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Canadian Navigable Waters Act Fees Regulations
SOR/2024-148
Registration 2024-06-21
Canadian Navigable Waters Act Fees Regulations
P.C. 2024-800 2024-06-21
Her Excellency the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, makes the annexed Canadian Navigable Waters Act Fees Regulations under subsection 28(1)Footnote a of the Canadian Navigable Waters ActFootnote b.
Return to footnote aS.C. 2019, c. 28, ss. 61(1) to (3)
Return to footnote bR.S., c. N-22; S.C. 2012, c. 31, s. 316; S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 46
Application for Approval
Marginal note:Fees
1 An owner who submits an application for an approval under subsection 5(1) or paragraph 10(1)(a) of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act to construct, place, alter or rebuild a work must pay to the Minister the fee set out in the table to this section that corresponds to the period set out in column 1 during which the application is submitted and to the category of the work specified, as the case may be, in column 2, in column 3 or in column 4.
TABLE
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Period during which the application is submitted | Fee payable ($) — Work listed under category 1 in the schedule | Fee payable ($) — Work listed under category 2 in the schedule | Fee payable ($) — Work listed under category 3 in the schedule |
| 1 | Ending on March 31, 2025 | 275 | 770 | 2,365 |
| 2 | Beginning on April 1, 2025 and ending on March 31, 2026 | 350 | 980 | 3,010 |
| 3 | Beginning on April 1, 2026 and ending on March 31, 2027 | 425 | 1,190 | 3,655 |
| 4 | Beginning on April 1, 2027 | 500 | 1,400 | 4,300 |
Marginal note:More than one work
2 If an application for an approval concerns more than one work, the fee payable is the sum of the fees required for each of the works.
Application for Exemption
Marginal note:Fee and payment
3 A fee of $66,000 must be paid to the Minister at the time an application for an exemption is submitted under subsection 24(1) of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act.
Consequential Amendment
4 [Amendments]
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Publication
5 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.
SCHEDULE(Section 1)List of Work Types
| Column 1 | Column 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Work Type | Description |
| Category 1 | ||
| 1 | Boathouse | Structure designed for the shelter and storage of vessels. |
| 2 | Boat lift | Structure designed to secure and store a vessel by lifting the vessel out of the water. |
| 3 | Dock — recreational | Structure connected to the shore, lying alongside or projecting into the water, for the berthing of vessels intended for recreational use. |
| 4 | Fountain | Structure from which one or more jets of water are pumped into the air. |
| 5 | Helicopter logging area | Area demarcated by ropes, booms or other similar works in the water, used for the dropping of logs brought by helicopter. |
| 6 | Mooring system | System consisting of a single mooring buoy and a mooring line that attaches to a vessel. |
| 7 | Raft | Anchored floating platform that is not connected to the shore and that may be used for the practice of aquatic activities or the mooring of vessels intended for the private use of a residential owner. |
| 8 | Scientific equipment | Device or structure placed in, on, over, under, through or across the water for the purpose of monitoring, measuring or recording data. |
| 9 | Slipway and boat-launching ramp — recreational | Any type of inclined path or structure, such as a marine railway, by which vessels can be launched into or retrieved from the water, for the private use of a residential owner. |
| 10 | Swimming area | Area for swimming that has been demarcated from the rest of a navigable water by ropes, booms or other similar works. |
| Category 2 | ||
| 11 | Aerial cable | Cable suspended in the air, such as a telecommunication or power line or a zipline, including the towers and poles from which it is suspended. |
| 12 | Aquaculture facility — species other than finfish | Facility used for the production, maintenance and breeding of harvestable freshwater, estuarine or marine plants or shellfish. |
| 13 | Cofferdam | Watertight enclosure pumped dry to permit construction work below the waterline. |
| 14 | Culvert | Opening allowing water to pass through an obstruction. |
| 15 | Dock — commercial | Structure connected to the shore, lying alongside or projecting into the water for the berthing of vessels intended for commercial or public use. |
| Structure or path typically made up of rubble and concrete at which vessels can dock or be moored. | |
| Structure raised on pilings that extends into a navigable water from the shore and is primarily used by people to walk or to berth vessels requiring deeper water to load or unload goods or to board or disembark passengers. | |
| Structure that is used to load or unload goods or to board or disembark passengers from vessels and does not have integrated machinery for those purposes. | |
| 16 | Dredging | Excavation of material from the bed of a navigable water. |
