The Minister of Transport has recently announced a one-year extension of the current prohibition of yachting in Canadian Arctic waters: Government of Canada announces one-year ban for pleasure craft and cruise vessels.

The text of the new Interim Order has not yet been published, but will presumably track the wording of the existing Order that expires February 28th.
 
Related news item about Kiwi Roa's successful West-East transit last year: Nunatsiaq News: "No 'right to innocent passage' through NW Passage for NZ sailor". To the best of my knowledge, no fine has been issued regarding that voyage.

Sorry, using hot links caused a couple of sentences to be truncated. Here is what I meant to say:

(1) "The larger problem is that until further notice, most foreign nationals cannot travel to Canada, even if they have a valid visitor visa or electronic travel authorization (eTA)."

(2) "Canada's vaccination process is proceeding very slowly"

Thanks Roger That’s very helpful. I hadn’t grasped the need for a separate Nova Scotia quarantine.
Simon

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Roger Harris - 10 Feb 2021

Sorry, using hot links caused a couple of sentences to be truncated. Here is what I meant to say:

(1) "The larger problem is that until further notice, most foreign nationals cannot travel to Canada, even if they have a valid visitor visa or electronic travel authorization (eTA)."

(2) "Canada's vaccination process is proceeding very slowly"