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.
![Arctic and offshore patrol ship for the Royal Canadian Navy](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/grandnav-largeves-1.png)
Canadian surface combatant
15 Canadian surface combatants which will replace the Royal Canadian Navy's Iroquois-class destroyers and Halifax-class frigates.
![Canadian surface combatant](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/grandnav-largeves-img2.png)
Non-combat vessel shipbuilding projects
Offshore fisheries science vessels
3 offshore fisheries science vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard.
![Offshore fisheries science vessel](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/ofsv.jpg)
Offshore oceanographic science vessel
1 offshore oceanographic science vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard.
![Offshore oceanographic science vessel](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/grandnav-largeves-img4.png)
Joint support ships
2 joint support ships for the Royal Canadian Navy.
![Joint support ship](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/grandnav-largeves-img5.png)
Polar icebreakers
2 polar icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.
![Polar icebreaker](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/grandnav-largeves-img6.png)
Arctic and offshore patrol ships—Canadian Coast Guard
2 Arctic and offshore patrol ships for the Canadian Coast Guard.
![Arctic and offshore patrol ships—Canadian Coast Guard](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/arctique-coastgd.jpg)
Program icebreakers
6 program icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.
![Program icebreaker](/app-acq/amd-dp/mer-sea/sncn-nss/images/briseglacesprogramme-programicebreaders.png)
Multi-purpose vessels
Up to 16 multi-purpose vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Ferries construction
Construction of 2 ferries for Transport Canada.
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