Applications for Sarnia boat registration can be completed simply and easily through our site. No matter if you’re applying for a Pleasure Craft License, the Canadian Register of Vessels, or the Small Vessel Registry, we make the process more efficient. You do not have to be in Ontoraio to avail yourself of this, as you can utilize our forms anywhere throughout Canada.
Pleasure Craft License Sarnia
If your vessel has an engine of 7.5 kW/10 horsepower and you plan on only using it for pleasure, recreation, and the like, then you can apply for a pleasure craft license. In this context, “pleasure” and “recreation” mean “not in a commercial capacity.” You are not using your vessel to make money, or for business/commercial purposes.
Should your vessel have an engine with less power than that and you plan on using it for pleasure, then you can choose to apply for a Pleasure Craft License. You are not required to do so.
New Pleasure Craft License
This is the correct form if you have never had a pleasure craft license for your vessel in Sarnia before. You have 90 days from the day of the transfer of ownership to acquire this license to be in compliance with the authorities during vessel operation.
Pleasure Craft License Renewal Sarnia
This is the form for renewing your Sarnia vessel’s pleasure craft licence. Pleasure craft licence renewal is required every ten years.
Pleasure Craft Ownership Transfer Sarnia
In the event that you sell your pleasure craft to someone else, this form makes it possible to legally transfer a pleasure craft licence in Sarnia and the rest of Canada.
Pleasure Craft Licence Update
Should your address have changed or other vessel information that is on your pleasure craft license, utilize this form to update your pleasure craft license information. You cannot use this form to update ownership. For that, you will need the Transfer form.
Pleasure Craft License Duplicate
If your pleasure craft license has been lost or mutilated, you need a physical company to be in compliance. You can obtain a duplicate pleasure craft license through this form.
Vessel Registration in Sarnia
Below are documentation forms for the registration of vessels throughout Canada.
You can register your vessel should it have a gross tonnage of 15 or more as well as an engine of 10 horsepower/7.5kW or higher. Canada boat registration (Form 1) is also necessary if you want a reserved name for your vessel, plan on traveling with it outside of Canada, or you want a marine mortgage.
First Time Boat Registration in Sarnia
This is the form to apply for your initial Canada boat registration. Use this form if you have never applied for vessel registration before.
Replacement Certificate
A physical copy of your registration is necessary for your registration to be valid. Utilize this form if you lost your boat registration form, your boat registration in Sarnia was mutilated, or something similar. You cannot use this form for a replacement boaters license and instead should use the form linked to above.
Provisional Certificate
A provisional Certificate of Registry, while non-mandatory, is valid for up to six months. You can apply for this if you have submitted all of your vessel documentation yet an appointment tonnage measurer has not submitted the right tonnage documents for your vessel.
Alternatively, this is the correct form if you wish to perform sea trials and are a Canadian vessel builder.
Registration of a Government Vessel
Federal and provincial entities alone can complete this documentation for Form 17 – Application for the Registration of a Government Ship.
Transfer of Ownership
Boat title transfer can be legally documented with this form. A boat registration transfer for anywhere in Canada can be performed with this particular form.
Transcripts
Whether a vessel is in Sarnia or anywhere else, a certified transcript of vessel contains information about a selected registered vessel. The information on a vessel transcript could include the certificate’s expiration date, the vessel’s name, what type of vessel it is, its Port of Registry, builder information, vessel build information, the owner’s name/contact info, registration date, mortgages against the vessel, and other pertinent info.
Change of Vessel Name and/or Transfer of Port of Registry
With this form, you can rename your boat as well as change your vessel’s Port of Registry anywhere throughout Canada. This form is necessary if your vessel’s name/Port of Registry no longer matches what is on your vessel’s registration.
Application for Change of Address
The Transport Canada Change of Address Form makes it easy to update the information Transport Canada has on file with your registration.
Historical Research
You can use this form to learn more about registered vessels. A vessel search by name or number can reveal historical information about Canadian vessels going back to the year 1787. If the vessel you are interested in was registered between 1904 and 1984, then you will receive the information about your vessel documentation search by name or number on microfilm.
Mortgage
Form 7 – Mortgage serves as an application to begin the process for a marine mortgage. Remember: registration is a requirement for a Canadian marine boat mortgage.
Discharge of Mortgage
You must file a discharge of mortgage, to remove that mortgage from the vessel registry, once you’ve paid your mortgage off. Include the original Form 7 – Mortgage alongside it.
Alterations
If information on your vessel’s registration changed, such as its tonnage measurements, length, breadth, depth, descriptor, and horsepower/engine size, then you must complete an Application for Alterations, found here.
Bare-Boat Chartered Vessels
Form 18 – Application for Bareboat Charter Registry makes it possible to lease your commercial vessel to another party. The charterer will have complete control and possession of the vessel through a bareboat charter in Canada. These forms, as with all of our others, can be utilized throughout Sarnia as well as all throughout Canada.
Transmission on Death/Bankruptcy
A vessel owner’s shares have to be transferred in the vessel’s registry in the event the owner of a registered vessel passes on. An owner’s vessel shares must be transferred to a trustee in the event the owner goes bankrupt. Form 8 – Declaration of Transmission is the appropriate form in both circumstances.
Deletion
If a vessel has wrecked, been removed from service, or lost, then it can be removed from the Canadian Register of Vessels with a deletion certificate. This is also the appropriate form should you opt for a pleasure craft license for your vessel or sell it to a foreign citizen. Should there be a mortgage on your vessel, it cannot be voluntarily closed.
Small Vessel Registry Forms
Should you use your vessel in a commercial capacity, and it has a gross tonnage that measures 15 or less as well as an engine of 7.5kW/10 horsepower or more, then you can register it in the Small Vessel Register. If you choose to do so, you cannot get a mortgage or official name for your vessel.
Small Vessel First-Time Registration
Beyond commercial vessels that have an engine of 7.5kW/10 horsepower or more with a gross tonnage of 15 or less, commercial river rafts and barges require small boat registration as well.
First Registration of a Government-Owned Vessel
Should a government vessel have a motor of 7.5kW/10 horsepower and a gross tonnage measuring 15 or less, then registration of a small government vessel is necessary.
Transfer of a Government-Owned Vessel
Use this form to successfully complete the transfer of a government-owned vessel to a new owner.
Renewal of a Government-Owned Vessel
You can renew government owned vessels on the Small Vessel Registry here.
Small Vessel Transfer of Ownership
This Small Vessel Transfer of Ownership form makes it possible to sell or transfer the ownership of a vessel on the Small Vessel Registry.
Small Vessel Renewal
Small vessel renewal is not required for five years from vessel registration. You can use this form to renew when necessary.
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