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

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Current large vessel projects
Project	Shipyard	Number of vessels to be built	Department the vessel is built for
Arctic and offshore patrol ships: Royal Canadian Navy	Irving Shipbuilding Inc.	6	Royal Canadian Navy
Canadian surface combatant	Irving Shipbuilding Inc.	15	Royal Canadian Navy
Joint support ships	Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.	2	Royal Canadian Navy
Offshore fisheries science vessels	Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.	3	Canadian Coast Guard
Offshore oceanographic science vessel	Seaspan's Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.	1	Canadian Coast Guard
Polar icebreakers	Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards Co. Ltd.; Chantier Davie Canada Inc.	2	Canadian Coast Guard
Arctic and offshore patrol ships: Canadian Coast Guard	Irving Shipbuilding Inc.	2	Canadian Coast Guard
Program icebreakers	Chantier Davie Canada Inc.	6	Canadian Coast Guard
Multi-purpose vessels	Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards	16 (up to)	Canadian Coast Guard