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{{Infobox government agency
| name = Canadian Coast Guard
| native_name = {{nativename|fr|nolink=on|Garde côtière canadienne}}
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| employees = 4,554<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/e0004252|title=ARCHIVED – Our People|first=Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans|last=Canada}}</ref> personnel
| budget = {{CAD|285 million}}
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| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Fisheries, Oceans
| chief1_name = Mario Pelletier
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The '''Canadian Coast Guard''' ('''CCG'''; {{lang-fr|links=no|Garde côtière canadienne
==Role and responsibility==
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Unlike armed coast guards of some other nations, the CCG is a government marine organization without naval or [[law enforcement]] responsibilities. Naval operations in Canada's maritime environment are exclusively the responsibility of the [[Royal Canadian Navy]]. Enforcement of Canada's maritime-related federal statutes may be carried out by [[peace officers]] serving with various federal, provincial or even municipal law enforcement agencies.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}
Although CCG personnel are neither a naval nor law enforcement force, they may operate CCG vessels in support of naval operations, or they may serve an operational role in the delivery of maritime law enforcement and security services in Canadian federal waters by providing a platform for personnel serving with one or more law enforcement agencies. The CCG's responsibility encompasses Canada's {{convert|202080|km|nmi mi|lk=out|adj=
===Mission and mandate===
"Canadian Coast Guard services support government priorities and economic prosperity and contribute to the safety, accessibility and security of Canadian waters."<ref name="Canada">{{cite web|url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/Mission|title=CCG Mission, Vision and Mandate|first=Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans|last=Canada|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515065416/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/Mission|archive-date=2013-05-15}}</ref>
The CCG's mandate is stated in the ''[[Oceans Act (Canada)|Oceans Act]]'' and the ''[[Canada Shipping Act]]''.<ref name="Canada"/>
The ''Oceans Act'' gives the [[Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada)|minister of Fisheries and Oceans]] responsibility for providing:
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* aids to navigation;
* marine communications and traffic management services;
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* marine pollution response; and
* support of other government departments, boards and agencies by providing ships, aircraft and other services.
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The ''Canada Shipping Act'' gives the minister powers, responsibilities and obligations concerning:
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* aids to navigation;
* [[Sable Island]];
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* pollution response; and
* vessel traffic services.
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==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=February 2021}}
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===Predecessor agencies and formation (1867–1962)===
Originally a variety of federal departments and even the navy performed the work which the CCG does today. Following [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] in 1867, the federal government placed many of the responsibilities for maintaining aids to navigation (primarily lighthouses at the time), marine safety, and search and rescue under the Marine Service of the [[Department of Marine and Fisheries (Canada)|Department of Marine and Fisheries]], with some responsibility for waterways resting with the Canal Branch of the [[Department of Railways and Canals (Canada)|Department of Railways and Canals]].
[[File:Icebreaker CGS Stanley, escorting two vessels.jpg|thumb|The Canadian government vessel {{CGS|Stanley}} escorting two vessels, 1910.]]
Lifeboat stations had been established on the east and west coasts as part of the Canadian Lifesaving Service; the station at [[Sable Island]] being one of the first in the nation. On the Pacific coast, the service operated the Dominion Lifesaving Trail (now called the [[West Coast Trail]]) which provided a rural communications route for survivors of shipwrecks on the treacherous Pacific Ocean coast off Vancouver Island. These stations maintained, sometimes sporadically in the earliest days, pulling (rowed) lifeboats
After the Department of Marine and Fisheries was split into separate departments, the Department of Marine continued to take responsibility for the federal government's coastal protection services. During the inter-war period, the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] also performed similar duties at a time when the navy was wavering on the point of becoming a civilian organization. Laws related to customs and revenue were enforced by the marine division of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A government reorganization in 1936 saw the Department of Marine and its Marine Service, along with several other government departments and agencies, folded into the new [[Department of Transport (Canada)|Department of Transport]].
