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Transport Canada (TC)
Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
Canadian Coast Guard (CCG)
Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Protecting Coasts and Waterways |
Pillar 1- Initiatives involved in enhancing the prevention of marine incidents include:
- New information-sharing systems - the Government of Canada will work with Indigenous and coastal communities to design new information-sharing systems and platforms so they have access to real-time information on marine shipping activities to support safer navigation in local waters.
- Pilot project to enhance marine weather services to support marine traffic operations and improve safety in higher-risk areas
- Proactive Vessel Management - allow those involved in the marine safety system - governments, communities, Indigenous groups - to inform local traffic management.
- Safer resupply in Arctic communities – funding new tools and equipment to unload essential goods in northern communities.
- Stronger polluter-pay principle – remove the per-incident limit of liability on Canada’s Ship-Source Oil Pollution Fund to provide unlimited compensation to responders and victims of a ship-source oil spill.
- Places of refuge: Pre-identifying potential coastal locations where a ship in need of assistance can take action to stabilize the condition of the vessel in order to protect human life and the environment. The department is revising its National Places of Refuge Contingency Plan based on the results of engagement activities, research and the addition of new regional annexes.
- Anchorages Initiative - Research and analyze the environmental, economic, social, safety and security impacts of anchorages.
- Seamless Regime Response - develop a broad and integrated framework for preparedness and response to all spills beyond ship-source oil.
Initiatives involved in strengthening of responses to marine incidents include:
- A stronger Canadian Coast Guard - The Canadian Coast Guard’s command systems will be strengthened where gaps have been identified. The Coast Guard will be given greater power to intervene directly to prevent marine incidents, such as where ship operators have been reluctant to act.
- Increased emergency response: establish 24/7 response capacity to effectively manage marine incidents; improve ocean and environmental modeling capacity; and collect baseline environmental data on B.C.’s North Coast.
- Enhance ECCC’s capacity to enforce wildlife and environmental laws for the east and west coasts.
- Increased towing capacity - towing kits will be added to major Canadian Coast Guard vessels on the East and West to improve the capability to take swift action. Two new vessels will be leased with the ability to tow large commercial ships in distress.
- Alternative response measures (ARMs) - research and policy on ARMs - such as dispersants and in-situ burning - work to support the legal and operational framework, supported by science, to allow the use of Alternative Response Measures
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$1.1495B |
TC: $67,594,209
DFO/CCG: $156,424,296
ECCC: $13,430,726
Total: $237,449,231
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TC: $36,453,597
DFO/CCG: $133,718,955
ECCC: $12,898,446
Total: $183,070,998
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The number of marine safety incidents and spills from vessels in Canada’s waters |
By 2022, a reduction in the number of small oil spills and marine incidents relative to the number of vessel trips, compared with the average of the previous five years
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2022 |
- Partnered with 13 Indigenous communities across Canada for a pilot project to implement and co-develop a user-friendly, web-based system that increases access to maritime information and data, including near real-time marine traffic. TC launched the Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness (EMSA) system in May 2019 to Indigenous communities and provided funding to support capacity for participation in the pilot. The EMSA system supports collaborative decision-making, planning and information sharing for improved situational awareness, marine safety, and environmental monitoring and protection. Indigenous partners are regularly testing the system and collaborating with TC to prioritize improvements to ensure it meets varying community and user needs.
- The EMSA initiative is also an accommodation measure for the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Project. Five First Nations in the TMX Project area are hosting a pilot project and access to the EMSA system has been offered to all First Nations along the TMX corridor to help address concerns related to increased vessel traffic in local waters. These pilot projects have informed and strengthened the effectiveness of the EMSA system.
- TC expanded the EMSA system user base to other marine partners (e.g. other government departments, NGOs, academia, science organizations, ports and pilotage etc.) in order to support collaboration around the marine space and seek feedback on system functionality. Numerous demonstrations and training sessions have been provided to internal and external groups to support usage.
- ECCC provides enhanced weather information through a newly developed website, which is available to the Marine user community. The MetPort website presents observations of winds, waves, barometric pressure and temperature (water and air) every 10 minutes from five smart buoys deployed in support of this demonstration project. Beyond near real time observations, the website includes weather forecasts, extracted from the ECCC high resolution numerical weather prediction systems, of expected conditions for the next 24 hours. The forecasts are presented in multiple formats in order to suit the users’ different needs. ECCC Meteorologists also provide value added services by assessing the computer driven forecasts to express confidence in how representative the forecasts are expected to be as well as to provide insights in to other dangerous marine conditions.