| 17 | Dumping site | Site for the dumping of materials excavated from the bed of a navigable water. |
| 18 | Embankment | Wall or bank of earth or stone constructed to prevent the flooding of an area, except for low-lying lands. |
| 19 | Environmental or fish habitat compensation installation | Structure designed to create a habitat for fish and protect certain species or to compensate for the loss of environmental resources. |
| Human-created underwater structure, typically constructed to support marine life. | |
| Structure used to facilitate the migration and movement of fish around artificial or natural barriers, also known as a fish ladder. | |
| 20 | Erosion protection installation | Structure designed to protect against erosion. |
| Structure used to control erosion and sedimentation by reducing the rate of surface runoff. | |
| Rigid structure constructed out into the water from the shore to control and protect against erosion. | |
| Rock or other material placed to protect shoreline structures against scour and erosion due to water, waves or ice. | |
| 21 | Fence | Upright structure, placed in a navigable water, that encloses an area to mark a boundary, control access or prevent intrusion or escape. |
| Structure, typically composed of nets and poles, used for counting and measuring fish and other aquatic species. | |
| 22 | Fish trap | Device for catching fish that consists of a net or another structure that directs the fish to an enclosure. |
| 23 | Floating park | Floating structure for commercial or public use, such as a water amusement park or play area. |
| 24 | Geotechnical testing installation | Drill rig and its associated platform and equipment, used for the excavation of the bed of a navigable water to investigate the physical properties of earthworks and foundations around a potential construction project. This work type includes all boreholes that are drilled for a specific project or are within the footprint of a planned work. |
| 25 | Geothermal loop | Device placed in a loop system in a navigable water to capture geothermal energy for heating or cooling. |
| 26 | Log dumping area | Area demarcated by ropes, booms or other similar works in the water where logs are dumped or stored, including installations with a ramp for the loading or unloading of logs from the water to land. |
| 27 | Aquatic sports utilities installation | Structure used for the practice of aquatic sports. |
| Ramp used in aquatic sports to perform jumps. | |
| Series of buoys that create a designated course. | |
| 28 | Outfall | Point of conveyance, such as a drain or pipe, of wastewater or other effluents into a navigable water. |
| 29 | Platform | Floating or suspended platform, typically used for commercial purposes. |
| Structure installed on, or close to, a work and used to facilitate access to the work for various purposes such as repair, construction and inspection. | |
| 30 | Retaining wall | Wall used to separate elevated land from a navigable water. |
| 31 | Rock reinforcement | Structure offering additional support to another structure or a natural bank to improve its stability and load-carrying capacity. |
| 32 | Shore laying | Laying of sand, rocks or boulders to enlarge a shore or create a new shore that is integrated with and follows the existing bank of a navigable water, other than for protection against erosion. |
| 33 | Silt curtain | Structure, often of a temporary nature, placed in the water to control and contain silt and sediment disturbed by construction activities in or near a navigable water, dredging operations or rainwater runoff. |
| 34 | Slipway and boat-launching ramp — commercial | Any type of inclined path or structure, such as a marine railway, by which vessels can be launched into or retrieved from the water, for commercial or public use. |
| 35 | Spillway | Structure typically used to control the release of water from a dam or levee downstream. |
| 36 | Stilling well | Structure, including any attached water intakes, connected to a navigable water or flow channel to dampen waves or surges. |
| 37 | Submarine cable | Cable of any kind submerged or buried under the bed of a navigable water. |
| 38 | Walkway | Raised passage or path across a navigable water for walking and connecting different parts of an area. |
| 39 | Water filtration system | Structure placed in a navigable water to treat, clean and purify water. |
| 40 | Water intake | Structure used for collecting water from a navigable water and conveying it via pipeline. |
| 41 | Winter road crossing or ice bridge | Structure placed in a navigable water to aid the formation of ice to create a frozen water surface for crossing over. |
| Category 3 | ||
| 42 | Aquaculture facility — finfish | Facility used for the production, maintenance and breeding of finfish. |
| 43 | Artificial island | Land mass that is created artificially. |
| 44 | Boom and barrier | Structure that is placed in the water to control and contain oil, floating debris, invasive aquatic plants, trash and turbidites, or any other type of obstruction. |
| Boom designed to contain or deflect debris such as aquatic plants, floating particles, plastic packaging and branches in an area. | |
| Boom designed to retain ice and maintain water flow. | |
