Automatic Cancellation of Registration on Loss or Transfer

Verified from official sources
SOR/96-433, s. 900.18Version 1Effective -Verified 23 August 2026

In plain language

Your drone's registration is automatically cancelled as soon as it is destroyed, retired, lost, or transferred.

Requirement as structured

The certificate of registration for a remotely piloted aircraft is automatically cancelled when the aircraft is destroyed, permanently withdrawn, missing, or its legal custody is transferred.

Original regulatory text

When an event referred to in subsection (1) has occurred, the certificate of registration in respect of the remotely piloted aircraft is cancelled.

Applies when

country
Canada
regulatory category
General