diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
index ed5e0974bb..82717104ef 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/apply_redirects.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {EmptyError} from 'rxjs/util/EmptyError';
 
 import {Route, Routes} from './config';
 import {LoadedRouterConfig, RouterConfigLoader} from './router_config_loader';
-import {PRIMARY_OUTLET} from './shared';
+import {NavigationCancelingError, PRIMARY_OUTLET} from './shared';
 import {UrlSegment, UrlSegmentGroup, UrlTree} from './url_tree';
 import {andObservables, merge, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function absoluteRedirect(segments: UrlSegment[]): Observable<UrlSegmentGroup> {
 
 function canLoadFails(route: Route): Observable<LoadedRouterConfig> {
   return new Observable<LoadedRouterConfig>(
-      (obs: Observer<LoadedRouterConfig>) => obs.error(new Error(
+      (obs: Observer<LoadedRouterConfig>) => obs.error(new NavigationCancelingError(
           `Cannot load children because the guard of the route "path: '${route.path}'" returned false`)));
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
index 1347cfb879..61952228fb 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/router.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {recognize} from './recognize';
 import {LoadedRouterConfig, RouterConfigLoader} from './router_config_loader';
 import {RouterOutletMap} from './router_outlet_map';
 import {ActivatedRoute, ActivatedRouteSnapshot, RouterState, RouterStateSnapshot, advanceActivatedRoute, createEmptyState} from './router_state';
-import {PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
+import {NavigationCancelingError, PRIMARY_OUTLET, Params} from './shared';
 import {UrlSerializer, UrlTree, containsTree, createEmptyUrlTree} from './url_tree';
 import {andObservables, forEach, merge, shallowEqual, waitForMap, wrapIntoObservable} from './utils/collection';
 import {TreeNode} from './utils/tree';
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export class NavigationEnd {
  * @stable
  */
 export class NavigationCancel {
-  constructor(public id: number, public url: string) {}
+  constructor(public id: number, public url: string, public reason: string) {}
 
   toString(): string { return `NavigationCancel(id: ${this.id}, url: '${this.url}')`; }
 }
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ export class Router {
       id: number): Promise<boolean> {
     if (id !== this.navigationId) {
       this.location.go(this.urlSerializer.serialize(this.currentUrlTree));
-      this.routerEvents.next(new NavigationCancel(id, this.serializeUrl(url)));
+      this.routerEvents.next(new NavigationCancel(
+          id, this.serializeUrl(url),
+          `Navigation ID ${id} is not equal to the current navigation id ${this.navigationId}`));
       return Promise.resolve(false);
     }
 
@@ -518,15 +520,22 @@ export class Router {
                       new NavigationEnd(id, this.serializeUrl(url), this.serializeUrl(appliedUrl)));
                   resolvePromise(true);
                 } else {
-                  this.routerEvents.next(new NavigationCancel(id, this.serializeUrl(url)));
+                  this.routerEvents.next(new NavigationCancel(id, this.serializeUrl(url), ''));
                   resolvePromise(false);
                 }
               },
               e => {
+                if (e instanceof NavigationCancelingError) {
+                  this.navigated = true;
+                  this.routerEvents.next(
+                      new NavigationCancel(id, this.serializeUrl(url), e.message));
+                  resolvePromise(false);
+                } else {
+                  this.routerEvents.next(new NavigationError(id, this.serializeUrl(url), e));
+                  rejectPromise(e);
+                }
                 this.currentRouterState = storedState;
                 this.currentUrlTree = storedUrl;
-                this.routerEvents.next(new NavigationError(id, this.serializeUrl(url), e));
-                rejectPromise(e);
               });
     });
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/src/shared.ts b/modules/@angular/router/src/shared.ts
index 111e45c337..06e7526a89 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/src/shared.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/src/shared.ts
@@ -22,3 +22,12 @@ export const PRIMARY_OUTLET = 'primary';
 export type Params = {
   [key: string]: any
 };
+
+export class NavigationCancelingError extends Error {
+  public stack: any;
+  constructor(public message: string) {
+    super(message);
+    this.stack = (<any>new Error(message)).stack;
+  }
+  toString(): string { return this.message; }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
index 707cab20cc..243e725fbd 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/router/test/integration.spec.ts
@@ -1230,13 +1230,14 @@ describe('Integration', () => {
 
 
                  // failed navigation
-                 router.navigateByUrl('/lazyFalse/loaded').catch(s => {});
+                 router.navigateByUrl('/lazyFalse/loaded');
                  advance(fixture);
 
                  expect(location.path()).toEqual('/');
 
                  expectEvents(recordedEvents, [
-                   [NavigationStart, '/lazyFalse/loaded'], [NavigationError, '/lazyFalse/loaded']
+                   [NavigationStart, '/lazyFalse/loaded'],
+                   [NavigationCancel, '/lazyFalse/loaded']
                  ]);
 
                  recordedEvents.splice(0);
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
index daf6c4ab15..fba3dbf81b 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/router/index.d.ts
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ export declare type LoadChildrenCallback = () => Type<any> | Promise<Type<any>>
 /** @stable */
 export declare class NavigationCancel {
     id: number;
+    reason: string;
     url: string;
-    constructor(id: number, url: string);
+    constructor(id: number, url: string, reason: string);
     toString(): string;
 }