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===Expansion years (1962–1990)===
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A period of expansion followed the creation of the CCG between the 1960s and the 1980s. The outdated ships the CCG inherited from the Marine Service were scheduled for replacement, along with dozens of new ships for the expanding role of the organization. Built under a complementary national shipbuilding policy which saw the CCG contracts go to Canadian shipyards, the new ships were delivered throughout this golden age of the organization.
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The expansion of the CCG fleet required new navigation and engineering officers, as well as crewmembers. To meet the former requirement, in 1965 the [[Canadian Coast Guard College]] (CCGC) opened on the former navy base {{HMCS|Protector}} at [[Point Edward, Nova Scotia]]. By the late 1970s, the college had outgrown the temporary navy facilities and a new campus was opened in the adjacent community of [[Westmount, Nova Scotia|Westmount]] in 1981.
[[File:HMCS Protector 1943.jpg|thumb|View of {{HMCS|Protector}} facing east, 1943. The naval base later became the first site for the [[Canadian Coast Guard College]].]]
During the mid-1980s, the long-standing disagreement between the U.S. and Canada over the legal status of the Northwest Passage came to a head after {{USCGC|Polar Sea}} transited the passage in what were asserted by Canada to be Canadian waters and by the U.S. to be international waters. During the period of increased nationalism that followed this event, the Conservative administration of [[Brian Mulroney]] announced plans to build several enormous icebreakers, the [[Polar 8]] class which would be used primarily for sovereignty patrols.
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There were serious stumbling blocks arising out of this reorganization, namely in the different management practices and differences in organizational culture at DFO, versus DOT. DFO is dedicated to conservation and protection of fish through enforcement whereas the CCG's primary focus is marine safety and SAR. There were valid concerns raised within CCG about reluctance on the part of the marine community to ask for assistance from CCG vessels since the CCG was being viewed as aligned with an enforcement department. In the early 2000s, the federal government began to investigate the possibility of remaking CCG as a separate agency, thereby not falling under a specific functional department and allowing more operational independence.
===Special operating agency (
In one of several reorganization moves of the federal ministries following the swearing-in of Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]]'s cabinet on December 12, 2003, several policy/regulatory responsibilities (including boating safety and navigable waters protection) were transferred from CCG back to Transport Canada to provide a single point of contact for issues related to marine safety regulation and security, although CCG maintained an operational role for some of these tasks.
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* Icebreaking and Arctic sovereignty protection
[[File:JRCC Halifax 01.jpg|thumb|Inside Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Halifax, 2016. The rescue coordination centre is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard and the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]].]]
* Marine search and rescue: primary marine SAR vessels, personnel to staff [[Rescue coordination centre|Joint Rescue Coordination Centre]]s (JRCCs) trained and designated as maritime SAR co-ordinators per the ''Canada Shipping Act''
* Marine security: monitor vessel movements within Canadian waters, coordinate information to other government departments and agencies regarding 96-hour pre-arrival notification from vessels per the ''Marine Transportation Security Act'', personnel to staff Marine Security Operations Centres (MSOCs)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://msoc-cosm.gc.ca/index-eng.asp |title=Marine Security Operations Centres |access-date=2012-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017113453/http://www.msoc-cosm.gc.ca/index-eng.asp |archive-date=2010-10-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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* Marine support to other federal government departments (as a platform)
On April 4, 2005, it was announced by the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans that the CCG was being designated a "special operating agency"—the largest one in the federal government. Although the CCG still falls under the ministerial responsibility of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, it has more autonomy where it is not as tightly integrated within the department. An example is that now all CCG bases, aids to navigation, vessels, aircraft, and personnel are wholly the responsibility of the Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, who is also of assistant deputy ministerial rank. The commissioner is, in turn, supported by the CCG headquarters which develop a budget for the organization. The arrangement is not unlike the relationship of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], also headed by a Commissioner, toward that organization's parent department, the [[Public Safety Canada|Department of Public Safety]]. As of December 6, 2019, Mario Pelletier has been appointed the current Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard.
