Maritimes Region

Aids to Navigation

The mission of the Aids to Navigation Program is to provide an effective mix of conventional and electronic aids in Canadian waters to facilitate safe and expeditious movement of marine traffic; to support the protection of the marine environment; to maintain maritime safety; and to facilitate maritime commerce and ocean development.

The program helps mariners navigate safely and efficiently by:

• establishing national standards for Aids to Navigation;
• providing and operating 'public' aids to navigation systems comprised of floating, fixed, and electronic aids to navigation;
• providing guidelines and assistance for the establishment of 'private' aids to navigation;
• monitoring aids services; and,
• providing safety information, such as Notices to Mariners.

There are over 6,000 fixed and floating aids to navigation in Maritimes Region. Of this approximately 850 are fixed aids to navigation, consisting of 50 major and 150 minor lightstations.

Contact Information:
Superintendent Aids to Navigation,
Dartmouth, NS
(902) 426-3151

To report an aid off position or malfunction call:
1-800-686-8676

For more information on CCG’s Aids to Navigation program, go to:
Aids to Navigation Program