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{{shortShort description|Canadian governmentGovernment agency}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Canadian Coast Guard
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| budget = {{CAD|285 million}}
| minister1_name = [[Diane Lebouthillier]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard]]
| chief1_name = Mario Pelletier
| chief1_position = Commissioner
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The '''Canadian Coast Guard''' ('''CCG'''; {{lang-fr|links=no|Garde côtière canadienne, GCC}}) is the [[coast guard]] of [[Canada]]. Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine [[search and rescue]] (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues in Canadian waters, such as navigation aids and [[icebreaking]], [[marine pollution]] response, and support for other Canadian government initiatives. The coastCoast guardGuard operates [[Equipment of the Canadian Coast Guard|119 vessels of varying sizes and 23 helicopters]], along with a variety of smaller craft. The CCG is headquartered in [[Ottawa]], Ontario, and is a [[special operating agency]] within [[Fisheries and Oceans Canada]] (Department of Fisheries and Oceans).
 
==Role and responsibility==
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"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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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 mannedcrewed by volunteers and eventually motorized 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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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 was 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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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>
{{cite web
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==Organizational structure==
CCG's management and organizational structure reflects its paramilitaryquasi-military nature. The CCG agency supports several functional departments as outlined here:
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* Operations Directorate
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* Integrated Business Management Services
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===ParamilitaryQuasi-military structure===
The Canadian Coast Guard is a civilian, paramilitary 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]].
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===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).]]
[[File:Canadian Coast Guard Regions.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Map showing operating regions of the Canadian Coast Guard.]]
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 was, 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>
 
===Auxiliary===
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==Equipment==
{{Main|EquipmentList 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.]]
 
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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.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=20|Canadian Coast Guard ranks and insignia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://solr.bccampus.ca:8001/bcc/file/54f6d753-6862-4449-8f69-d7818959c83c/1/Ship%20Repair%20Entry%20Level%20Training%20%28SRELT%29.zip/A%2004%20Hierarchy%20of%20Respective%20Customers/A04_CoastGaurd_ranks.html|title=Canadian Coast Guard Ensign and Levels of Responsibility|website=Canadian Coast Guard|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniforminsignia.org/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=2987|title=Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)|website=uniforminsignia.org|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thenavigatormagazine.com/saltwater-in-the-veins-the-coast-guard-a-family-of-families/|title=Saltwater in the Veins – The Coast Guard: A Family of Families|date=1 September 2015|work=Navigator Magazine|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/partnership-canadian407139|title=US, Canadian Coast Guards Leaders Discuss Partnership|author=Eric Haun|date=24 March 2016|work=Marine Link|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/3922771/us-canadian-coast-guards-meet-annual-ice-conference-cleveland|title=U.S., Canadian Coast Guards meet for annual ice conference in Cleveland|date=2 November 2017|work=Defense Visual Information Distribution Service|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2016/04/04/meet-jody-thomas-the-first-woman-to-head-canadian-coast-guard/54962|title=Meet Jody Thomas, first woman to head the Canadian Coast Guard|author=Chelsea Nash|date=4 April 2016|work=The Hill Times|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
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!Rank
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=== Auxiliary epaulettes ===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!colspan=20|[[Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary]] ranks and insignia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccga-pacific.org/resources/Uniform_Policy_2006.pdf|title=Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary 2001 Uniform Policy|website=ccga-pacific.org/|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uniforminsignia.org/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=2988|title=Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (CCGA)|website=uniforminsignia.org|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://blackburnnews.com/sarnia/sarnia-news/2017/08/16/sarnia-lambton-first-responders-condemn-float/|title=Sarnia-Lambton First Responders Condemn Float Down|author=Melanie Irwin|date=16 August 2017|work=blackburnnews.com|access-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=|archive-date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
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!Rank
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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)
File:10 Years.jpg| 10 Year Long Service Pin
File:15 Years.jpg| 15 Year Long Service Pin
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File:35 Years.jpg| 35 Year Long Service Pin
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==Insignias and other representations==
{{multiple image|total_width=150|direction=vertical|image1=Coastguard Flag of Canada.svg|caption1=Coast Guard [[jack (flag)|jack]]<ref name=jack/>|alt1=|image2=Flag of the Governor-General of Canada-Coast Guard.svg|alt2=|caption2=Flag of the Honorary Chief Commissioner}}
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Canadian Coast Guard}}
* [httphttps://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/index-eng/CCG/Home.html Official website]
* [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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