The special operating agency reorganization is different from the past under both DOT and DFO where regional directors general for these departments were responsible for CCG operations within their respective regions; this reportedly caused problems under DFO that did not occur under DOT. Now all operations of CCG are directed by the Commissioner, who reports directly to the Deputy Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Assistant Commissioners are responsible for CCG operations within each region and they report directly to the Commissioner. This management and financial flexibility is being enhanced by an increased budget for CCG to acquire new vessels and other assets to assist in its growing role in marine security.
[[File:Toronto police boats on lake.JPG|thumb|Two RCMP/Coast Guard vessels in the [[Toronto harbour]], 2007.]]
CCG continues to provide vessels and crew for supporting DFO's fisheries science, enforcement, conservation, and protection requirements. The changes resulting in CCG becoming a special operating agency under DFO did not address some of the key concerns raised by an all-party [[Parliament of Canada|Parliamentary]] committee investigating low morale among CCG employees following the transfer from DOT to DFO and budget cuts since 1995. This committee had recommended that CCG become a separate agency under DOT and that its role be changed to that of an armed, paramilitary organization involved in maritime security by arming its vessels with deck guns, similar to the [[United States Coast Guard]], and that employees be given [[peace officer]] status for enforcing federal laws on the oceans and [[Great Lakes]]. As a compromise, the CCG now partners with the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) and [[Canada Border Services Agency]] (CBSA) to create what are known as integrated border-enforcement teams (IBETs), which patrol Canadian waters along the [[Canada–United States border]].
===Fleet modernization (1990–present)===
In the 1990s–2000s, CCG modernized part of its SAR fleet after ordering British [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] (RNLI)-designed {{sclass|Arun|lifeboat|0}} high-endurance lifeboat cutters for open coastal areas, and the USCG-designed [[47-foot Motor Lifeboat]] (designated by CCG as the {{sclass2|Cape|motor lifeboat|4}}) as medium-endurance lifeboat cutters for the Great Lakes and more sheltered coastal areas. The CCG ordered five {{convert|47|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor lifeboats in September 2009, to add to the 31 existing boats.<ref name=MarineLog2009-09-03>
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}}</ref> New vessels delivered to the CCG from 2009 onward included the hovercraft {{ship|CCGS|Mamilossa}}<ref>[http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2009/qr-rq45-eng.htm Minister Shea Dedicates the New Hovercraft ACV Mamilossa"] Fisheries and Oceans Canada</ref> and the near-shore fisheries research vessels {{ship|CCGS|Kelso}}<ref>[http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?crtr.sj1D=&mthd=tp&crtr.mnthndVl=&nid=480299&crtr.dpt1D=&crtr.tp1D=1&crtr.lc1D=&crtr.yrStrtVl=&crtr.kw=&crtr.dyStrtVl=&crtr.aud1D=&crtr.mnthStrtVl=&crtr.yrndVl=&crtr.dyndVl= Canadian Coast Guard Commissions New Science Research Vessel in Burlington, Ontario] Canadian News Centre. Accessed 5 July 2010.</ref> and {{ship|CCGS|Viola M. Davidson}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/50th_Anniversary/fleet-eng|title=HTTP Error 404 – Erreur HTTP 404|first=Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans|last=Canada}}</ref>
Several major vessels have undergone extensive refits in recent decades, most notably {{ship|CCGS|Louis S. St-Laurent}} in place of procuring the Polar 8 class of icebreakers.
[[File:CCGS Private Robertson V.C.jpg|thumb|left|CCGS ''Private Robertson V.C''. in [[Halifax Harbour]], in 2012. The ship was put in service that year.]]
