Large vessel shipbuilding projects

To build Canada’s large vessels fleet, we’ve established long-term strategic relationships with 3 Canadian shipyards:

• Irving Shipbuilding Inc., based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is building:
  • Canada's combat ship work package for the Royal Canadian Navy
  • non-combat vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard
• Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd., based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is building:
  • non-combat vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard
  • non-combat support ships for the Royal Canadian Navy
• Chantier Davie Canada Inc., based in Lévis, Quebec, is building non-combat vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard

Combat vessel shipbuilding projects

Arctic and offshore patrol ships—Royal Canadian Navy

6 arctic and offshore patrol ships for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Canadian surface combatant

15 Canadian surface combatants which will replace the Royal Canadian Navy's Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates.

Non-combat vessel shipbuilding projects

Offshore fisheries science vessels

3 offshore fisheries science vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Offshore oceanographic science vessel

1 offshore oceanographic science vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Joint support ships

2 joint support ships for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Polar icebreakers

2 polar icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Arctic and offshore patrol ships—Canadian Coast Guard

2 arctic and offshore patrol ships for the Canadian Coast Guard.

Multi-purpose vessels

Up to 16 multi-purpose vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard.