Under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act (CNWA), you may need to get an approval from Transport Canada or go through the public resolution process to build, alter, or remove a work (structure) that is in, on, over, under, through or across any navigable water.
Before you apply, using the Project Review Tool, you must determine whether:
- your work will be located on a waterway listed on the Annex of scheduled waterways under the CNWA
- your work may interfere with navigation or not
- your project is categorized as a major or minor work