Required safety equipment for canoes, kayaks, rowboats and rowing shells.

One approved Personal Flotation Device

of appropriate size for each person on board

Note: A personal flotation device or lifejacket kept on board a human-powered pleasure craft, operated in whitewater must be inherently buoyant.

One buoyant heaving line

at least 15m (49’3”) long

One reboarding device

Note: A reboarding device is only required if the vertical height that must be climbed to reboard the pleasure craft from the water is over 0.5 m (1’8”). 

One bailer or manual bilge pump or bilge-pumping equipment 

Note: A bailer or manual bilge pump is not required for a pleasure craft that will not hold enough water to make it capsize, or a pleasure craft that has watertight compartments that are sealed and not readily accessible.

One sound-signalling appliance or sound-signalling device

that meets the applicable standards set out in the Collision Regulations 

Navigation lights

for human-powered pleasure craft that meet the requirements set out in the Collision Regulations

Note:

1. Navigation lights are only required if the pleasure craft is operated after sunset, before sunrise, or in periods of restricted visibility (fog, falling snow, etc.).

2. For a human-powered vessel, this requirement can be met with a watertight flashlight.

One magnetic compass

Note: A magnetic compass is not required if the pleasure craft is 8 m (26’3”) or less and is operated within sight of seamarks (navigation marks).

One radar reflector 

is required under certain conditions

If the human-powered pleasure craft is more than 6 m long, you must add: 

One watertight flashlight