Once you have your vessel registration, it will be time to mark it accordingly. The Canada Shipping Act of 2001 details that boats need to be labelled according to certain guidelines. You will have to mark the vessel with its name and port of registry on the exterior part of the hull in a way that makes both things easily visible and legible. In the case of commercial vessels, the name must be marked on each bow, and the port of registry and name must be marked on the stern. Remember that the information must always be clearly visible and permanently affixed in some manner.
Vessel Registration FAQs
HOW DO I CLOSE THE REGISTRY OF MY VESSEL?WHAT IS REGISTRY?CAN A DINGHY HAVE THE SAME OFFICIAL NUMBER AS A REGISTERED VESSEL?WHAT IS VESSEL TONNAGE?WHEN A VESSEL IS EITHER SUSPENDED OR CLOSE, IS THE NAME AVAILABLE?WHAT VESSELS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRY?HOW DO I KNOW IF MY VESSEL MEASURES FIVE NET TONS?WHAT VESSELS MAY BE DOCUMENTED?WHAT ARE THE REGISTRY OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS?WHAT ARE THE MARKING REQUIREMENTS?MUST MY VESSEL BE DOCUMENTED?WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCUMENTATION?MAY I RENEW MY DOCUMENT EARLY?ARE THERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOCUMENTATION?HOW DO I ESTABLISH CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP?WHAT IS A PLEASURE CRAFT LICENCE?WHAT IS VESSEL TONNAGE?WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VESSEL WHOSE NUMBER BEGINS WITH THE LETTER ‘C’ (e.g., C00000BC) AS OPPOSED TO A VESSEL WHOSE NUMBER BEGINS WITH A NUMBER, AND/OR A LETTER AND NUMBERS (e.g., 32E 00000 OR BC 00000)?WHAT VESSELS CAN BE DOCUMENTED?WHAT IS A JOINT OWNER?