Essential Publications
You can download documents from the links below—all are in PDF-format.Documents shown in BLUE are available in hard-copy only.
The Canadian Coast Guard, "in an effort to adopt and focus on newer technologies", is gradually ceasing publication of paper editions of some documents. Those marked with the dagger symbol † are only available in PDF-format.
NOTE: Where not bilingual, links are provided for the English and French versions of these documents.
NOTEZ: Si pas bilingue, des liens sont fournis pour les versions de ces documents en français et en anglais.
NOTEZ: Si pas bilingue, des liens sont fournis pour les versions de ces documents en français et en anglais.
Safety & Environmental
- TP 511E Safe Boating Guide ♦
TP 511F Guide de sécurité nautique
(Also available in hard-copy—FREE at most yacht clubs, marinas, and marine retailers.) - COLREGS — Collision Regulations/Règlement sur les abordages
- Small Vessel Regulations/Règlement sur les petits bâtiments
- Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations
Règlement sur la pollution par les bâtiments et sur les produits chimiques dangereux - Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations/Règlement sur les restrictions visant l’utilisation des bâtiments
- Competency of Operators of Pleasure Craft Regulations
Règlement sur la compétence des conducteurs d’embarcations de plaisance
Visitors to Canada :: Visiteurs au Canada
- Requirements for Foreign Recreational Boaters In Canadian Waters
- Exigences applicables aux plaisanciers étrangers en eaux canadiennes
Navigation — General
- The Canadian Aids to Navigation System ♦ Le système Canadien d'Aides à la Navigation
- The Canadian Aids to Navigation System (Chart) ♦ Le système Canadien d'Aides à la Navigation (Carte)
- Chart No.1/Carte No.1 — Symbols, Terms and Abbreviations/Signes conventionnels, abréviations et termes
- Nautical Charts and Publications, Catalogue 1 — Atlantic Coast
Cartes et publications nautiques, Catalogue 1 — Côte atlantique
(Also available in hard-copy—FREE at all chart dealers.) - Radio Aids to Marine Navigation† ♦ Aides radio à la navigation maritime†
(Atlantic, St Lawrence, Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg, and Eastern Arctic) - VHF Radiotelephone Practices and Procedures Regulations
Règlement sur les pratiques et les règles de radiotéléphonie en VHF - Sailing Directions: ATL 104E — Cape North to Cape Canso (including Bras d'Or Lake), 2010 [$14.95, 2015]
- Sailing Directions: ATL 108E — Gulf of St Lawrence (Southwest Portion), 2006 [$20.95, 2015]
List of Lights, Lighted Buoys and Fog Signals — Local Region†
NOTE: These publications are in PDF-format only and are updated monthly.- General Information ♦ Renseignements généraux
- Alphabetical List of Lights and Lighted Buoys ♦ Index alphabétique des feux et bouées lumineuses
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Nova Scotia, Southeast Coasts ♦
Nouvelle-Écosse, Côte sud-est
— Contains light list numbers 327 - 664.8 and 666.8 - 684.02 -
Nova Scotia & Cape Breton Island ♦
Nouvelle-Écosse & Île du Cap-Breton
— Contains light list numbers 686.5 - 704.1 -
Cape Breton Island ♦
Île du Cap-Breton
— Contains light list numbers 704.8 - 882.5 -
Gulf of St Lawrence ♦
Golfe du St-Laurent
— Contains light list numbers 883 - 941, 1169.1 - 1426 and 1476 - 1584 -
Prince Edward Island ♦
Île-du-Prince-Edouard
— Contains light list numbers 942 - 1084.7 -
Northumberland Strait ♦
Détroit de Northumberland
— Contains light list numbers 1085 - 1165.8
Nautical Charts
—in the vicinity of Cape Breton Island
| Chart | Chart Title | Scale |
| 4002 | Gulf of St Lawrence | 750,000 |
| 4013 | Halifax to Sydney | 350,000 |
| 4015 | Sydney to Saint-Pierre | 350,000 |
| 4022 | Cabot Strait and Approaches Scatarie Island to Anticosti Island |
350,000 |
| 4023 | Northumberland Strait | 300,000 |
| 4266 | Sydney Harbour North Sydney International Piers Sydney Wharves Sydport |
20,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 |
| 4275 | St Peters Bay St Peters Canal |
20,000 5,000 |
| 4276 | Little Bras d'Or | 5,000 |
| 4277 | Great Bras d'Or, St Andrews Channel and St Anns Bay Entrance to Great Bras d'Or Otter Harbour Entrance to St Anns Harbour |
40,000 20,000 20,000 20,000 |
| 4278 | Great Bras d'Or and St Patricks Channel MacIvers Point to Little Narrows Baddeck Harbour Iona and Grand Narrows |
40,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 |
| 4279 | Bras d'Or Lake Lennox Passage |
60,000 40,000 |
| 4302 | Strait of Canso Point Tupper to Ship Point Canso Lock and Causeway |
30,000 15,000 10,000 |
| 4306 | Strait of Canso and Southern Approaches Point Tupper to Ship Point Canso Lock and Causeway [Replaced by 4302] |
25,000 12,000 10,000 |
| 4307 | Canso Harbour and Strait of Canso | 37,500 |
| 4308 | St Peters Bay to Strait of Canso Petit-de-Grat Inlet |
37,000 20,000 |
| 4335 | Strait of Canso and Approaches Guysborough Harbour |
75,000 20,000 |
| 4363 | Cape Smoky to St Paul Island | 74,474 |
| 4365 | Ingonish and Dingwall Harbours Ingonish Harbour and Approaches Dingwall Harbour |
18,000 4,800 |
| 4367 | Flint Island to Cape Smoky | 75,185 |
| 4374 | Red Point to Guyon Island | 75,500 |
| 4375 | Guyon Island to Flint Island | 75,733 |
| 4376 | Louisbourg Harbour | 9,600 |
| 4377 | Main-à-Dieu Passage | 18,000 |
| 4448 | Port Hood, and Mabou Harbour, and Havre Boucher Port Hood Mabou Harbour Havre Boucher |
18,000 18,000 12,000 |
| 4449 | Chéticamp, Grand Étang and Margaree Harbours Chéticamp Harbour Grand Étang Harbour Margaree Harbour |
12,000 6,000 6,000 |
| 4450 | St Paul Island Atlantic Cove MacDougall and Powers Coves Trinity Cove |
24,300 12,213 12,190 12,164 |
| 4462 | St George's Bay | 75,200 |
| 4463 | Chéticamp to Cape Mabou | 75,000 |
| 4464 | Chéticamp to Cape St Lawrence | 74,488 |
CAUTION:
Magnetic Variation given on charts may be out‑of‑date.
Get an up-to-date value for MagVar here.
Magnetic Variation given on charts may be out‑of‑date.
Get an up-to-date value for MagVar here.
For a list of Chart Dealers, please see:-
Nautical Charts and Publications, Catalogue 1 — Atlantic Coast
Cartes et publications nautiques, Catalogue 1 — Côte atlantique
Nautical Charts and Publications, Catalogue 1 — Atlantic Coast
Cartes et publications nautiques, Catalogue 1 — Côte atlantique
Revised: 2016-01-03