Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations

2 (1) A person must not operate a vessel in the waters described in Schedule 1 in TP 15587, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(2) A person must not operate a vessel driven by electrical propulsion or a power-driven vessel in the waters described in Schedule 2 in TP 15587, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(3) A person must not operate a vessel driven by electrical propulsion that has an aggregate maximum power greater than 7.5 kW or a power-driven vessel in the waters described in Schedule 3 in TP 15587, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(4) If a vessel driven by electrical propulsion or a power-driven vessel has an engine power greater than the maximum engine power set out in column 4 of Schedule 4 in TP 15587, a person must not operate that vessel in the waters described in columns 1 to 3 of that Schedule, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(5) A person must not operate a vessel driven by electrical propulsion or a power-driven vessel in the waters described in columns 1 to 3 of Schedule 5 in TP 15587 at a speed in excess of the maximum speed set out in column 4 of that Schedule, except as indicated in that Schedule.

(6) A person must not operate a vessel driven by electrical propulsion or a power-driven vessel in the waters described in Schedule 6 in TP 15587 for the purpose of towing a person on water skis or on any other sporting or recreational equipment, except during any permitted hours set out in that Schedule.

(6.1) A person must not operate a vessel driven by electrical propulsion or a power-driven vessel in the waters described in Schedule 7 in TP 15587 for the purpose of allowing a person to wake surf, except during any permitted hours set out in that Schedule.

(7) A person must not operate a vessel driven by electrical propulsion or a power-driven vessel at a speed in excess of 10 km/h within 30 m of the shore in the following waters:

• (a) the waters of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta;

• (b) the rivers and lakes in British Columbia;

• (c) Nitinat River and Nitinat Lake, upstream of Nitinat Bar, in British Columbia;

• (d) the rivers and lakes in Nova Scotia; or

• (e) Bras d’Or Lake in Nova Scotia, inland of a line drawn between Coffin Point and Red Head in Great Bras d’Or Channel and the inland end of St. Peters Canal.

(8) Subsection (7) does not apply

• (a) in respect of a vessel that is operated for the purpose of towing a person on water skis or on any other sporting or recreational equipment, if the vessel follows a course away from and perpendicular to the shore; and

• (b) in respect of a vessel that is operated

  • (i) in rivers that are less than 100 m in width or in canals or buoyed channels, or

  • (ii) in any waters described in Schedule 5 in TP 15587.

(9) Subsections (5) and (7) do not apply to a vessel that is required to comply with another speed limit established under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 or the Canada Marine Act.