Inspection

It’s your responsibility to have your vessel inspected before it enters service. Aside from being the law, inspection will help protect your crew and passengers as well as your vessel.

Inspection determines whether your vessel meets the safety regulations requirements.

• 0-15 gross tons 
• including passenger vessels carrying up to 12 passengers
  
  Small Vessel Monitoring & Inspection Program
  

• 15-150 gross tons
• carrying 13-100 passengers
  
  Periodic Inspection
  
  
  

• River Rafting (the Special Purpose Vessel Audit Checklist (186 KB) , designed specially for river rafting, is available as a self inspection tool)
• Air Cushion Vehicles (hovercraft) 
• Amphibious Vehicles 
• Sail Training Vessels 

Please contact your nearest Transport Canada Centre for details on Special Purpose/ Non-conventional Vessel inspections.