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Canadian Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders


These tables would not have been possible without the assistance of Rollie Webb and Kevin Kopp: many thanks to each of them.  Additional data comes from the Canadian Vessel Registry, various other U.S. and Canadian web sites and the Miramar Ship Index.

Note the use of "closed" and "suspended" in the "Disposition" column of these pages: these terms simply mean that a vessel is no longer in the Canadian Registry: it may have been lost or scrapped and no longer exists, but it could have been laid up or transferred to another flag.

Most of these tables have gaps in them.  If anyone can fill a gap, please e-mail the info to me at TimColton@aol.com

Shipbuilder

Location

Prov. Most Recent Update

ACTIVE SHIPBUILDERS (2):

Davie Shipbuilding (now Davie Yards)

Lauzon QC Jul-10

Halifax Shipyard (now part of Irving Shipbuilding)

Halifax NS Mar-11

INACTIVE SHIPBUILDERS (17):

Burrard Dry Dock (formerly Wallace Shipbuilding, later Burrard Yarrows and Versatile Pacific)

North Vancouver BC Aug-10

Canadian Vickers

Montreal QC Jul-10

Collingwood Shipbuilding

Collingwood ON Jan-11

Kingston Shipbuilding

Kingston ON Aug-10

Marine Industries Ltée (MIL)

Tracy QC Aug-10

Midland Shipyards

Midland ON Aug-10

Morton Engineering & Dry Dock (later St. Lawrence Metal and Marine)

Quebec QC Aug-10

North Vancouver Ship Repair (later Pacific Dry Dock)

North Vancouver BC Aug-10

Polson Iron Works

Toronto ON Jan-11

Port Arthur Shipbuilding, (PASCO) (formerly Western Dry Dock & Shipbuilding)

Thunder Bay ON Aug-10

Port Weller Dry Dock

St. Catherines ON Aug-10

Prince Rupert Dry Dock

Prince Rupert BC Aug-10

Redfern Construction (formerly John Doty & Sons, Bertram Engineering Works, Canadian Shipbuilding, Toronto Shipyards, Thor Iron Works, Dominion Shipbuilding & Repair, Dufferin Shipbuilding and Toronto Shipbuilding)

Toronto ON Aug-10

Saint John Shipbuilding (formerly Saint John Dry Dock)

Saint John NB Aug-10

Victoria Machinery Depot (VMD)

Victoria BC Jul-10

West Coast Shipbuilders (formerly J. Coughlan & Sons)

Vancouver BC Oct-10

Yarrows (later Burrard Yarrows and Versatile Pacific)

Esquimalt BC Jul-10

ACTIVE BOATBUILDERS (12):

ABCO Industries

Lunenburg NS Oct-10

East Isle Shipyard (formerly Bathurst Marine and Georgetown Shipyard, now part of Irving Shipbuilding)

Georgetown PE Apr-11

Chantier Naval Forillon (formerly Gaspe Shipbuilding, Enterprises Maritimes, Chantier Maritime de Gaspe and Solmer Marine)

Gaspe QC Jan-11

Glovertown Shipyard

Glovertown NL Apr-11

Hike Metal Products

Wheatley ON Oct-11

Marystown Shipyard (now part of Kiewit Offshore Canada)

Marystown NL Jun-11

Meridien Maritime (formerly Chantier Naval Matane)

Matane QC Jun-11

Metalcraft Marine

Kingston ON Oct-11

Ocean Industries (formerly Chantier Maritime de l'Île-aux-Coudres and Chantier AML)

Île-aux-Coudres QC Feb-11

Sylte Shipyard

Maple Ridge BC Sep-11

Theriault & Son, A. F.

Meteghan River NS Dec-11

Vancouver Shipyards

North Vancouver BC Dec-10

Victoria Shipyards

Esquimalt BC Jan-11

INACTIVE BOATBUILDERS (35):

Alberni Engineering, Port Alberni BC

Port Alberni BC Aug-10

Allied Shipbuilders, North Vancouver BC

North Vancouver BC Aug-10

B.C. Marine Shipbuilders, Vancouver BC, (later West Coast Manly Shipyards)

Vancouver BC Aug-10

Bay d'Espoir Enterprises

Saint Albans NL Aug-10

Bel-Aire Shipyard

North Vancouver BC Nov-10

Benson Bros. Shipbuilding

Vancouver BC Feb-11

Boeing Canada (formerly Hoffar Motor Boat Company and Hoffar-Beeching)

