All owners of pleasure craft will have obtained a pleasure craft license number when you purchased your vessel. Up to now, that license (and the number) have been good for life. However, Transport Canada has revised the licensing rules such that you will have to renew the license every five years. The following information has been copied from the Transport Canada website (tc.canada.ca<\/a>) to give you some basic information. More detail, and how to renew your license online are available there. \u201cA Pleasure Craft Licence (PCL) is a document with a unique number. It must<\/strong> be displayed on both sides of the bow (front) of a pleasure craft. Like a car\u2019s licence plate, it is used for identification but is not proof of ownership. It helps police and search and rescue find important information during emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Canada, if you are using your pleasure craft for recreation, it needs a Pleasure Craft Licence if it meets both of the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Pleasure Craft Licence (PCL) is a document with a unique number. It must<\/strong> be displayed on both sides of the bow (front) of a pleasure craft. Like a car\u2019s licence plate, it is used for identification but is not proof of ownership. It helps police and search and rescue find important information during emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Canada, if you are using your pleasure craft for recreation, it needs a Pleasure Craft Licence if it meets both of the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Transport Canada Revisions All owners of pleasure craft will have obtained a pleasure craft license number when you purchased your vessel. Up to now, that license (and the number) have been good for life. However, Transport Canada has revised the licensing rules such that you will have to renew the license every five years. TheContinue reading →<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,65,55,5,4,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mitchel_clyde","category-contributor","category-export","category-federal","category-government","category-mot","has-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8482"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8494,"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8482\/revisions\/8494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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