Canada’s strength comes from what we build — and how we build it.
Today, our nation’s ability to design, build, and sustain our own fleet has never been more important. With the longest coastline in the world, Canada’s sovereign capability isn’t just a goal, it’s a necessity. Only Seaspan has the experience and all-Canadian capability to design, build and support the ships that keep us ready for what lies ahead.
The depth to keep Canada's submarines strong.
For more than 20 years, we’ve sustained Canada’s only sovereign submarine in-service support capability — developing the infrastructure, workforce, and expertise required to keep the fleet going strong. From highly specialized trades to advanced shipyard operations, this capability exists nowhere else in the country.
Ready to dive into the future.
As Canada prepares for its next generation of submarines, experience matters more than ever. Seaspan is uniquely positioned to ensure these vessels are maintained here at home — strengthening Canada’s sovereignty both above and below the surface, and ensuring long-term readiness without reliance on others.
All in Canada. All-in for Canada.
That same commitment to sovereignty extends across everything we do. Our more than 5,300 Canadians employees — and a coast-to-coast network of partners and suppliers — are united by a single goal: building and sustaining Canada’s sovereign shipbuilding capability.
Design. Build. Support. It's all in our wheelhouse.
We’re the only shipyard in Canada that brings together fully in-house design, engineering, construction capability and in-service support. From Arctic icebreakers to naval support ships — and the next generation of vessels still to come — we deliver the end-to-end capability Canada needs to build, maintain, and evolve its fleet at home.
Mission ready.
Aligned with Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy, our work strengthens domestic capacity, supports Canadian jobs, and positions Canada as a trusted partner among allied nations. It’s how we build more than ships — we build the capability, resilience, and independence that Canada’s future depends on.
Looking to the horizon.
The world is changing, and Canada’s needs are evolving. But one thing remains constant: our strength is greatest when it’s built at home.
From submarines to surface fleets, from design and construction to in-service support, Seaspan helps ensure Canada has the capability, capacity, and confidence to act — now and for generations to come.
Canadian Ships. Canadian Strength.
Seaspan's Recent Highlights Under the National Shipbuilding Strategy
Seaspan delivers fourth ship under the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the Canadian Coast Guard’s newest science research vessel
Seaspan has officially delivered the Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel (OOSV), CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk, to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG). The OOSV is the fourth large vessel, and second class of ship, to be built and delivered by Seaspan under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS).
Seaspan highlights build-in-Canada success story — celebrates 15th anniversary of the National Shipbuilding Strategy
Seaspan welcomed the Hon. Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, and the Hon. Ernie Klassen, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and MP, South Surrey–White Rock, to Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards in a celebration marking 15 years of the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS).
Functional Design Review A Success For Multi-Purpose Icebreakers
Seaspan has begun the next step in the design and engineering phase of the Canadian Coast Guard’s Multi-Purpose Icebreakers program. With the Functional Design Review Meeting for the first flight of six MPIs successfully completed June 19, the company is now working towards the start of the production drawings in preparation for future construction.
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