Personnel Licensing and Training

No holder of a Canadian pilot licence endorsed with an instrument rating or to which is attached instrument rating privileges shall exercise the privileges of the instrument rating unless the holder has successfully completed, within the 24 months preceding the flight, one of the following:

• An instrument rating flight test in an aircraft or in a Level B, C or D simulator of the same group as the aircraft
• A Canadian Forces instrument rating flight test
• An instrument proficiency check

No holder of a Canadian pilot licence endorsed with an instrument rating or to which is attached instrument rating privileges shall exercise the privileges of the instrument rating unless within six months before the flight, the holder has

• Acquired six hours of instrument time
• Completed six instrument approaches in an aircraft in actual or simulated instrument meteorological conditions, or in a Level B, C or D simulator or an approved flight training device.

Instrument Rating Groups

REFERENCES
CAR 401.05 Recency Requirements
CAR 421.46 Instrument Rating - Requirements