Canadian Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies
PC Inter-ship, Ship/Shore and Safety: Canadian Coast Guard S&R
All areas Inter-ship, Commercial, Non commercial and Safety: May Be used for
search and rescue communications between ships and aircraft.
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial
WC, EC Inter ship, Commercial and Safety: Also assigned for operations in the
Lake Winnipeg area.
AC Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement: May
be used to communicate with aircraft and Helicopters in predominantly maritime
support operations.
AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial, Safety and Ship
Movement: May also be used for communications with aircraft engaged in
coordinated search and rescue and antipollution operations.
PC, AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: Also used for pilotage purposes.
WC, AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: Port operations and pilot information and messages.
All areas Inter-ship, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement: Exclusively
for bridge-to-bridge navigational traffic. Limited to 1-watt maximum power.
AC, GL Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement:
Port operations and pilot information and Messages.
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement:
All May also be used for on-board Communications.
All areas International Distress, Safety and Calling.
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement:
All operations limited to 1-watt maximum power. May also be used for on-board
Communications.
All areas Inter-ship, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Towing on the Pacific Coast.
All areas except PC Inter-ship and Ship/Shore: Canadian Coast Guard only.
All areas Ship/Shore, Safety and Ship Movement: Port operation
All areas Inter-ship and Ship/Shore: Canadian Coast Guard only.
All areas Safety: Continuous Marine Broadcast (CMB) service.