Government Directory

Transport Coast Guard Border Services Fisheries Parks Innovation, Science & Economic Development Provinces Canada/U.S.A. U.S.A.
Canada
  1. Government of Canada Phone 1-800-622-6232. Find local government offices in the Blue Pages of your telephone directory.
  2. 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)
  3. Requirements for Foreign Recreational Boaters In Canadian Waters (Transport Canada)
  4. Canada's International Gateway
  5. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) 1-800-255-4541
  6. Great Lakes Pilotage Authority - Government of Canada
  7. Canada Revenue Agency (formerly Canada Customs and Revenue Agency)
  8. Canadian Beacon Registry - to register emergency positioning indicator radio beacons (EPIRBs) 1-800-727-9414
  9. Statistics Canada
  10. Natural Resources Canada
  11. Canada Official Time (National Research Council) - Time Server: time.nrc.ca
  12. Foreign Affairs and International Trade 1-800-267-6788
    • Travel.gc.ca - essential information before traveling to a foreign country
  13. Canada Gazette - may be the only place you will see proposed regulation concerning pleasure boating before it becomes law. (e.g. Amending the Small Vessel Regulations 2018)
  14. Health Canada - health information for foreign countries
  15. Canada’s Marine Mammal Regulations (SeeABlowGoSlow.org) includes maps of sanctuary zones, best practices
  16. Deptartment of Justice Laws - Code, Acts, Regulations
Canada

Transport Canada

  1. Transport Canada - @Transport_gc
  2. List of Provincial Departments of Transportation
  3. Acts and Regulations
  4. Transport Canada Marine Safety
  5. Boat Licences and Registration
  6. Registrar of Imported Vehicle Program (RIV) - safety standards for imported vehicles, boat trailers 1-888-848-8240
  7. Drone Safety, certification, and reporting
  8. Canadian Marine Advisory Council (CMAC) - consults about marine safety, recreational boating, navigation, pollution, security
  9. Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) - search & rescue, buoys, marine safety, environment, MCTS (Marine Communication & Traffic Services), water level data.
Canada

Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)

  1. Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA)
  2. ArriveCAN mobile app and website.
  3. NEXUS Marine Program - faster border crossing program
    • NEXUS Marine Application (RC4209) requires fingerprinting, biometrics
    • Telephone Reporting Centre (TRC) 1-866-996-3987 (1-866-99-NEXUS)
      (see below: Binational: Border Crossing)
  4. Canada-U.S. Land Border Wait Times (CBSA)
Canada

Fisheries & Oceans (DFO)

For Canadian Coast Guard see Transport Canada.
  1. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) - hydrographic services, regulation of fish stocks.
  2. Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS)
    Canada's Oceanographic Data Center - sea temperatures, chemistry, tides, water levels
  3. Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) - marine navigation charts & publications
  4. Canadian water level information:
Canada

Parks Canada

  1. Parks Canada
  2. National Parks
    • Georgian Bay Islands NP
    • Gulf Islands NP Reserve
    • Gwaii Haanas NP Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area
    • Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
    • Thousand Islands NP
  3. Historic Canals - Carillon, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Lachine, Saint-Ours, Chambly, Rideau, Trent-Severn Waterway, Sault Ste. Marie
  4. National Historic Sites of Canada
  5. National Marine Parks & Conservation Areas
Canada

Innovation, Science & Economic Development Canada (former Industry Canada)

  1. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada - boating industry, manufacturers, sales, equipment, accessories, statistics, tourism, trade
  2. Recreational Boat manufacturing Industry
  3. Spectrum Management System - National Maritime Information Database (NMID)
  4. Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulatory Branch
  5. RBR-2 (was RIC-13): Technical Requirements for the operation of Mobile Stations in the Maritime Service (VHF)
  6. Strategis - Canada's business site includes marine radio licensing and radio spectrum management.
Canada

Provincial & Territorial Governments

British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland & Labrador
Yukon
Nunavut
Northwest Territories

Ontario Government

  1. Ontario Tourism: 1-800-668-2746 (Can./U.S. toll-free) (416)314-6557 (Toronto)
  2. St. Lawrence Parks Commission
  3. Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy
  4. Ontario Liquor Licence Act  -  Conveying Liquor in a Boat
  5. Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
  6. Ontario Ministry of Transportation
  7. Ontario Access Now - search if a lien has been filed in the PPSR system.
  8. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Canada

Canadian Police Forces

  1. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
  2. Québec provincial police (SQ)
  3. RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) for other provinces & territories
Canada-USA

Canada-USA Bi-national

  1. Canada's International Gateway
  2. Canadian Embassy - Washington, DC
  3. U.S.-Canada Transportation Border Working Group (TBWG)
  4. Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN), which combines government and organizations from Canada and the U.S.A. provides levels from gauging stations (live):
  5. NOAA Great Lakes Water Level Observations
  6. International Joint Commission (IJC) - controls water levels in Canada-USA shared waters of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway
  7. IWLC International Water Levels Coalition - Canada/U.S. citizen alternative to the St. Lawrence River Board of Control dedicated to preserving the environmental and socio-economic health of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence.
  8. Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR)
  9. Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway System
    • Pleasure Craft Guide - locking, brochures, lock schedules
    • Canadian lock regulations
    • U.S. Lock regulations in St. Lawrence Seaway
USA

United States

  1. U.S. Department of Homeland Security - border control, customs and immigration
  2. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)
  3. U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) - regulates entering the U.S.
    1-800-827-0851  313-226-3139  1-866-530-4172
  4. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS) - entering the U.S.A.
    • (313) 259-8560
    • (716) 447-3942 Buffalo district (NYS, Penn., Ohio).
    • 1-800-825-2851 New York, Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence entry ports
  5. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Travel Tips - food, animals, plants 301-734-8896
  6. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - weather advisories, climate, fisheries, coasts, satellites, charts
  7. U.S. National Institue of Science and Technology (NIST)
  8. U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) time & astronomical data by radio, phone & internet
  9. America's Waterway Watch - citizen security
  10. U.S. Coast Guard
  11. U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - satellite navigation, GPS, WAAS
  12. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: No-Discharge Zones (NDZs)
  13. U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC)
  14. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Zebra Mussels, Goby
  15. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- Great Lakes water levels
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