Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations

2 (1) No person shall operate a vessel in any of the waters described in Schedule 1, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(2) No person shall operate a power-driven vessel or a vessel driven by electrical propulsion in any of the waters described in Schedule 2, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(3) No person shall operate a power-driven vessel or a vessel driven by electrical propulsion that has an aggregate maximum power greater than 7.5 kW in any of the waters described in Schedule 3, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(4) No person shall operate a power-driven vessel or a vessel driven by electrical propulsion that has an engine power greater than the maximum engine power set out in column 4 of Schedule 4 in the waters described in columns 1 to 3 of that Schedule.

(5) No person shall operate a power-driven vessel or a vessel driven by electrical propulsion in the waters described in columns 1 to 3 of Schedule 6 in excess of the maximum speed set out in column 4 of that Schedule, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(6) No person shall operate a power-driven vessel or a vessel driven by electrical propulsion in the waters described in Schedule 7 for the purpose of towing a person on water skis or on any other sporting or recreational equipment, except during the permitted hours set out in that Schedule.

(6.1) No person shall operate a power-driven vessel or a vessel driven by electrical propulsion in the waters described in Schedule 7.1 for the purpose of allowing a person to wake surf, except during the permitted hours set out in that Schedule.

(7) No person shall operate a power-driven vessel or a vessel driven by electrical propulsion at a speed in excess of 10 km/h within 30 m of the shore in the following waters:

• (a) the waters of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta;

• (b) the rivers and lakes in British Columbia;

• (c) Nitinat River and Nitinat Lake, upstream of Nitinat Bar, in British Columbia;

• (d) the rivers and lakes in Nova Scotia; and

• (e) Bras d’Or Lake in Nova Scotia, inland of a line drawn between Coffin Point and Red Head in Great Bras d’Or Channel and the inland end of St. Peters Canal.

(8) Subsection (7) does not apply

• (a) in respect of a vessel that is operated for the purpose of towing a person on water skis or on any other sporting or recreational equipment, if the vessel follows a course away from and perpendicular to the shore; and

• (b) in respect of a vessel, if the vessel is operated

  • (i) in rivers that are less than 100 m in width or in canals or buoyed channels, or

  • (ii) in any waters referred to in Schedule 6 in respect of which a maximum speed is set out.

(9) Subsections (5) and (7) do not apply to a vessel that is required to comply with another speed limit established under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 or the Canada Marine Act.