Aids to Navigation Program

• Newfoundland & Labrador
• Maritimes
• Quebec
• Central & Arctic
• Pacific

The Canadian Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation program is part of the Navigation Systems branch which consists of two other major programs:

• Waterways Management; and,
• Icebreaking

Aid to Navigation Failure / Damage Report

Mariners are requested to immediately report any damage or failure of a marine aid to navigation to the nearest Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS) (CSA 2001, par. 129(1), (2)) on VHF Ch. 16 or by phone.  For a list of telephone numbers, go to http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/Marine_Safety.

Program Mission and Responsibilities

To manage, maintain, and provide aids to navigation in Canadian waters in order to facilitate safe and expeditious movement of maritime traffic to protect the marine and freshwater environment, maintain maritime safety and to facilitate maritime commerce and ocean development. Aids to Navigation consist of the following:

• Public Aids - fixed aids (lighthouses, beacons, lights); through to floating aids (small, medium and large buoys); DGPS (Differential Global Positioning system)
• Private Aids - providing guidelines and assistance to private organizations or individuals
• Safety information - notices to mariners (NOTMAR)

Our clients

• Recreational boating community
• Commercial shippers
• Commercial fishers (and their associations)
• Canadian citizens at large

General Enquiries

by email:

by post:

Canadian Coast Guard - Aids to Navigation
200 Kent Street, Station 5N157
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0E6
CANADA

or by Fax:

(613) 998-8428

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