Canadian Coast Guard

The Canadian Coast Guard or CCG (Fr. Garde côtière canadienne or GCC) is the coast guard of Canada. It is the federal agency responsible for providing marine search and rescue (SAR), aids to navigation (NAVAIDs), marine pollution response, icebreaking, and the annual Arctic resupply missions for isolated northern coastal communities in Canada. The CCG is responsible for patroling the world's longest coastline of 202,080 km. The CCG is under the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

Related Topics:
Coast guard - Canada - Search and rescue - Navigation - Pollution response - Icebreaking - Arctic - Department of Fisheries and Oceans - Ottawa, Ontario

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Canadian Coast Guard Crest

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