| Boom designed to collect or contain floating logs. | |
| Barrier designed to protect an area from tides, vessels or other hazards. | |
| Safety and security boom that restricts the circulation of vessels or swimmers or acts as a safety barrier for dams or against obstructions. | |
| 45 | Breakwater | Structure designed to protect an anchorage, harbour or other work from the effects of weather conditions and waves. |
| Floating wave attenuator used to protect an area from waves. | |
| 46 | Bridge | Elevated structure carrying a road, path, railroad or any other similar thing across a navigable water. |
| 47 | Building | Structure having a roof or walls that is constructed on a navigable water and is not otherwise identified in this Schedule. |
| Building with a flotation system that is moored or secured and not used for navigating. | |
| Structure constructed in a navigable water used for the landing and takeoff of helicopters. | |
| Structure used to observe the surroundings. | |
| 48 | Canal | Artificial watercourse typically constructed in a size suitable for navigation. |
| 49 | Causeway | Raised path, railway or road across a navigable water, typically made of compacted earth, sand and rocks. |
| 50 | Dam | Structure designed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir. |
| 51 | Dolphin | Structure consisting of closely driven piles used as a fender for a dock or as a mooring or guide for vessels or other works. |
| 52 | Drilling platform | Structure with facilities for well drilling and deep-sea mining for minerals or other resources beneath the seabed. |
| Structure with facilities for well drilling used to explore, extract, store and process petroleum and natural gas that are contained in rock formations beneath the seabed. | |
| 53 | Dyke | Structure typically constructed parallel to a shore to contain water along low-lying land and regulate its effects, or to guide its flow. |
| 54 | Ferry cable | Cable connected to two shores of, and used to guide a ferry across, a navigable water. |
| 55 | Harbour | Group of structures that shelter anchored or moored vessels from rough waters and bad weather and allow for the loading or unloading of goods or the boarding or disembarking of passengers. |
| 56 | Infill | Dumping of fill in a concentrated area for construction or development. |
| 57 | Lock | Confined section of a canal or other navigable water in which the water level can be changed using gates and sluices for the purpose of raising or lowering vessels between two gates. |
| 58 | Marina | Group of structures that provide mooring or berthing capacity for recreational vessels and may have supply, repair and other facilities required for the use of the vessels. |
| 59 | Mooring facility | Group of more than eight mooring systems situated within a concentrated area and belonging to the same owner, offering mooring services to vessels. |
| 60 | Pilings | Posts driven vertically into the bed of a navigable water to support the foundations of a structure. |
| 61 | Pipeline | Pipe for conveying any type of matter. |
| 62 | Power project | Any type of facility that generates power. |
| Structure used to produce electrical energy from the flow of water, typically through the use of a dam. | |
| Structure used to produce electrical energy from the tides. | |
| Structure used to produce electrical energy from the wind. | |
| 63 | Scuttled vessel | Vessel that has been deliberately sunk by allowing water to flow into the hull. |
| 64 | Spud barge | Flat-bottomed vessel moored by steel shafts or through-deck piling that is used for the construction, placement, alteration, rebuilding, removal, repair or decommissioning of another work. |
| 65 | Terminal | Structure with integrated machinery used to load and unload container vessels, bulk carriers, tanker ships or roll-on roll-off vessels, or to allow passengers to board or disembark from vessels. |
| Terminal used to load and unload, or to allow passengers to board or disembark from, vessels that require water depth of 9.144 m (30 ft) or more. | |
| Structure that typically has integrated mechanisms used primarily to board or disembark passengers from ferries. | |
| 66 | Tunnel | Underground passageway that allows crossing beneath a navigable water. |
| Underwater passageway containing supporting structures for cables and joints or other elements of wiring systems and whose dimensions allow people to pass freely throughout its entire length. | |
| 67 | Water control structure | Structure designed to manage water levels and flows in channels and pipes. |
| System of structures that diverts water from an area upstream to an area downstream of a navigable water or toward another body of water. | |
| 68 | Weir | Structure constructed across a navigable water used to slightly raise the water level on the upstream side and allow a steady flow of water over parts of that structure. |
| Weir, typically made of rock or concrete, constructed entirely or partially across a navigable water and used to direct the passage of or trap fish. | |
| Weir constructed entirely below the surface of a navigable water. | |
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