We are playing a key role in Canada’s maritime ecosystem. As a vital player, we have a clear mission: to ensure safe, efficient, and sustainable navigation on the St. Lawrence River and the Saguenay River. To achieve this, we rely on a passionate, highly skilled, and deeply committed team.
Our administrative team supports all our strategic activities: treasury, accounting, billing, legal affairs, human resources, communications, and information technology. These are all essential functions that allow our organization to move forward with rigor and efficiency, and to shine.
On the operations side, it’s action-packed every day: maritime pilot dispatching, coordination of transshipment operations in Les Escoumins, port shuttles in Montreal, relations with the two pilot corporations, and ensuring safe and efficient navigation. If you're looking for a dynamic and hands-on environment, you’ll find it here.
Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Montreal, just steps away from Peel metro station and McGill station on the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), St. Lawrence Pilotage Authority is committed to building a team that reflects Canadian society. We value equity, diversity, and social inclusion. We encourage women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities to apply.
Join a team that’s navigating toward excellence. Make a real difference in a sector vital to our economy.
Ready to push your limits in an organization that’s full sail ahead? The river is waiting for you!
Please send us your resume.
➤ Les Escoumins
The person in this position will be responsible, among other things, for the maintenance and repair of the main engines, auxiliary generators, and pilot boat equipment, as well as for ensuring an adequate supply of fuel and lubricants. He or she will also carry out improvements and repairs to the pilot station’s equipment and infrastructure.
Are you passionate about navigation and ready to take on a challenge worthy of your talent? A career as a maritime pilot opens the door to an elite profession where expertise, precision, and responsibility meet in a spectacular environment: the economic corridor of the St. Lawrence River.
Before becoming a pilot, one must gain experience at sea. Candidates must hold a master mariner's certificate for ocean-going or coastal voyages and have several years of maritime experience as a captain or deck officer.
Once these conditions are met, future pilots become apprentice pilots. This is followed by a rigorous training period of at least two years, guided by seasoned experts. During this stage, pilots develop complete mastery of navigation in one of three specific sectors of the river (Les Escoumins / Québec – Québec / Trois-Rivières – Trois-Rivières / Montréal), one of the most complex and strategic waterways in the world.
Being a pilot is more than a job, it’s a calling. By taking the helm of ships, you’ll play a key role in the safety, efficiency, and fluidity of maritime transport in Canada. You’ll be part of a respected and highly qualified community, serving both the local economy and the environment.
We are responsible for the recruitment process for apprentice pilots between Les Escoumins and Montreal.
The candidates selected as apprentice pilots, who will become licensed pilots after an apprenticeship lasting between 18 and 36 months, are independent professionals who provide their services to St. Lawrence Pilotage Authority through one of the two pilot corporations of which they are members.
Apprentice pilot recruitment opportunities are posted periodically on our website.
It is prohibited to operate a vessel in a compulsory pilotage zone unless it is operated by a licensed pilot or a regular member of the vessel's crew who holds a pilotage certificate.
A Canadian citizen or permanent resident who holds at least a coastal captain's license issued by Transport Canada may obtain a pilotage certificate for one of the pilotage districts or sectors under the jurisdiction of St. Lawrence Pilotage Authority.
For eligibility requirements, please refer to the Pilotage Act and the General Pilotage Regulations.
If you wish to begin the process of obtaining a certificate, please email us.
Seafarers in Canada
Are you interested in working on a Canadian vessel?
To work as a marine engineer, marine deck officer, or captain on a Canadian vessel, you must complete specific training and have relevant experience.
Visit the Transport Canada website for full details.
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999, De Maisonneuve West Blvd,
Suite 1410,
Montreal (Quebec), Canada,
H3A 3L4
Phone: 514 283-6320
Phone: 514 657-2041
Option 1 - Service Request
Option 2 - Transit Management
Option 3 - Billing
40, Des Pilotes St,
Les Escoumins (Quebec), Canada,
G0T 1K0
Phone: 418 233-2995
For any questions or comments: administration@pls-slp.gc.ca