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Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard (Fr Garde côtière canadienne, CCG/GCC) is the coast guard of Canada, and is the federal agency responsible for the protection of both Canada's coasts and the mariners sailing off them. It belongs to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

The CCG's specific responsibilities include search and rescue, boating safety, marine navigation, environmental protection, and icebreaking.

The Coast Guard received its present name on January 28, 1962.

Coast Guard officers train at the Canadian Coast Guard College on Cape Breton Island.

The Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary is a nonprofit organization that assists the CCG with its search and rescue and boating safety programs.

External link

• Canadian Coast Guard homepage

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