| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
The Canadian Coast Guard’s annual spring icebreaking operations on the Saguenay Fjord will start as early as Monday, March 9, 2026. All equipment and material currently on the ice must be moved ashore before midnight on Sunday, March 8, 2026.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
The Canadian Coast Guard’s spring icebreaking operations on the St. Lawrence River between Montréal and Québec City will start on Saturday, February 21, 2026.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
The Canadian Coast Guard advises that the CCGS Vincent Massey will conduct icebreaking operations near Owen Sound, Ontario, beginning on or around January 16, 2026.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
The Canadian Coast Guard has begun winter icebreaking operations in Atlantic Canada, the St. Lawrence Gulf and Estuary, the St. Lawrence River, and the Great Lakes and interconnecting waterways.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
Today, Mike Kelloway, Member of Parliament for Sydney-Glace Bay and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, on behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, announced Sydney, Nova Scotia, as the preferred location to explore the maintenance port for the Canadian Coast Guard’s future polar icebreakers.
| Canadian Coast Guard | media advisories
On behalf of the Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of National Defence, Mike Kelloway, Member of Parliament for Sydney—Glace Bay and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, will make an announcement regarding next steps in planning the Canadian Coast Guard’s Polar Icebreakers’ future maintenance port, in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
The Canadian Coast Guard advises that the CCGS Vincent Massey will conduct icebreaking operations near Thunder Bay, Ontario, beginning on or around January 8, 2026. The purpose of this operation is to facilitate safe navigation for commercial vessels in and out of the area, and/or to break up any ice jams that could cause flooding.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
The Canadian Coast Guard advises that the CCGS Vincent Massey will conduct icebreaking operations near Midland, Ontario, beginning on or around January 6, 2026. The purpose of this operation is to facilitate safe navigation for commercial vessels in and out of the area, and/or to break up any ice jams that could cause flooding. The timing of these operations is subject to change depending on operational requirements or weather conditions.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
The following Canadian Coast Guard seasonal search and rescue stations in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador, are scheduled to conclude operations for the winter by December 31, 2025.
| Canadian Coast Guard | news releases
On October 9, 2025, the Canadian Coast Guard exercised its authority under the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act to issue an Administrative Monetary Penalty to the owner of a vessel located in Seal Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. The owner of the vessel, Colette, a 32-foot power boat, failed to comply with a direction issued under the Act following the determination that the vessel poses a hazard to the marine environment and public safety.
