Your Pilot Logbook is the record of all flights made by a pilot.
Be sure that all entries are neat and accurate, and this is especially the case if you are planning to pursue a career as a professional pilot (your Pilot Logbook may be audited by Transport Canada when you apply for your Commercial Pilot Licence and will be audited when you apply for your Airline Transport Licence, and any errors or omission can hold up your application).
For each flight you must note the date, the aircraft type and identification, the Pilot-in-Command (your Instructor—until you pilot the aircraft by yourself as a student pilot), your status as “Student” if applicable (in which you write “Self”), the airport of departure and landing, the flight time, the exercises flown, and any relevant details of your flight—that portion of the flight time that was cross-country, conducted during the day or night, or conducted under the hood (instrument flying).
For the exercises, use the number code that appears in the Pilot Training Record.
Be sure you go over with your Instructor your first couple of entries to check that you are making the entries correctly.
Also, it is a good idea to have your Pilot Logbook certified by a school when you have completed your training.
The legal requirements for Pilot Logbook entries are described in Canadian Aviation Regulation 401.08
