Do you live in one of the following types of communities?
Do you consider yourself to be an Indigenous person or member of a First Nation?
Which of the following best describes you? Are you a First Nations person, Métis, or Inuk?
Do you live in an Indigenous or First Nation community for at least 6 months of the year?
Marine safety issues including safe shipping practices in Canada
Steps taken in Canada to protect the marine environment
Marine safety including safe shipping practices
Protecting the marine environment
How confident are you in Canada's marine safety system?
Can you point to something that you have heard or seen that makes you feel this way?
Has your confidence in Canada's marine safety system increased, decreased or stayed the same compared with five (5) years ago?
prevent accidents, such as an oil spill, that contribute to marine pollution
monitor marine pollution
respond to accidents, such as an oil spill, that contribute to marine pollution
work closely with Indigenous Peoples and coastal communities to protect Canada's coasts and waterways
Have you seen, read or heard anything about the Government of Canada's Oceans Protection Plan?
Government of Canada launched the Oceans Protection Plan in November 2016. It involves a $1.5 billion investment to better protect Canada's coasts and waterways and improve marine safety. Do you recall hearing or reading about this...
Where do you recall hearing about Canada's Oceans Protection Plan?
What do you recall hearing about the Plan?
Bringing more Canadians and Indigenous peoples into the marine safety system
Making marine pollution response stronger, better, and faster
Protecting Canada's endangered whale species
Protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems
Removing wrecked and abandoned vessels
Investing in scientific research to support decisions on marine safety
Boosting marine safety in the Arctic
Strengthen polluter-pay principles to ensure that companies take responsibility for spills that damage marine environments
The health of Canada's coasts and waterways
The health of marine life and plants
The health of people living in Indigenous as well as coastal communities
The safety of the shipping industry
Local economies near Canada's coasts and waterways
Protecting endangered whales
Improve marine safety and responsible shipping along Canada's waterways and coasts
Protect Canada's marine environment
Offer new possibilities for Indigenous and coastal communities to participate in Canada's marine safety system?
Clean up an oil spill
Provide a timely response to an oil spill
Ensure that polluters pay and that impacted communities are compensated for a ship-source spill or marine accident
The Government of Canada
Your provincial or territorial government
Your Indigenous/local or regional government
How important is it to you to have input into or feedback on decisions the Government of Canada makes about marine safety including safe shipping practices in your area?
How important is it for Indigenous and coastal communities to be working closely with the Government of Canada on decisions about marine safety including safe shipping practices in your area?
Have you ever looked for information about marine safety in Canada?
If you wanted to know more about Government of Canada programs, regulations and activities to protect Canada's coasts and waterways, where or who would you be most likely to go to for information?
How important do you think it is for the Government of Canada to report to Canadians about how it is performing in improving marine safety and generally protecting Canada's marine environment?
Incidence of accidents/spills
The record of cleaning up spills
Activities to train residents in Indigenous and coastal communities
Implementation of new regulations to maintain safe shipping
Have you ever participated in an engagement session in your area about marine safety or the Oceans Protection Plan?
What are the first three digits of your postal code?
In which province or territory do you live?
In what year were you born?
In which of the following age categories do you belong?
What is the highest level of formal education that you have completed?
Which of the following categories best describes your total annual household income, including income from all household members, before taxes are deducted?
Where were you born?
Are you ...
Completion marker
National Weight (2016 Census proportions)
Indigenous Weight (2016 Census proportions)