- Announced new radar installations: the Oceans Protection Plan is funding 10 new radars. These radars will establish network coverage for 9 separate navigation areas (6 in British Columbia; 3 Atlantic Canada) which will increase vessel traffic monitoring by providing timely information to Canadian Coast Guard Marine Communications and Traffic Services officers. New Radars are being installed at 2 existing radar sites. First deliveries and installation of Radar system were in 2020. Subsequent Radar deliveries and installations planned for FY21/22 and beyond.
- Planned modernization of the operational network was substantially completed and a commercially available satellite communication technology was identified to provide acceptable voice communications performance. Pilot phase will tests be completed next fiscal year. New Western microwave links were added to the operational network.
- Improving navigational information for the 23 key commercial ports being addressed under the Oceans Protection Plan involves completing the bathymetric survey (data collection) and then creating the charts and products for the port. When both the data collection and all of the charts and products for the port are created, the port is considered to be completed. As of March 2021 the Canadian Hydrographic Service has completed the bathymetric survey for 23 ports. Charts have been fully completed for 10 of the ports, are in progress for a further 8 ports, while the charts for the remaining 5 ports are scheduled for completion by March 31, 2022. Some ports have multiple charts so overall, 33 charts have been completed, 12 are in progress and 8 have not yet started. In the Arctic, targeted and opportunistic hydrographic surveys have been undertaken using Canadian Coast Guard vessels as well as contracted survey projects to the private sector. As of May 2021, approximately 40% of the proposed Primary and Secondary Low Impact Shipping Corridors have been surveyed to modern standards.
- The Proactive Vessel Management (PVM) initiative has partnered with Indigenous Nations and organizations in BC and the Arctic to launch five pilot projects. Through these projects, collaborative forums have been created to identify marine management and vessel traffic concerns, and to co-develop voluntary measures with marine industry and other stakeholders. Lessons learned from the pilot projects will help to inform the development of future PVM forums and long-term commitments in pilot regions.
- Completed studies and continued research and analysis on anchorages. Continued engagement activities on anchorages with key stakeholders, including port and industry partners as well as Indigenous and coastal communities to define and gather feedback on the key challenges.
- Developed a national framework and a national engagement strategy for the enhanced Places of Refuge (POR) regime in Canada (including researching other international best practices). Pacific region has already completed two new sub-regional annexes for Haida Gwaii and Queen Charlotte Strait. Other regions have initiated engagement and research activities for the identification of potential additional places of refuge.
- Completed the second call-for-proposals targeted at the governments of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Katavik Regional Government representing the Nunavik Region, and the Nunatsiavut Government to improve the marine environment and the safety and efficiency of sealift and resupply operations in northern communities.
- Announced a contribution of $64.9 million for 15 projects that will improve sealift/resupply operations in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut.
- Announced close to $1M in funding for 4 Arctic Indigenous communities (Gjoa Haven, Cambridge Bay and Rankin Inlet, NU, and Ulukhaktok, NT) to buy search and rescue capable boats as well as other related equipment.
- Across Canada, the Coast Guard employs post-secondary students to provide supplementary maritime search and rescue services during the busy summer season; in the North, the recruits are Indigenous students.
- Provided Incident Command System and TC Incident Management System training to program officers in Headquarters to enhance the effectiveness of response capacity
- ECCC participated in and evaluated Canadian Coast Guard-led marine response exercises in the Pacific and Atlantic Regions to test environmental response capacity support and readiness
- ECCC has delivered ICS training to internal strategic response partners throughout the Department
- ECCC and DFO have struck the Data Management Advisory Team to ensure that data on environmental sensitive features or areas provided in advice during a response is science based, supports the reasonable measures provisions of the Fisheries Act and Canadian Environmental Protection Act, as well as requirements under Migratory Birds Convention Act and Species at Risk Act.
- ECCC is working to make spills data available to planning and response partners. ECCC is also working collaboratively with DFO to make science-based data available to planning and response partners. A strategy is in development to phase in data availability, subject to the approvals of ECCC and DFO data stewards.
