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{{Infobox government agency
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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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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
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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==Organizational structure==
CCG's management and organizational structure reflects its
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* Integrated Business Management Services
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The Canadian Coast Guard is a civilian
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).]]
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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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}}
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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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