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Fact Sheet The only excep-

Simplified cell phone reporting tion to the above Fishing Boats Transients Welcome!
applies to vessels Please Call Proceed as to
for private boaters that are ‘in-transit’ Customs
through Canada. Usual Canada
While the law has not changed, the Can-
In order to be con-
ada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has
sidered “in-transit”
modernized its reporting requirements for
the vessel must be
pleasure craft entering Canadian waters,
proceeding directly
in an effort to make it easier for private
from one point out-
boaters to comply with reporting require-
side of Canada to
ments.
another point out-
Requirement to Report
side of Canada. In-
All recreational boaters are required to
transit movement
present themselves upon their arrival in
must be continu- soil; and
Canada as per the Customs Act (CA) and • U.S. citizens and permanent
ous, uninterrupted and without delays or residents who do not plan on landing on
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Canadian soil.
stopovers. Such movement could be for
(IRPA). This includes all foreign boaters Owners/operators of private boats that
reasons of the shortest route, requirement are strictly weaving in and out of Cana-
entering Canada, as well as private boaters dian waters but are not in transit, will be
of deep waters, evading obstacles such as required to call the TRC only once at the
who depart Canada and enter foreign wa- time of their initial entry into Canadian
bridges, etc. waters. If this activity changes, i.e., the
ters, and subsequently return to Canada. vessel docks in Canada or takes on new
Revised Reporting Arrangements persons or goods while in foreign waters,
This obligation exists regardless of their the boater must report directly to a des-
Certain private boaters may now pres- ignated marine reporting site and call the
activities while outside of Canada or their TRC upon their arrival in Canada.
ent themselves to the CBSA by calling the Continued on Page 41
planned activities while in Canada. Arrival
in Canada occurs when the pleasure craft Telephone Reporting Centre (TRC) from
crosses the international boundary into Ca-
nadian waters. their cellular telephones from the location

This provision applies regardless of at which they enter Canadian waters. The
whether or not boaters drop anchor, land,
enter an inland tributary or moor alongside following groups of individuals may report
another vessel while in foreign waters.
by cellular phone:

• Canadian citizens and permanent

residents who have not landed on U.S.

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