Travel documents
Admission to the territory
List of documents accepted for admission to our territory:
(these documents must be currently valid)- → a passport
- → a regular Canadian driver’s license
- → a regular Canadian ID card
- → a Certificate of Indian Status issued after December 15, 2009
- → a Canadian permanent resident card
- → a citizenship certificate
- → a school or student card
- → a health insurance certificate, with or without photo (Quebec-Ontario)
- → a social insurance – MCP card-
- → a birth or baptismal certificate
- → a photo or paper copy of any official document
From North America |
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| Phone: | 011.508.41.15.55 |
| Fax: | 011.508.41.24.79 |
From France |
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| Phone: | 05.08.41.15.55 |
| Fax: | 05.08.41.24.79 |
Pets
If you are traveling with a pet it must be in a cage and will travel outside, under the covered bridge or inside, at the entrance of the ship if it is a tiny one. You will have to wait for the sovereign controls to be over to retrieve it. You have to buy a one way pet ticket for each trip in addition to your passenger ticket. For more information, please check the following document : Conditions for bringing pets into the territoryRequired documents to (re-)enter Canada
Canadian authorities require international carriers to submit information regarding identity (nationality, date of birth, passport number or driver’s licence number) of all passengers. In order to facilitate the process, you are kindly requested to provide this information to your compagny at time of booking.
- • Canadian citizens only : If traveling without a passport, an official government issued photo identification card (i.e.: driver’s licence*) and birth certificate proving Canadian nationality is required to return to Canada.
- • French nationals residing in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and traveling directly from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon : the passport is preferred but a national identification card is also accepted.
- • All other nationalities: a valid passport with or without visa depending on the nationality.
Some provincial motor registration offices offer an ID card for individuals who do not possess a driver’s licence or are under the legal driving age; please contact your local motor registration office for more details.
**If you are not sure if you require a visa, please contact Citizen and Immigration Canada:
From in Canada Only:
Toll Free : 1-888-242-2100Website: Citizen and Immigration Canada
If you are calling outside of Canada, please refer to their website to find out what office you need to contact. Also found here is a complete list of what countries require visas to enter Canada.
****If in doubt you may also contact Canada Border Services Agency:
| From North America: | From France (Service in French & English): |
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| Toll Free French: 1-800-989-2036 | Telephone: 001.204.983.3500 |
| Toll Free English: 1-800-461-9999 | Alternate: 001.506.636.5064 |
Firearms transportation to Canada
For Canada, information on importing firearms is available here on the ASFCA’s Canadian website: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/iefw-iefa-eng.htmlFor non-Canadian residents, when you arrive in Fortune you must provide the form available online “RCMP 5589e (2018-02-19)”, which you can download and complete here: https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/wam/media/2349/original/d8c735c5fae84e1a96dac8b3c5f00294.pdf
Firearms must be unloaded and placed in a hard or soft case and fitted with a locked safety device that prevents firing (trigger guard lock).
Firearms belonging to pedestrian passengers travelling on ferries must be handed in to the operations department, accompanied by a transport ticket and the declaration.
As ammunition is a dangerous good, it must be deposited in separate luggage and declared to the Operations Department for travel on ferries or to the crew for travel on board the Jeune France, where it will be collected.
Firearms accompanied by a transport document and ammunition carried in vehicles do not have to be moved but are still subject to declaration.
For everyone’s safety, SPM Ferries reserves the right to check gun cases at any time.
You can collect the declaration from our various sales outlets or download it by clicking here.
Firearms transportation between Saint-Pierre, Miquelon and Langlade
Firearms must be unloaded and placed in a rigid or flexible case and fitted with a locked safety device that prevents firing (trigger guard lock) with the exception of dismantled weapons (article R315.4 of the French Internal Security Code).Firearms belonging to pedestrian passengers travelling on ferries must be handed in to the operations department and accompanied by a ticket and the declaration.
Passengers travelling on the Jeune France must leave their weapons with the crew, accompanied by a transport ticket and the declaration.
As ammunition is dangerous goods, it must be deposited in separate baggage and declared to the operations department for travel on ferries or to the crew for travel on board the Jeune France, where it will be taken in charge.
Firearms accompanied by a transport document and ammunition carried in vehicles do not have to be moved but are still subject to declaration.
For everyone’s safety, SPM Ferries reserves the right to check gun cases at any time.
You can collect the declaration from our various sales outlets or download it by clicking here.