• All pleasure craft powered by 7.5 kilowatts (10 horsepower) motors or more are required to be licensed (As of April 2006, licensing is being handled by Service Canada.)
• It is no longer mandatory for pleasure craft over 15 gross tonnage to be registered
• Pleasure craft licences issued after the new regulations come into force will expire after 10 years. In addition, licence holders must report a change of name or address
• The Single Vessel Label Program will be discontinued and only the manufacturer’s compliance notice program will be in effect
• Manufacturers continue to be held responsible for compliance notices for pleasure craft
• Stricter requirements for the boating safety test* used to license operators of pleasure craft. This will be followed by the introduction of a new accreditation framework of private sector course providers who administer these tests on Transport Canada’s behalf

* The Pleasure Craft Operator Card test (PCOC), or the "boat licence" as it is often called, will go to 50 questions from the current 36. The Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons have already moved to the more stringent level - however, the CPS card is also recognized in the USA, whereas other cards are not.