In the first decade of the 21st century, CCG announced plans for the [[Mid Shore Patrol Vessel Project]] (a class of nine vessels)<ref>[http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2009/hq-ac36-eng.htm Minister Shea Leads Purchase of Nine New Coast Guard Vessels] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906082803/http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2009/hq-ac36-eng.htm |date=2009-09-06 }} Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Accessed 5 July 2010.</ref><ref name=CasrSfuCaMidshoreCcg>
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|url=https://www.sfu.ca/casr/doc-ccg-mid-shore-patrol-vessels.htm
|title=Mid-Shore Patrol Vessels
|publisher=[[Canadian American Strategic Review]]
|date=March 2007
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==Organizational structure==
CCG's management and organizational structure reflects its quasi-military nature. The CCG agency supports several functional departments as outlined here:
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* Operations Directorate
* National Strategies Directorate
* Integrated Technical Services Directorate
* Major Projects Directorate
* Integrated Business Management Services
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===Quasi-military structure===
The Canadian Coast Guard is a civilian organization that is managed and funded by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The enforcement of laws in Canada's territorial sea is the responsibility of Canada's federal police force, the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) as all ocean waters in Canada are under federal (not provincial) jurisdiction. Saltwater fisheries enforcement is a specific responsibility of DFO's Fisheries Officers.
CCG does not have a conventional paramilitary rank structure; instead, its rank structure roughly approximates that of the civilian [[Merchant navy|merchant marine]].
In late October 2010 the [[Stephen Harper]] government tabled a report that recommended that arming Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers should be considered.<ref name=NunatsiaqNews2010-10-23>{{cite news|url=http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/22333_tories_to_consider_arming_arctic-bound_coast_guard_ships/ |title=Tories to consider arming Arctic-bound coast guard ships |publisher=[[Nunatsiaq News]] |author=Randy Boswell |date=2010-10-21 |access-date=2010-10-23 |quote=The commitment to study the option of placing guns on coast guard ships was the highlight of the government's tabled response this week to recommendations in a report from the Senate fisheries committee about strengthening Canada's presence in the North. |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008190449/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/22333_tories_to_consider_arming_arctic-bound_coast_guard_ships/|archive-date=2011-10-08}}</ref> [[Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada|Minister of Fisheries and Oceans]] [[Gail Shea]] presented the government's response to a December 2009 report from the [[Senate of Canada|Senate's]] [[Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans|Fisheries Committee]], entitled ''"Controlling Canada's Arctic Waters: Role of the Canadian Coast Guard."''<ref name=ControllingCanadasArctic>{{cite news|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/40/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/fish-e/rep-e/rep07dec09-e.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121016150207/http://www.parl.gc.ca/40/2/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/fish-e/rep-e/rep07dec09-e.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-16|title=Controlling Canada's Arctic Waters: Role of the Canadian Coast Guard|publisher=[[Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans]]|date=December 2009|page=12|access-date=2010-10-23|quote=The preface to this report tells how a foreign vessel, previously banished from Canada and with criminals among the crew, sailed undisturbed into the heart of Canada‟s Northwest Passage. Authorities noticed her only after she landed in Inuit communities. The Berserk II was a small vessel, but it raises a large question: how well does Canada control its Arctic waters?}}</ref> The Senate Committee's report had also recommended arming Canadian Coast Guard vessels in the Arctic. Randy Boswell, of the ''[[Canwest News Service]]'' quoted [[Michael Byers (Canadian academic)|Michael Byers]], an expert on the law of the sea, who used the phrase ''"quiet authority of a deck-mounted gun"''.<ref name=NunatsiaqNews2010-10-23/>
===Operational regions===
[[File:FEB 11 2021 Updated CCG Regional Map.jpg|alt=Map showing the operating regions of the Canadian Coast Guard (left to right): Western region (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon minus the Yukon North Slope), Arctic region (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Hudson Bay and James Bay), Central region (Ontario and Quebec) and Atlantic region (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island).|thumb|Map showing the operating regions of the Canadian Coast Guard (left to right): Western region (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon minus the Yukon North Slope), Arctic region (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Hudson Bay and James Bay), Central region (Ontario and Quebec) and Atlantic region (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island).]]