- ECCC has developed a science-based decision-making tool that can produce maps for clients, provide web map services to partner systems like EMSA, and deploy Common Operating Pictures in service of responses.
- ECCC collected baseline information on marine birds and their habitats in northern British Columbia to better understand the impact of threats.
- ECCC assessed the effects of oil (dilbit) on marine birds.
- ECCC completed coastal imaging and refinement of shoreline classification in Northern BC.
- ECCC completed National Wildlife Emergency Response Framework to provide guidance on wildlife issues during emergency response.
- ECCC enhanced its capacity to enforce wildlife and environmental laws for the east and west coasts by cross-training officers on both wildlife, and environmental legislations to respond to reported incidents that may contravene 5.1 of the Migratory Bird Convention Act and 36(3) of the Fisheries Act.
- ECCC enhanced its marine patrols related to the Disposal at Sea Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and to the general prohibition section of the Fisheries Act in the Pacific and Atlantic areas.
- ECCC also developed and deployed into operations a Canadian Oil-Spill Modelling Suite (COSMoS) of software applications suited to emergency response to simulate and predict oil spills and other pollution in Canadian maritime waters.
- Completed advanced version of new Standard Operating Procedures for marine incident management, including Environmental response
- Developed a Lessons-Learned dashboard to document previous and current major maritime incidents and prioritize improvements to Operating Procedures
- Reopened the Canadian Coast Guard’s Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland to better coordinate on-the-water responses to marine incidents.
- Opened new Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue stations in Victoria, British Columbia and St. Anthony, Old Perlican, and Twilingate, Newfoundland and Labrador
- Increased the staffing levels of trained and certified Officers at our Marine Communications and Traffic Services (MCTS) Centres contributing to the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government’s response to marine emergencies, including marine pollution incidents, and the strategic management of all marine transportation-related emergencies. In addition, created four MCTS regional training officers that support the continuous training and certification of MCTS Officers, ensure national consistency and are key elements of the MCTS Quality Management System.
- ECCC developed and deployed into operations two higher resolution coastal ocean models for enhanced marine safety (e-navigation) and environmental response
- Protected coastal waters and communities on the West Coast with two offshore emergency towing vessels that supported the Coast Guard’s Environmental Response and Search and Rescue mandates, as well as being capable of towing large ships in distress. In support of a Seamless Response Regime, completed initial analysis and Phase I national engagement, with relevant federal partners across Canada, aimed at identifying and validating response actions to a non-ship source oil spill.
- Coast Guard successfully established 24/7 Regional Operations Centers (ROCs) in the Atlantic, Western, and Central and Arctic regions, as well as a 24/7 National Command Centre. These centers monitor and assess marine events, mainly marine pollution incidents. All four Regional Operations Centers are currently providing continuous 24/7 operations.
- Acquired emergency tow kits for large Canadians Coast Guard vessels to strengthen our ability to tow large disabled vessels. 76 emergency tow kits have been procured, 17 exist on ships and the rest are placed in strategic areas around the country.
- By 2022 the emergency tow kits will be optimized for different procedures and training will be provided to the fleet on towing in general and the use of the kits.
- Invested in new, modern environmental response equipment for the Canadian Coast Guard across Canada, and continued to take delivery of a variety of new equipment in all three regions. This new equipment includes curtain boom, high speed sweep systems and skimmers and fence boom system which form a temporary barrier to contain an oil spill, which all contribute to the recovery of a spill and helping reduce the spread of oil. Future procurements include Mobile Incident Command Posts, temporary storage devices such as barges and bladders and equipment trailers.
- ECCC undertook and reported on multiple laboratory and field studies to advance ECCC’s Alternative Response Measures research.
- ECCC updated the Crude Oil and petroleum products database with 16 new additions available on Open Data. The information is widely used for spill response including government, industry and emergency response organizations worldwide https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/53c38f91-35c8-49a6-a437-b311703db8c5
- ECCC completed nearly 4,200 peer-reviewed Arctic and Marine Oil Spill Program (AMOP) papers, Government of Canada publication and technical reports as part of ECCC’s project to digitize five decades of spill-related scientific publications. The collection is available through the public-facing Federal Science Library portal through the Government of Canada publications website (http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/home.html)
- ECCC produced two new oil spill field guides to provide technical support tools for decision-makers to advance spill planning, response and recovery.
