradio Canada (Environment Canada)

Web: http://www.ec.gc.ca/weather_e.html