CCG as a whole is divided into four operational regions: Atlantic, Central, Western, and Arctic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/Home|title=Canadian Coast Guard – Home Page|first=Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans|last=Canada}}</ref> The newest region, the Arctic, was established in October 2018. Previously responsibility for the Arctic areas of Canada was split between the three existing regions. The new unit includes a mandate which ensures increased support for Inuit communities, including search and rescue, icebreaking and for community resupply. The new region is headquartered in Yellowknife.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-coast-guard-to-increase-focus-on-arctic-through-creation-of/ |title=Canadian Coast Guard to increase focus on Arctic through creation of new branch |work=The Globe and Mail |agency=The Canadian Press |date=24 October 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018}}</ref>
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The CCG does not have a "reserve" element. There is a [[Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary]] (CCGA) which is a separate non-profit organization composed of some 5,000 civilian volunteers across Canada who support search and rescue activities. The CCGA, formerly the Canadian Marine Rescue Auxiliary (CMRA), is made up of volunteer recreational boaters and commercial fishermen who assist CCG with search and rescue as well as boating safety education. CCGA members who assist in SAR operations have their vessel insurance covered by CCG, as well as any fuel and operating costs associated with a particular tasking. The CCGA enables the CCG to provide marine SAR coverage in many isolated areas of Canada's coastlines without having to maintain an active base and/or vessels in those areas.
===Commissioner===
The head of CCG is called the "Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard". The rank of "Commissioner" is used in other Canadian federal agencies, such as the RCMP. However, rank and associated insignia are viewed differently in the CCG than in the Royal Canadian Navy.
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==Facilities==
===Bases and stations===
[[File:Canadian Coast Guard - Quebec base 02.jpg|thumb|CCG Base Quebec building in [[Quebec City]], 2019]]
{{main|List of Canadian Coast Guard Bases and Stations}}
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[[File:Nova Scotia Brier Island north light & Coast Guard Station.jpg|thumb|[[Brier Island]] coast guard station and lighthouse, 2003]]
CCG operates one of the largest networks of navigational [[buoys]], [[lighthouses]] and [[foghorn]]s in the world. These facilities assist marine navigation on the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic coasts as well as selected inland waterways. CCG represents Canada at the [[International Association of Lighthouse Authorities|International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities]] (IALA).
CCG completed a large-scale program of lighthouse automation and de-staffing which began in 1968 and was largely completed in the 1990s.<ref>''Lighthouses and Lights'' E.R. Irwin, Nimbus, 2003, p. viii</ref> The result of this program saw the automation of all lighthouses and the removal of light keepers except for a handful of stations in British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick.
Budget cuts and technological changes in the marine shipping industry, such as the increased use of [[GPS]], electronic navigation charts and the [[Global Maritime Distress Safety System]], has led CCG to undertake several service reviews for aids to navigation in recent decades. Such reviews have resulted in the further decommissioning of buoys and shore-based light stations as well as a dramatic reduction in the number of foghorns.<ref name="heritagecanada.org">Heritage Canada Foundation, Presentation to the Standing Committee of fisheries and Oceans, {{cite web|url=http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/news/s220_brief.htm |title=Heritage Canada Foundation / Brief to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans |access-date=2011-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716212213/http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/news/s220_brief.htm |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}</ref>
Canadian lightkeepers were notified September 1, 2009 that upper management was once again commencing the de-staffing process. The first round, to be completed before the end of the fiscal year, was to include Trial Island, Entrance Island, Cape Mudge and Dryad Point. The second round included Green Island, Addenbroke, Carmanah Point, Pachena Pt and Chrome Island. The decision was taken without input or consultation from the public or user-groups in spite of the fact that during the last round of de-staffing the public and user-groups spoke vocally against cuts to this service. Once again a large outcry forced Minister of Fisheries Gail Shea to respond and on September 30, 2009, she suspended the de-staffing process pending a review of services lightkeepers provide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/statement-declarations/2009/20090930-eng.htm|title=Review of Automated Lightstation Staffing|date=December 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227215455/http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/statement-declarations/2009/20090930-eng.htm|archive-date=2010-12-27}}</ref>
===Historic facilities===
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, is the custodian of many significant heritage buildings, including the oldest lighthouse in North America, the [[Sambro Island Lighthouse]]. The department has selectively maintained some heritage lighthouses and permitted some alternative use of its historic structures. However, many historic buildings have been neglected and the department has been accused of ignoring and abandoning even federally recognized buildings. Critics have pointed out that the department has lagged far behind other nations such as the United States in preserving its historic lighthouses.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facts About Canada's Threatened Lighthouses|publisher=Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society|url=http://www.nslps.com/r&p_lighthouse_protection_act.asp#facts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041024223648/http://www.nslps.com/r%26p_lighthouse_protection_act.asp#facts|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-10-24}}</ref> These concerns have led community groups and heritage building advocates to promote the [[Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act]] in the Canadian Parliament.<ref name="heritagecanada.org"/>
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{{Main|List of equipment of the Canadian Coast Guard}}
[[File:CCGS Terry Fox in Botwood.jpg|thumb|{{CCGS|Terry Fox}} is one of two heavy icebreakers used by the Canadian Coast Guard.]]
