Publications

Find publications from our programs, services and partners.

College

• Prospectus of the Canadian Coast Guard College

Corporate information

• Accessibility
• Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Strategy
• Canadian Coast Guard Integrated Business and Human Resource Plan 2024 to 2025 through 2026 to 2027
  • Canadian Coast Guard Integrated Business and Human Resource Plan 2024 to 2025 through 2026 to 2027: 2025-2026 update
• How Climate Change, Greening, and Climate Adaptation Initiatives are Impacting Coast Guard Operations and Functions: North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum, 2023 Summit
• Levels of Service
  • 2022 Levels of Service: Survey Results
• Open Information Licence

Environmental response

• Canada – United States Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan – 2022 CANUS JCP
• Independent Review of the M/V Marathassa Fuel Oil Spill Environmental Response Operation
• Marine Pollution Contingency Plan - National Chapter

Fleet

• Infographic: CCGS Captain Molly Kool
• Operations Order 103.00 - Vessel Naming Policy

Icebreaking

• 2023-2028 Client Icebreaking Requirements
• Arctic Ice Regime Shipping System (AIRSS) Standard (Transport Canada)
• Arctic Waters Oil Transfer Guidelines (Transport Canada)
• Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act (Department of Justice Canada)
• Guidelines for Passenger Vessels Operating in the Canadian Arctic (Transport Canada)
• Ice Navigation in Canadian Waters
• Icebreaking Operations Directive: 1. Provision of Icebreaking Services and Harbours Breakouts
• Icebreaking Operations Directive: 2. Support to Sealing Vessels
• International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) (International Maritime Organization)
• Latest ice conditions and summaries by season and region (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
• Manual of Ice (MANICE) (Environment and Climate Change Canada)
• Archived - National Marine Advisory Board Icebreaking Sub-Committee: Icebreaker Requirements 2017-2022
• New Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations (Transport Canada)

Marine communications and traffic services (MCTS)

• Radio Aids to Marine Navigation 2025

Maritime security

• Maritime Security Contributions
• Maritime Security Framework

Navigation

Aids to navigation

• Canadian Aids to Navigation System 2023
  • Quick Reference Guide to Canada’s Navigational Aids (2022 horizontal view) (PDF, 1.87 MB)
  • Quick Reference Guide to Canada’s Navigational Aids (2022 vertical view) (PDF, 1.89 MB)
  • Video: The Canadian Aids to Navigation System
• List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals (Notices to Mariners (NOTMAR))
• Notices to Mariners, Annual Edition
• Sailing Directions

Waterways management

• Safe waterways

Operations publications

National Standard Operating Procedures

• 530 Safe and healthy workplace procedures

Canadian Coast Guard Safety Bulletins

• 09-2020 Prevention of Heat Stress Injuries and Illness

Search and rescue

• Alerting, Detection, and Response: Dealing with accidents at sea
• Levels of service for search and rescue
• Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) in Canada
• Policy and procedures for assisting disabled vessels

Wrecked, abandoned or hazardous vessels

• Abandoned Boats Program (Transport Canada)
• About The Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (Transport Canada)
• Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (Transport Canada)
• Guidelines for Evaluating Shipwrecks of National Historic Significance in Canada (Parks Canada)
• Oceans Protection Plan (Transport Canada)
• Small Craft Harbours Abandoned and Wrecked Vessels Removal Program (Fisheries and Oceans Canada)