List of Canadian Coast Guard MCTS Centres

These are the Marine Communications and Traffic Services centres operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. They provide vessel traffic and marine weather information. "The Canadian Coast Guard announced in May of 2012 that they would be reducing the number of MCTS Centres across Canada from the present 22 to 12 centres in an effort to reduce the Coast Guard operating budget. The stations that are closing are listed using italics below."[1]


Map showing former operating regions of the Canadian Coast Guard. Today Maritimes and Newfoundland regions are merged into the new Atlantic Region. Quebec Region has merged with the Central and Arctic Region which now also includes Nunavut. The Pacific Region has merged into the new Western Region that also includes Manitoba (except the Hudson Bay shoreline), Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories which were formerly all part of the Central and Arctic Region.
Western Region
Site Callsign MMSI
Comox VAC 003160014
Prince Rupert VAJ 003160013
Victoria VAK 003160011
Central and Arctic Region
Site Callsign MMSI
Iqaluit VFF 003160023
Les Escoumins VCF 003160026
Prescott VBR 003160029
Quebec VCC 003160027
Sarnia VBE 003160030
Atlantic Region
Site Callsign MMSI
Halifax VCS 003160016
Labrador VOK 003160022
Placentia VCP 003160019
Port aux Basques VOJ 003160018
Sydney VCO 003160017

See also

External links

References

  1. DFO Press Release
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