Canada is home to thousands of lakes, rivers, oceans, and other waterways that are a source of work, pleasure, and inspiration from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Transport Canada is committed to promoting safe boating practices on these waterways, with the goal of reducing preventable incidents, including drowning and property damage.
Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, announced a Call for proposals, inviting organizations who raise public education and awareness about recreational boating safety issues, practices, and behaviours in Canada to submit their applications.
Under the Boating Safety Contribution Program, funding is provided to support the following eligible activities in alignment with the program's objective:
- Encourage safe boating practices and compliance with regulations through education, awareness, and information. For example: promoting awareness, public education campaigns, producing and circulating materials that improve and promote boating safety; and
- Research, studies, and analyses that contribute to a better understanding of boater behaviour and attitudes and why boaters are unaware of boating safety-related issues.
Canadians across the country love to get on their paddleboards, canoes, kayaks, and generally out on the water, but they must do so in a responsible way. Drowning is preventable and wearing a lifejacket can be the difference between life and death.
