Applying for your Drone License

Technically its a "Transport Canada RPAS Certificate" either BASIC or ADVANCED for VLOS operations. You'll need to do some reading and planning. Great place to start is:
The new Transport Canada Web Portal HERE

1. If you just want to fly legally simply register your drone. and pass the on-line Basic UAV Test to 60%, here. (You can get basic or advanced training courses available from schools across Canada. Here is a list. I happen to be listed at Clarion Drone Academy, but I'm not an employee there. No Flight Test for BASIC, just pass the on-line exam.

2. If you want to fly commercially you'll need to pass the Advanced Exam, here 80% and then do a Flight Review with an approved reviewer like myself. Here's a list of them.

3. Contact me any time, but before we can actually do the review you will need to bring your Advanced License Test Certificate and the unique "Reference Number" that certifies you have passed the Advanced Exam. This number is issued by the Transport Canada Drone Management Portal here. The first time you click there you will need to register with some legal ID to be given access to the Portal.

PART IX - The Actual Amendment
(these laws came into effect 1 Jun 2019)

You may find the PART IX hard to navigate or interpret.
So I built a summary in PLAIN ENGLISH.
This is a help, not a substitute for the legal text.
Also a couple of Checklists.

PART IX EXPLAINED
Download Some Useful Docs (click any icon)

   PART IX        Checklist       Site Survey
  SUMMARY v2.2

Flying in Controlled Airspace

Click here to go to the online form from NavCanada if you want to be approved to operate inside controlled airspace. You will need an Advanced UAV Certificate, a registered UAV and one that has been declared "SAFE" by the manufacturer and an email back from NavCanada once they approve your flight.

Call or text for your Flight Review

The fastest contact method for any task is to call or text (416) 523-5230 or email [email protected]

DAY - NIGHT - ALL WEATHER & IR

EMAIL ADDRESS

[email protected]

TELEPHONE NUMBER

1-416-523-5230

Sarnia Ontario Canada

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      UAV operators are expected to have a working
         knowledge of:

1.TC policies, guidance material and the applicable UAV related regulations in the CARs; particularly PART IX

2. The class of airspace in which you intend to operate in including the vertical and horizontal airspace boundaries and any impact of adjacent classes of airspace;

3.Aeronautical charts and the Canada Flight Supp;
and how to read them

4. Air Traffic Control (ATC) services and procedures (if you want to fly in, or just near, controlled airspace);

Other Help

Aviation reference 400pgs You won't find UAV, drone or RPAS in it yet, but everything else to do with aviation (RPAS exam stuff)

Published annually by Transport Canada. 25Mar23

AVIATION REFERENCE

5. The affects of weather on UAV performance and the ability to identify critical weather situations;

6. The identification of hazardous in-flight situations and collision avoidance requirements and procedures; and

7. Your UAV systems, limitations, normal procedures and emergency procedures.

Very few pilots actually understand or practice AIRMANSHIP
If you want to learn, I offer a 1hr seminar via Zoom or in Person

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"Airmanship is the consistent use of good judgment and well-developed skills to accomplish flight objectives. This consistency is founded on a cornerstone of uncompromising flight discipline and is developed through systematic skill acquisition and proficiency. A high state of situational awareness completes the airmanship picture and is obtained through knowledge of one’s self, aircraft, environment, team and risk." (author unknown)