Marine Safety

Transport Canada’s marine safety programs provide Canadians with a safe and efficient marine transportation system worthy of public confidence. Broad areas of marine safety activity include the following: 

• Setting standards for vessel crew, design, equipment and use
• Monitoring and compliance of Canadian and foreign vessels
• Licensing pleasure craft
• Pleasure Craft Operator Competency Requirements
• Inspection of dangerous goods containers
• Protecting the navigability of Canada’s waterways
• Cargo handling and ship-port interface
• Navigation and radio communications
• Environmental protection and response systems
• Ship operations and inspection
• Vessel registration

Find out about...

• Boating Safety
• Canada’s response to Arctic climate change
• Life-saving equipment
• Marine Technical Review Board
• Oil Tanker Safety and Oil Spill Prevention
• Placement of works in navigable waters
• Port State Control (Foreign vessel inspections)
• Small Vessel Compliance Program (Non-Pleasure Craft) (SVCP) 

What's New in Marine Safety

• Streamlining the Approvals Process for Metal Mines with Tailings Impoundment Areas, 2012
• Notice to Vessel Registry Clients
• Harper government strengthens commitment to
  boating safety 
• Small Vessel Compliance Program (Non-Pleasure Craft) (SVCP) 
• Attention Boaters: There are Changes in Applying for a Pleasure Craft Licence
• Boating Safety Contribution Program
• Arctic Shipping
• Ship Safety Bulletins
• Transport Canada News Releases
• Our Publications
• Online Marine Safety Framework

Quick Links

• From the Titanic to Today: A Brief History of Marine Safety
• Notices to Mariners (NOTMAR)
• Children's Lifejackets video
• Marine Acts and Regulations
• Transact - TC Goods and Services Store
• World Maritime Day