Activités de plaisance: The use of a boat for pleasure (as opposed to business or competition).
As seen in: « Sur les seize noyades survenues lors d’activités de plaisance sur les plans d’eau du Québec, huit sont survenues en Mauricie. »
(Translation: “Of the 16 drownings that occurred during pleasure-boating activities on Quebec’s waters, eight occurred in the Mauricie region.”)