Contact the Canadian Coast Guard: Ice offices
For questions, comments or requests for assistance, you can contact us by phone, email, fax or mail, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Months of operation are subject to ice conditions.
By phone
Atlantic coast
(Operating December to May)
Icebreaking operations
- 709-772-2078
- 1-800-565-1633 (option 7)
Ice conditions
- 514-283-1752
- 514-283-2069
Great Lakes and the Arctic
(Great Lakes operating December to May. Arctic operating June to November)
Icebreaking operations
- 514-283-2784
Ice conditions
- 514-283-1752
- 514-283-2069
St. Lawrence
(Operating December to May)
Icebreaking operations
- 514-283-1746
Ice conditions
- 514-283-1752
- 514-283-2069
By email
Atlantic coast
(Operating December to May)
General inquiries
24-hour assistance
- vts.labrador@innav.gc.ca
- Supervisor.MCTS-Halifax@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
- Safety.Placentia@innav.gc.ca
- Safety.Sydney@innav.gc.ca
Ice conditions
Great Lakes and the Arctic
(Great Lakes operating December to May. Arctic operating June to November)
Icebreaking operations
- dfo.iceopsgreatlakes.glacesopsgrandslacs.mpo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
- dfo.iceopsarctic.glacesopsarctique.mpo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Ice conditions
St. Lawrence
(Operating December to May)
Icebreaking operations
Ice conditions
By fax
Atlantic coast
(Operating December to May)
- 709-772-6640
Great Lakes and the Arctic
(Great Lakes operating December to May. Arctic operating June to November)
- 514-283-1818
St. Lawrence
(Operating December to May)
- 514-283-1818
By mail
Atlantic coast
(Operating December to May)
- St. John’s Ice Centre
- Canadian Coast Guard
- PO Box 5667
- St. John's NL A1C 5X1
Great Lakes and the Arctic
- Montréal Ice Centre
- Canadian Coast Guard
- 5th floor, 105 McGill
- Montréal QC H2Y 2E7
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