EventOn 14 October 2026, Seaspan Shipyards in Vancouver laid the keel of the Canadian Coast Guard’s new polar icebreaker CCGS Imnaryuaq. The 520‑ft, 26‑kt vessel is Polar Class 2, will be ready in 2032, can accommodate up to 40 scientists, and the CCG commissioner said it will protect Arctic sovereignty.
The keel‑laying ceremony for the Canadian Coast Guard’s upcoming icebreaker CCGS Imnaryuaq was carried out by Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards, marking a key step toward the vessel’s 2032 delivery.
Canada celebrated the keel‑laying of a new polar icebreaker at Seaspan Shipyards, a vessel officials say will help assert sovereignty in the Arctic.
Canadian shipbuilder Seaspan Shipyards laid the keel of CCGS Imnaryuaq, its largest polar icebreaker, on 14 October at Vancouver Shipyards. The 158‑metre, 26,036‑tonne Polar Class 2 vessel will support search‑and‑rescue, environmental response, resupply and scientific research in the high Arctic, with delivery scheduled for 2032.
Canada will lay the keel for its new polar icebreaker, CCGS Imnaryuaq, at Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards on 14 October. Ministers Jill McKnight and David J. McGuinty, MP Braeden Caley, and Coast Guard Commissioner Kevin Brosseau will attend the ceremony, marking the start of construction.