Vancouver BC Aug-10

Canadian Dredge & Dock

Kingston ON Aug-11

Caraquet Marine

Caraquet NB Feb-11

Clarenville Shipyard

Clarenville NL Feb-11

George T. Davie

Lauzon QC Aug-10

Davie Brothers

Levis QC Feb-11

Erieau Shipbuilding

Erieau ON Nov-11

Ferguson Industries (formerly Pictou Foundry & Machine Co. and Foundation Maritime Ltd., later Pictou Industries)

Pictou NS Aug-10

Government Shipyard

Sorel QC Feb-11

Industrial Shipping

Mahone Bay NS Aug-11

Maffey Steel Boats

Fort Frances ON Jan-12

John Manly Ltd. (later West Coast Manly Shipyards)

New Westminster BC Feb-11

Matsumoto Shipyards

North Vancouver BC Apr-11

McKenzie Barge & Derrick (later McKenzie Barge & Marine Ways)

N. Vancouver BC Aug-11

Northern Shipbuilding

Bronte ON Jan-12

Paspebiac Shipyard

Paspebiac QC Aug-10

Riverton Boat Works

Riverton MB Sep-11

RivTow Industries (later West Coast Manly Shipyards)

Vancouver BC Oct-11

Russel Brothers (later the Steelcraft division of Russel-Hipwell Engines)

Owen Sound ON Jan-11

Shelburne Shipbuilding

Shelburne NS Aug-11

Smith & Rhuland

Lunenburg NS Aug-10

Star Shipyards (Mercer's)

New Westminster BC Feb-11

Stone, Henry W.

Monroe NL Jan-12

T.W.L. Enterprises (formerly Trinity Shipbuilding)

Trinity NL Aug-10

Taylor & Sons, J.J.

Toronto ON Aug-11

Vito Steel Boat & Barge Construction

Delta BC Oct-11

Wagstaff & Hatfield

Port Greville NS Aug-11

West Coast Salvage & Contracting (later West Coast Manly Shipyards)

Vancouver BC Mar-11

EMERGENCY SHIPBUILDERS OF WWI (19):

British American Shipbuilding

Welland ON Sep-11

Cameron Genoa Mills

Victoria BC Sep-11

Canadian Allis-Chalmers

Fort Erie ON Sep-11

Canadian Car

Fort William ON Sep-11

Foundation Company

Victoria BC Sep-11

Fraser, Brace & Company

Montreal QC Sep-11

Grant & Horne

Saint John NB Sep-11

Great Lakes Dredging

Fort William ON Sep-11

William Lyall Shipbuilding

N. Vancouver BC Aug-10

New Westminster Shipbuilding

New Westminster BC Sep-11

Northern Construction

Vancouver BC Sep-11

Nova Scotia Steel & Coal

New Glasgow NS Aug-10

Pacific Construction

Coquitlam BC Aug-10

Quinlan & Robertson

Montreal QC Sep-11

Southern Salvage Company

Liverpool NS Aug-10

Three Rivers Shipyard Company (later National Shipbuilding Company)

Three Rivers QC Sep-11

Tidewater Shipbuilding

Three Rivers QC Sep-11

Toronto Dry Dock

Toronto ON Sep-11

Western Canada

Vancouver BC Sep-11

EMERGENCY SHIPBUILDERS OF WWII (1):

United Shipyards

Montreal QC Aug-10

EMERGENCY BOATBUILDERS OF WWII (9):

Canadian Bridge

Walkerville ON Aug-11

Canadian Power Boat

Montreal QC Jan-12

Central Bridge

Trenton ON Aug-11

Clare Shipbuilders

Meteghan NS Aug-11

LeBlanc Shipbuilding

Weymouth NS Aug-11

Montreal Drydocks

Montreal QC Sep-11

Saint-Laurent, Ch. M. de

Saint-Laurent QC Sep-11

Steers Shipbuilding

St. John's NL Aug-11

Vaughan Shipbuilding

St. Andrews NB Aug-11

28 Other WWII Boatbuilders

    Aug-11

OTHER BOATBUILDERS (~240)

Other Boatbuilders in Newfoundland and Labrador

Aug-11

Other Boatbuilders in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island

Aug-11

Other Boatbuilders in Nova Scotia

Aug-11

Other Boatbuilders in Quebec

Aug-11

Other Boatbuilders in Ontario

Oct-11

Other Boatbuilders in Alberta, Manitoba and the Territories

Aug-11

Other Boatbuilders in British Columbia

Aug-11