Oversees the training, examination, certification and medical fitness of all seafarers.
Certification and Licensing
Get a Candidate Document Number
You must have a Canadian Document Number before applying for a Marine Certificate issued by the Minister of Transport.
Get a marine pilotage licence or pilotage certificate
Information on the issuance, suspension and cancellation of a marine licence or certificate.
How to obtain a Canadian Marine Medical Certificate
What you need to know prior to applying for a Canadian Marine Medical Certificate, the application process and relevant restrictions.
Information for pilots/pilotage certificate holders under the General Pilotage Regulations
This page provides pilots and pilotage certificate holders with the information required to obtain or maintain a pilot licence or a pilotage certificate under the General Pilotage Regulations.
Issuing Safe Manning Documents
A minimum safe manning document is a document that sets out the minimum number of qualified persons needed to keep the vessel safe and secure and to protect the vessel, crew, passengers, cargo, and the marine environment.
Seafarer Recruitment and Placement Service (SRPS) Licensing
Requirements and process to apply for and acquire a seafarer recruitment and placement service (SRPS) licence.
Small Vessel Machinery Operator requirements
Assessing the eligibility of an applicant for a Small Vessel Machinery Operator certificate of competency.
Equivalent Qualifications and Skill Recognition
Direct Examination Process
Assesses qualifications given to seafarers by an authority other than the Minister of Transport
Request a Canadian Endorsement Attesting the Recognition of a Foreign Certificate Through the Reciprocal Arrangement
Requirements and process to apply for a Canadian endorsement.
Equivalencies for Royal Canadian Navy competencies and certificates from Transport Canada
Transport Canada, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs are working on a project that will give certain naval trades credits towards a commercial marine certificate under the Marine Personnel Regulations (MPR).
Programs
Marine Occupational Health and Safety (MOHS)
Discover the rights and responsibilities for all in the workplace, and learn about health and wellness, workplace hazards and injury prevention.
Seafarer Certification Services Modernization
Project to create a new way to deliver seafarer certification services.
Training and Resources
Information for Marine Medical Examiners
Information for current MMEs and qualified individuals wanting to become MMEs.
Information for designated physicians under the General Pilotage Regulations
This page is for physicians designated under the General Pilotage Regulations who assess seafarers’ fitness for pilotage duties and for other marine pilotage stakeholders.
Managing Fatigue at Sea in Canada
Fatigue is dangerous in all types of transportation where employees routinely work long and irregular hours for extended periods.
Canadian National Seafarers’ Welfare Board
Focusing on issues related to the welfare and well-being of seafarers, while also enhancing and improving seafarer welfare facilities in Canada.