==Navigational aid and services==
{{see also|List of Canadian Coast Guard MCTS Centres}}
The Canadian Coast Guard produces the Notice to Mariners (NOTMAR) publication which informs mariners of important navigational safety matters affecting Canadian waters. This electronic publication is published on a monthly basis and can be downloaded from the Notices to Mariners website. The information in the Notice to Mariners is formatted to simplify the correction of paper charts and navigational publications published by the [[Canadian Hydrographic Service]].
==Rank insignia and badges==
===Epaulettes===
Military [[epaulettes]] are used to represent ranks. In the CCG they represent levels of responsibility and commensurate salary levels. The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary epaulettes are similar except they use silver braid to distinguish them from the Canadian Coast Guard.
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File:Exemlpary Service.jpg| [[Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service Medal|Exemplary Service Medal]]
File:Comm Commendation.jpg| Commissioner's Commendation
File:Command at Sea Rosette Large Ship (33m or larger).png|Command at Sea Rosette Large Ship (33m or larger)
File:Command at Sea Rosette Small Ship (12m to 33m).png|Command at Sea Rosette Small Ship (12m to 33m)
File:Chief Engineer at Sea Rosette Large Ship (33m or larger).png|Chief Engineer at Sea Rosette Large Ship (33m or larger)
File:Chief Engineer at Sea Rosette Small Ship (12m to 33m).png|Chief Engineer at Sea Rosette Small Ship (12m to 33m)
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==Insignias and other representations==
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As a special operating agency within the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the CCG uses generic identifiers imposed by the [[Federal Identity Program]]. However, the CCG is one of several federal departments and agencies (primarily those involved with law enforcement, security, or having a regulatory function) that have been granted heraldic symbols.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}
The CCG badge was originally approved in 1962.<ref name=badge >{{cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1589 |title=Canadian Coast Guard badge |work=Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada |publisher=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> Blue symbolizes water, white represents ice, and dolphins are considered a friend of mariners. The [[Latin]] motto {{lang|la|Saluti Primum, Auxilio Semper}} translates as "Safety First, Service Always".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/History|title=Canadian Coast Guard – History|first=Government of Canada, Fisheries and Oceans|last=Canada|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707234617/http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/History|archive-date=2015-07-07}}</ref>
In addition to the Coast Guard [[jack (flag)|jack]],<ref name=jack>{{cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project-pic.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1590&ProjectElementID=5319 |title=Canadian Coast Guard jack |work=Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada |publisher=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref> distinctive flags have been approved for use by senior CCG officials, including the Honorary Chief Commissioner (the [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]]) and the [[Minister of Transport (Canada)|Minister of Transport]].<ref name=GG>{{cite web|url=http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=1590 |title=Canadian Coast Guard |work=Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada |publisher=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref>
The [[Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary]] was granted a flag and badge by the [[Canadian Heraldic Authority]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=2331 |title=Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary |work=Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada |publisher=Office of the Secretary to the Governor General |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref>
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* [http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/USQUE_Table_Contents "Usque Ad Mare" A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services]
* [http://www.marinfo.gc.ca "Marinfo" Canadian Coast Guard homepage – Quebec Region]
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