The 50' floating rope has been a rule for all canoes in Canada for some time. Plus a bailer, and if I remember right a light at night??

The bailer can just be a sponge and the rope also works as a nice ridge line for a tarp. Just make sure it's floating and 50'.

Not really too hard to be legal. The rope doesn't have to be in a throw bag but it's nice way to carry it. One 50' painter that floats would work too.