Government Directory
Here are links to other sites we found interesting. Enter at your own risk!
Please let us know if external (green) links don't work.
- Government of Canada
Phone 1-800-622-6232.
Find local government offices in the Blue Pages of your telephone directory.
- Marine
Services On-line for recreational boaters, commercial operators, and marine
infrastructure/commerce (Public Works and Government Services Canada appears
to duplicate Transport Canada's information)
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Safety and Security for Canadians - Canadian Government portal has travel tips and border information.
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Public Safety Portal - includes Recreation, Boating Safety
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Canadian Tourism Commission
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Border Crossing (Canada/U.S.) - U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)
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Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), an agency of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (PSEP).
Formerly Revenue Canada: Customs and immigration (2003).
- Canada Revenue Agency
(formerly Canada Customs and Revenue Agency)
- Going south
- forms, publications, tax considerations, customs, travel medicine, currency restrictions,
" Canadian Residents Going Down South " (booklet P151)
- British Columbia Taxpayer Services Information Line (importing a boat): 604-660-4524,
Toll-free Canada: 1-877-388-4440
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Passport Canada - required for travel to the U.S.A. by land/water/air by June 2009.
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada 1-800-255-4541
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Federal publications (416) 860-1611 (Toronto, ON)
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Canadian Beacon Registry - to register emergency positioning indicator radio beacons (EPIRBs)
1-800-727-9414
- Natural Resources Canada
Service Canada
- Service Canada - licenses, passports
- Office locations
- Pleasure Craft Licensing Toll-free: 1-800-622-6232
- Vessel Registration Toll-free: 1-877-242-8770
Parks Canada
- Parks Canada
- heritage canals and marine parks
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade
- current conditions in any country 1-800-267-6788 / (613) 944-6788
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Consular Affairs - essential travel information, country profiles, travel warnings,
current political problems, emergency services.
- Health Canada
distributes travel health information for foreign countries
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Canada Gazette - may be the only place you will see proposed regulation concerning
pleasure boating before it becomes law.
- Dept. of Justice Laws - Code, Acts and Regulations
- The Criminal Code of Canada
- Contraventions Act
- Canada Shipping Act, 2001
- Small Vessel Regulations
- Collision Regulations
- Boating Restriction Regulations
- Charts & Nautical Publications Regulations
- Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations
- Canadian Consumer Information Gateway
Transport Canada (TC)
- Transport Canada
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Marine services - acts and regulations, federal waters, pollution prevention, marine navigation,
harbours, shipping, registered boats, small boat safety.
- Office of Boating Safety (formerly DFO)
1-800-267-6687 - recreational boating safety policy, Pleasure Craft Operators Card (PCOC) course providers, compliance plates, required safety equipment and fines, product recalls, publications, Safe Boating Guide TP 511.
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Requirements for Foreign Recreational Boaters In Canadian Waters
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Boatsmart Canada - lifejackets, PFDs, alcohol, hypothermia
- Acts and Regulations
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Registrar of Imported Vehicle (RIV) Program
1-888-848-8240 safety standards for imported vehicles.
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Transport Canada Marine Safety
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National Search & Rescue Secretariat
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Canadian Beacon Registry
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Canadian Marine Advisory Council (CMAC)
- consultative group. Marine safety, recreational boating, navigation, pollution, security
1-866-879-9902, (613) 998-7764
- Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
- search & rescue, buoys, marine safety, marine environment,, marine safety communications
Marine Communication and Traffic Services (MCTS), DGPS, water level data.
Fisheries & Oceans (DFO)
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO): Hydrographic Services, regulation of fish stocks.
- Canadian Coast Guard - now in Transport Canada
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Marine Environmental Data Service (DFO MEDS)
Canada's Oceanographic Data Center - sea temperatures, chemistry, tides, water levels
- SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Equipment and Safety information
(613) 998-0664 (Ottawa)
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Canadian Hydrographic Service (DFO CHS) - official marine navigation charts and publications
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Canadian Hydrographic Service Charts
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NOTMAR (CHS) distributes Notice to Mariners chart updates, List of Lights,
Buoys & Fog Signals and Notices to Shipping
(613) 998-4931, (613) 998-4932
- CHS purchased Maptech software for Canadian raster charts in the BSB format. CHS also
sells digital charts in ENC format. TEL: (613) 998-4931
EML:
CHSInfo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
- WATER LEVELS:

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let us know if links to external sites are broken.
Industry Canada (IC)
- Industry Canada - information about boating industry, manufacturers, sales, equipment, accessories, statistics, tourism, trade
- Recreational Boat Industry
- Spectrum Management web services
- National Maritime Information Database (NMID)
- Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulatory Branch
Tel: (613)990-4747
Eml:
Jones.Tom@ic.gc.ca
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RBR-2 (was RIC-13): Technical Requirements for the operation of Mobile Stations in the
Maritime Service (VHF)
- Strategis
- Canada's business site includes marine radio licensing and radio spectrum
management. If links do not work, use the Strategis
search.
Canada/USA Bi-national
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Border Crossing (Canada/U.S.)
- Shiprider Project - RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) and U.S. Coast Guard joint law enforcement along marine borders (encyclopedia.com)
- Great
Lakes Information Network (GLIN), which combines government and organizations
from Canada and the U.S.A. provides levels from gauging stations (live):
- International St. Lawrence River Board of Control
lists daily water level measurements - "seems" to be part of the IJC (below)
- International Joint Commission
- IWLC International
Water Levels Coalition is a Canada/U.S. citizen alternative to the St.
Lawrence River Board of Control dedicated to preserving the environmental
and socioeconomic health of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence.
- Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway System
- Pleasure Craft Guide - locking, brochures, lock schedules
- Canadian lock regulations
- U.S. Lock regulations in St. Lawrence Seaway
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let us know if links to external sites are broken.
United States
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security - includes border control, customs and immigration departments
- U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)
- protection of the borders, regulates how boats may enter and travel in the U.S.
There are 317 (2000) official U.S. ports of entry
1-800-827-0851, (313) 226-3139
- U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) - entering the U.S.
- (313) 259-8560
- (716) 447-3942 Buffalo district (NYS, Penn., Ohio).
- 1-800-825-2851 New York, Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence entry ports
- Great Lakes Cross Border Travel Tips for Recreational Boaters - by Northern Association of Boating Administrators (NABA), New York Sea Grant, and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.
- U.S. Ports of Entry:
- America's Waterway Watch - citizen security
- U.S. Coast Guard - marine navigation systems, Boating Safety
- Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC
- USDA Travellers Tips - food, animals, plants (301) 734-8896
- U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA) - weather advisories, climate, fisheries, coasts, satellites, charts
- U.S. Naval Observatory provides time and astronomical data by radio, phone & Web (clocks or voice broadcasts).
- U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - satellite navigation, GPS, WAAS (for airplanes)
- U.S. National Institue of Science and Technology (NIST)
- U.S. No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Type I MSD treatment for sewage is NOT allowed
- Center for Disease Control |
West Nile Virus
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Zebra Mussels, Goby
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - has water levels for the Great Lakes
- Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
- download "Cruise the Carolina Loop" boaters' guide to the Intracoastal Waterway from Norfolk to Elizabeth City (and back) with details of navigable miles, lock/bridge schedules, restaurants, etc. (1-866-324-8948)
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let us know if links to external sites are broken.

Provincial Governments
Government of Canada list of provincial and territorial governments.
Ontario Government