- For fiscal year 2020/21, due to the covid-19 pandemic Public Health Agency Canada travel restrictions, the National Arial Surveillance Program (NASP) aircrew did not deploy to the Arctic. However, the aircrew remained in an operational state of readiness for urgent requests such as vessel groundings, oil spills, etc. and remained available if deployment was required.
- Under this initiative, the construction of the hangar and accommodations unit has received some setbacks due to insufficient funding. Therefore the completion date for this complex has been extended beyond the original completion of March 2022. If additional funding is received, the new forecasted completion date for the hangar is 2023/24 and the Accommodations Unit is Summer 2024/25.
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Transport Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canadian Coast Guard
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Pillar 2 - Preservation and Restoration of Marine Ecosystems include:
- Collection of baseline data and cumulative effects assessment - working closely with Indigenous and coastal communities, the Government of Canada will create a pilot baseline program to better understand the cumulative effects of shipping on coastal ecosystems.
- Protect aquatic ecosystems - new measures will be funded that implement a real-time whale detection system to alert mariners to the presence of whales, which will help them avoid interactions and vessel strikes.
- Addressing abandoned vessels - The Government is implementing a national strategy that focuses on the prevention and removal of these problem vessels.
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$342.2M |
TC: $30,451,661
DFO/CCG: $49,448,318
Total: $79,899,979
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TC: $25,343,914
DFO/CCG: $50,642,694
Total: $75,986,608
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The number of abandoned and wrecked vessels addressed
Percentage of projects funded through Coastal Restoration Fund contribution agreements leading to rehabilitation of aquatic habitats
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By 2022, at least 275 abandoned and wrecked vessels addressed
90% of projects funded through Coastal Restoration Fund contribution agreements lead to rehabilitation of aquatic habitats
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2022 |
- Since 2017, fishery officers have spent more than 43,000 hours supporting marine mammal response across Canada, more than 2,200 hours related to air surveillance and nearly 22,000 hours dedicated to Marine Protected Areas.
- Preserving and restoring marine ecosystems by using new tools and research mechanisms, and by taking measures to address abandoned, hazardous and wrecked vessels, including:
- Assessing options to enhance the pleasure craft-licensing system to better identify ownership, and options to create a vessel-owner financed remediation Fund;
- Developing a national inventory of abandoned or wrecked vessels and a methodology for prioritizing these vessels for removal;
- Enforcing the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act, which came into force in July 2019. To date, TC has addressed approximately 300 vessels using authorities under this Act, including 172 in 2020-21.
- Addressing to date an additional 282 vessels under the Small Craft Harbours Abandoned and Wrecked Vessels Removal Program in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans; and
- Taking continued measures to address abandoned, hazardous and wrecked vessels under the Abandoned Boats Program (ABP). In 2020-21 we provided funding for an additional 44 projects to assess abandoned boats and 51 projects to remove abandoned boats.
- Providing $200K in funding under the Abandoned Boats Program to support research into vessel design for the environment. To date the program has provided funding towards 3 research projects to enhance vessel recycling options and 5 education and outreach initiatives to improve vessel owner awareness of their responsibilities for end of life vessel management.
- Issuing 2 grants totaling $1.8M under the Innovative Solutions Canada program to support the prototype development of economically viable and energy efficient means to recycle fiberglass hulls from vessels that have reached end of life.
- Launching consultations with stakeholders on proposed enhancements to pleasure craft licensing requirements to better identify owners.
- Combined, these actions are helping to restore marine habitats and ecosystems in key strategic areas. Under the Oceans Protection Plan, in partnership with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard we, have met our federal objective of addressing at least 275 abandoned and wrecked vessels by March 31, 2022, two years ahead of schedule.
- In addition, the Canadian Coast Guard continued to advance the national strategy on vessels of concern by continuing to update a national inventory of vessels of concern across Canada, and advanced the development of a Risk Assessment Methodology which provides a risk-based strategy to prioritize vessels in the national inventory to determine the scope and scale of the issue. Coast Guard transferred 150 vessels to Transport Canada from the national inventory. Vessels were transferred based on Transport Canada’s Navigation Protection Program’s scope and mandate under the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act.
