PWC Licence Number Decals Canada

PWC Licence Number Decals are a matching left-and-right character pair for the exact Pleasure Craft Licence (PCL) number shown on the buyer's current or temporary PCL document. Choose a finished character height and a treatment that contrasts with the hull at the installation area.

Start with the PCL document

Copy the exact PCL number from the document issued for this personal watercraft. Do not enter a Hull Identification Number, an operator-card number, a number copied from another craft or a registered-vessel official number.

What the federal display direction says

When a PWC is in the Canadian PCL regime, Transport Canada directs the owner to display the PCL number on each side of the bow, above the waterline, in block characters at least 7.5 cm (3 inches) tall and in a colour that contrasts with the background.

Read the current Transport Canada PCL marking guidance.

Choose from the live PWC options

• Finished character height: 3 inches (76 mm) or 4 inches (100 mm).
• Standard colours: White, Black, Gold or Red.
• Optional reflective finishes and a custom-colour treatment with reflective outline are also available in the live selector.
• Reflectivity is a product choice, not a federal PCL requirement.

Check the curved bow area before ordering

Transport Canada publishes no smaller-character exception for a PWC. Measure the usable area on both sides of the bow before selecting 3-inch or 4-inch characters. The selected size is the finished visible character height, not the carrier sheet, outline or overall decal width. Add the hull colour and any placement notes in the order intake so the contrast and available area can be checked.

PCL decals are not registered-vessel markings

A Pleasure Craft Licence and Canadian vessel registration are separate programmes. This product reproduces the exact PCL number from the buyer's PCL document. A certificate of registry can require an official number, registered name or port markings that follow different directions.

Product boundary

These decals do not issue, transfer, renew or update a Pleasure Craft Licence. They do not replace a PCL document or the markings directed by a certificate of registry. Confirm the document type and exact number before ordering.

Official sources: Small Vessel Regulations, section 100, Canada Shipping Act, 2001, section 204, and Transport Canada vessel-registration marking guidance.