New Projects Funded for Northern Marine Safety

Through Canada's Oceans Protection Plan, the Government of Canada continues to work closely with Indigenous Peoples and coastal communities to protect, preserve, and restore our oceans and waterways.

Transport Canada is investing up to $57.8 million through the Safety Equipment and Basic Marine Infrastructure in Northern Communities (SEBMINC) Initiative to fund 15 projects that will improve the safety and efficiency of sealift and resupply operations in 47 Arctic and Northern coastal communities.

• Québec
  • $1.07 million to the Fédération des coopératives du Nouveau-Québec to install storage containers for spill response equipment near the tank farms in up to 13 communities in Nunavik to be ready for deployment in an emergency.

• Newfoundland and Labrador
  • $2.52 million to the Nunatsiavut Government to build storage facilities that improve the safety and efficiency of sealift and resupply operations in the Inuit communities of Hopedale and Makkovik, Nunatsiavut.
  • $3.5 million to the Innu Nation to provide basic marine infrastructure to two communities in Northern Labrador, by building a marine storage facility in Natuashish and a new wharf in Sheshatshiu.
• Nunavut
  • $44.7 million to the Government of Nunavut, to:
  • Improve resupply safety and efficiency in the communities of Igloolik, Kimmirut, Sanikiluaq, and Taloyoak by improving their local sealift areas, through adjustments or expansions to the sealift ramps or cargo storage areas, and installing fencing, lighting, and/or signage.
  • Re-locate Arctic Bay's sealift area away from the centre of the community, improving resupply safety and efficiency, as well as community safety.
  • Install safety lights at fuel resupply locations in up to 22 communities, improving operator safety and reducing environmental risks.
  • Relocate fuel resupply manifolds in up to 14 communities, creating buffer zones between fuel transfer areas and natural shorelines to reduce environmental risks.
  • Replace pipelines for fuel resupply in one community to allow for more efficient fuel transfer.
  • Top-up funding for an existing project to build a container stripping and warehouse facility at the Deep-Sea Port in Iqaluit.
• Northwest Territories
  • $5 million to the Government of the Northwest Territories to remove sediment from the bottom of Hay River Harbour to provide safer navigation for community resupply vessels.
  • $1.03 million to the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation to install spill response containers, docks, and mooring posts in six remote Inuvialuit communities.