- To restore important coastal aquatic habitats on all Canadian coasts, DFO has allocated over $70 million in funding to over 60 projects under the Coastal Restoration Fund (CRF). In March 2020, DFO announced the CRF’s support for 24 new projects, worth $13 million, of which 21 contribution agreements were signed in FY 2019-20. The project has expended all Oceans Protection Plan available funding. Project activities are taking place on all three coasts.
- DFO allocated $55 million in funding under the CRF to protect and restore important marine ecosystems on all Canadian coasts.
- Worked with Indigenous and coastal communities and other stakeholders to undertake 56 projects with 40 partners to collect coastal environmental baseline information at six sites along the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic coasts.
- TC collaborated with Indigenous Nations to identify valued components for cumulative effects assessments in 4 pilot sites in the Cumulative Effects of Marine Shipping initiative.
- After collaborating with Indigenous partners, academic experts and other stakeholders, TC distributed a draft national framework for cumulative effects assessments and received feedback from 15 partner organizations, including Indigenous Nations, academia, governmental and other stakeholders.
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Transport Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canadian Coast Guard
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Pillar 3 - Active role - the Government will create opportunities for Indigenous communities to participate and play an active role in responsible shipping and the marine safety regime
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$136.2M |
TC: $21,726,122
DFO/CCG: $6,336,751
Total: $28,062,873
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TC: $12,663,157
DFO/CCG: $10,940,633
Total: $23,603,790
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The number of Indigenous groups that participate in Canada’s marine safety system |
Specific target to be determined by April 2022 following engagement with Indigenous partners |
2027 |
- Continuing to build regional Indigenous partnerships to address marine planning, shipping, marine safety and oceans protection over a large geographic area through:
- The Reconciliation Framework Agreement for Bioregional Oceans Management and Protection (RFA) partnership agreement with 14 Pacific North and Central Coast First Nations was signed and announced in June 2018; and later signed with Kitselas First Nation and Kitsumkalum Indian Band in September 2020.
- The Commitment to Action and Results (C2AR), an agreement between the Government of Canada and the First Nation Fisheries Council (FNFC), was signed March 2019.
- A total of 21 contribution agreements with $5.8 million in approved funding was signed under Transport Canada’s Indigenous and Local Communities Engagement and Partnership Program (ILCEPP) in 2019. This funding supports ongoing, long-term engagement and partnership on Oceans Protection Plan measures, including signed agreements with regional Indigenous organizations across all regions.
- Over $4.1 million in grant funding was approved through Transport Canada’s Community Participation Funding Program (CPFP) to support Indigenous and local community participation in developing and improving Canada's marine transportation system. Under a contribution agreement, the Assembly of First Nations is currently developing a conceptual framework to guide the co-development indicators assessment process between Oceans Protection Plan Departments and Indigenous partners. This work will be completed by March 2022 and will enable the joint assessment of partnerships for Oceans Protection Plan forward planning.
- Under a contribution agreement, the Assembly of First Nations is currently developing a conceptual framework to guide the co-development indicators assessment process between Oceans Protection Plan Departments and Indigenous partners. This work will be completed by March 2022.
- Provided Marine Training Program funding to three schools to help underrepresented groups, such as women, Northerners, Inuit and Indigenous Peoples, access marine training. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some training has been delayed.
- Provided emergency response and waterway management training to Indigenous communities in British Columbia to increase their knowledge and skills, and support the important role they play in marine safety in their communities.
- Coast Guard continues to negotiate a number of contribution agreements with Indigenous communities and organizations to strengthen their ability to respond to local emergencies and better protect coastlines, including funding for: new marine liaison positions; specialized training and exercising; access to local marine traffic information; and, community boats to support local search and rescue and environmental response.
- Identified 6 pilot sites and engaged communities and Indigenous nations across all sites to collaboratively understand issues and concerns with respect to marine vessel traffic activities on all three coasts, and worked to identify geographic boundaries for the study areas.
- As part of the Northern Low Impact Shipping Corridors Initiative, completed Phase I engagement with provincial, territorial and regional governments, and Inuit, Métis and First Nations organizations with a total of 16 sessions; completed a study on governance models.
- Advanced the key elements and objectives identified in the Oceans Protection Plan Commitment to Action and Results with the First Nations Fisheries Council (FNFC), signed in March 2019.
- Coast Guard signed Memorandums of Understanding with the Gitga’at and Gizaala to develop a mutually beneficial working relationship.
