Small Vessel Regulations (SOR/2010-91)

303 (1) A person responsible for an enterprise that conducts guided excursions and the leader of a guided excursion shall ensure that

• (a) every participant in the excursion wears the following safety equipment:

  • (i) a personal flotation device or lifejacket of an appropriate size, and

  • (ii) when on class 3 or above waters, a helmet of an appropriate size; and

• (b) any equipment or material that is carried on board the vessel and that is not being used is secured in place when the vessel is moving.

(2) If the water temperature is less than 15ºC, a person responsible for an enterprise that conducts guided excursions and the leader of a guided excursion shall ensure that equipment is immediately available or that procedures are established to protect the participants from the effects of hypothermia or cold shock resulting from swamping, capsizing or falling overboard.