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Canada
Canadian Navigable Waters Act
Deposit and Dewatering
s 23
(2)

Canadian Navigable Waters Act

In forceThis text since 28 Aug 2019law://ca/rsc/1985/n-22/sec_23__subsec_2@2026-11-10

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Contents

(1) No person shall take any action that lowers the water leve…
(2) Historic canals
(3) Navigation not extinguished

Contents

(1) No person shall take any action that lowers the water leve…
(2) Historic canals
(3) Navigation not extinguished

(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a historic canal as defined in section 2 of the Historic Canals Regulations.

Federal laws of Canada reproduced under the Reproduction of Federal Law Order (SI/97-5); not the official version. Source: Justice Laws Website.

Key facts

Type: Act · R.S.C. 1985, c. N-22
Enacted: 22 Jun 2017
Last amended: 27 Nov 2024
Text current to: 21 Nov 2025
Official: Justice Laws Website

History · 1 version

28 Aug 2019Reading

Connections

Implemented by 6: Order Exempting Certain Navigable Waters Located in Newfoundland and Labrador from the Application of Sections 22 and 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act; Canadian Navigable Waters Act Fees Regulations; Order Exempting Kapisikama Lake, Located in Quebec, from the Application of Section 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act; Order Exempting Certain Navigable Waters Located in Quebec from the Application of Section 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act; Minor Works Order; Major Works Order
Cited by 14: Order Exempting Certain Navigable Waters Located in Newfoundland and Labrador from the Application of Sections 22 and 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act2 provisions; Canadian Navigable Waters Act Fees Regulations3 provisions; Order Exempting Kapisikama Lake, Located in Quebec, from the Application of Section 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act2 provisions; Order Exempting Certain Navigable Waters Located in Quebec from the Application of Section 23 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act2 provisions; Minor Works Order2 provisions; Major Works Order; Physical Activities Regulations; Canadian Energy Regulator Act4 provisions; Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act2 provisions; Bridge To Strengthen Trade Act; Musquash Estuary Marine Protected Area Regulations; Navigable Waters Bridges Regulations; Navigable Waters Works Regulations2 provisions; Dominion Water Power Regulations
Cites 1: Historic Canals Regulations

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designated work
ferry cable
Indigenous knowledge
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major work
Minister
minor water
minor work
navigable water
obstruction
owner
s agent or mandatary. It includes a person who is in possession or claiming ownership of the work and a person who is authorizing or otherwise responsible for the construction, placement, alteration, rebuilding, removal, decommissioning, repair, maintenance, operation, use or safety of the work. It also includes a person who proposes to construct or place a work. (propriétaire)
person in charge
Tribunal
vessel
work

ca/rsc/1985/n-22