While the West Coast training cruiser Ontario was on the under side of the world, visiting such remote spots as Australia, New Zealand and islands of the south Seas, she was chosen as the training ship for cadets entering the Royal Canadian Navy under the new "Venture" Plan.
The plan, which supplements the already existing avenues to commissioned rank, provides for entry into the Royal Canadian Navy, with seven-year commissions, of young men between 16 and 19 years of age with junior matriculation or the equivalent.
The basic course will last for two years and will include two seven-month periods ashore and two four-month training courses in the Ontario.