stanfromhell
Senior Member
What would be the advantage of spending the extra $250 to register my trawler, which i don't intend to charter or lease. When it comes time to sell, is it easier to sell a registerd Canadian boat in the USA?
Just off the top of my head, it's been awhile since I dealt with this, but Registering a boat with Transport Canada gives you a few advantages. 1. Unique name in the Registry. 2. The ability to register a mortgage on the boat. 3. Positive ownership documentation. It is a Federal Registry and the information is exchanged with other Governments when/where required. Licensing is a Provincial 'ownership' of the boat. It has no way of protecting a unique name and the boat will display an identifying number. You can call the boat anything you want and put any city, town, village as the hailing port.
Either registration, I don't think, would cause any problems selling the boat in the US.
Canadian Register of Vessels - Transport Canada
Almost right ....
There is a list of available Ports of Register to choose from, you cannot choose just any city.
Licensing is also a Federal matter, not provincial and a license is not proof of ownership.
You cannot call the boat anything you want.The name must be approved by Transport Canada.
Licensing can be done at Provincial Service Locations (license bureau such as Service Ontario). Last time I had to deal with licensing it was Provincial, sorry.
Cost: Here is why so many are licensing, there is no charge. To be registered, you need the $250 fee already mentioned to be paid, you need to have your name and markings properly "carved into the main beam" (or equivalent) and you need all of this to be "viewed" by someone with the proper credentials. All of these steps involve some further cost.
Do boats have titles in Canada?
No, thank god or the parasites would want annual property taxes like some states.