Please Note: Do not sign your declaration form until the customs agent asks you to.
Ontario Pleasure Craft Card & Boater Safety Breifing
Please Note: Ontario Pleasure Craft Card should not be confused with a Boater Safety Briefing. Non-residents of Ontario do not need an Ontario Pleasure Craft Card unless staying in Ontario for longer than 45 days. All residents do need the card to drive the boats. Boater Safety Briefing is discussed below.
BOATER SAFETY will be a required item for your trips coming to Canada in 2010. Yes, it's another item we are not exactly thrilled about, but the good old government is making this a law. We can issue a crash coarse checklist when you arrive and take care of it but it takes extra time to factor in during your check -in. Everyone who plans on being the driver of a boat in Canada NEEDS to have a boaters license. Check out the Minnesota DNR.... looks like a no charge service. Do not delay, get your license today....BEAT THE SPRING SUMMER rush!! This is just one example, any coarse will work. You can take the course in your home state or other state and that is legal and sufficient to have the card to prove to Canada you have already taken the course. That way you are legal to operate the boat and we do not have to give you the crash coarse checklist when you arrive. Just remember to bring the card or whatever they issue that you have completed the coarse, as that will be a required document you need to carry in the boat with you during your fishing trip.
www.boat-ed.com/ia/index.htm
www.dnr.state.mn.us/safety/boatwater/testpacket.html
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