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Transport Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canadian Coast Guard
Natural Resources Canada
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Pillar 4 - A Stronger Evidence Base and Increased Community Participation and Public Awareness |
$106.4M
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TC: $1,039,486
NRCan: $1,200,000
DFO/CCG: $20,213,601
Total:
$22,453,087
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TC: $449,805
NRCan:
$1,260,385
DFO/CCG: $20,332,060
Total:
$22,042,250
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The percent of policies and operational response plans developed through the OPP that are supported by scientific, local/traditional, and other relevant information and knowledge |
100% of policies and operational response plans are supported by scientific, local/traditional, and other relevant information/knowledge |
2022 |
- Advancing knowledge and the scientific advice provided to oil spill responders to inform the response approach to a spill and the resulting decision-making
- For example, under the new Oceans Protection Plan project, Improving Drift Prediction and Near-shore Modelling, the Government of Canada is in the process of developing and refining new high resolution hydrodynamic models for accurate prediction of ocean characteristics including surface currents, water level, temperature, and salinity within 6 high priority ports. These ocean models will allow the Government of Canada to accurately track spills and predict their path and fate, enhancing the protection of coastal communities.
- 47 publications on the fate, behaviour and effects of oil in marine ecosystems and oil spill clean-up technologies have been produced through Oceans Protection Plan funded Contribution Programs.
- Continuing to address increased data processing requirements under Oceans Protection Plan by investing in new IT services such as High-Performance Computing (HPC), which is used in the creation and analysis of complex scientific models used to help predict the future state of our oceans.
- Signed agreements with partners to develop and/or test technologies able to detect the presence of whales in near real-time, specifically the North Atlantic right whale and the Southern Resident killer whale.
- Continuing scientific research to better understand the impact of shipping-related noise on the endangered North Atlantic right whale, St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga and Southern Resident killer whale.
- Continued collaborative lab- and tank-scale studies designed to determine and potentially enhance natural degradation pathways for crude oil and selected pre-treated and refined products. Reported on results and shared with spill modellers.
- Participated in field-scale spill tests being led by academics. In particular, collaboration continued with the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area oil spill test program in a northern Ontario fresh water lake where one joint publication was published and a new project, assessing the performance of natural biodegradation processes to reduce diluted bitumen and conventional heavy oil contamination in lake water and sediment, was initiated.
- NRCan spill science knowledge was used to:
- Initiate a research project for Indigenous clients, in collaboration with ECCC and DFO
- Contribute impact assessment reviews to three major projects including Roberts Bank and Delta Port Expansions in Vancouver and one oil exploration Environmental Impact Statement for Newfoundland Offshore
- Participated in a day-long spill response exercise in northern British Columbia requested by BC Oil and Gas
- Review two Spill Impact Mitigation Assessments upon request from the Science Table for the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore
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Transport Canada
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Canadian Coast Guard
Natural Resources Canada
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Pillar 4 - A Stronger Evidence Base and Increased Community Participation and Public Awareness |
The percentage of Canadians who are confident in Canada’s marine safety system |
By 2022, at least 70% of Canadians and at least 75% of coastal communities have moderate or fully confidence in Canada’s marine safety system
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2022 |
- Continuing to raise awareness about the Oceans Protection Plan and marine safety, including engaging and receiving ongoing input from Canadians.
- Angus Reid Public Opinion Research, commissioned by the independent Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping in February 2021, showed a 6% increase in public confidence in Canada's marine safety system since the start of the Oceans Protection Plan (71% very/fairly confident versus 65% in 2016). Government of Canada public opinion results from the previous year (February 2020) showed 67% of Canadians have confidence in Canada’s marine safety system.
- Transport Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan Dialogue Forum took place in January 2020 in Vancouver. It was the seventh dialogue forum held since 2017 and was the largest to date with 200 registrants. Forum participants were largely external to federal government, with 115 representing 85 organizations. These included ENGOs, local government, marine and shipping industry. 16 Oceans Protection Plan and marine initiatives were featured, with federal department representatives providing updates and engaging with stakeholders. The Forums have evolved as multi-sector, whole of government anchor events for engagement on Oceans Protection Plan and marine safety and environment initiatives, and have been very successful to date in providing information and updates, and soliciting feedback from stakeholders
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