What is the most reliable source of information where drones are allowed to fly in Canada?
There is this
but is it utterly and completely useless. For example, it claims that it is legal to fly in Mt. Robson Provincial park, yet the parks themselves are absolutely unambiguous that this is an absolute nono
I need to read up more on Canadian regulations, but it is my understanding that when it comes to parks they are similar to US regulations - it is illegal to take off and land on park land, but if there is a road running through the park you can take off and land from the roadside as long as you maintain VLOS.
With that in mind, I am having a hard time finding parcel-level information on where actual park boundaries lie. For example, Caltopo is indicating that Hwy16 that runs through the provincial park is not part of the park (once it leaves Jasper NP). The situation seems similar with Spray lake reservoir, where road #742 is just west of the Bow Valley Provincial Park boundary, and the lake itself is not part of the park too.
Not trying to break any laws, but given how progressively restrictive the laws have become I am not looking to do anything other than stick to the absolute letter of the law.
P.S. Downloaded Drone Pilot Canada and, while much better than the NRC one, it is not sufficiently detailed I think, to show potential exclusion zones around roads.
There is this
but is it utterly and completely useless. For example, it claims that it is legal to fly in Mt. Robson Provincial park, yet the parks themselves are absolutely unambiguous that this is an absolute nono
Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | Alberta Parks
www.albertaparks.ca
I need to read up more on Canadian regulations, but it is my understanding that when it comes to parks they are similar to US regulations - it is illegal to take off and land on park land, but if there is a road running through the park you can take off and land from the roadside as long as you maintain VLOS.
With that in mind, I am having a hard time finding parcel-level information on where actual park boundaries lie. For example, Caltopo is indicating that Hwy16 that runs through the provincial park is not part of the park (once it leaves Jasper NP). The situation seems similar with Spray lake reservoir, where road #742 is just west of the Bow Valley Provincial Park boundary, and the lake itself is not part of the park too.
Not trying to break any laws, but given how progressively restrictive the laws have become I am not looking to do anything other than stick to the absolute letter of the law.
P.S. Downloaded Drone Pilot Canada and, while much better than the NRC one, it is not sufficiently detailed I think, to show potential exclusion zones around roads.
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