Canadian Hydrographic Service

CHS produces and publishes almost 1,000 nautical charts covering Canadian waters. Nautical charts show hazards, aids to navigation, features along the shoreline and the seafloor, as well as man-made and natural features of the area.

• CHS - PAC01 Vancouver Island West-Queen Charlotte
• CHS - PAC02 Vancouver Island East
• CHS - PAC03 Queen Charlotte Sound - Hecate Strait to Portland Canal
• CHS - PAC04 Lakes and Rivers of British Columbia
• CHS - PAC-A Vancouver Island East (Vector charts)
• CHS - PAC-B Vancouver Island West - Queen Charlotte Islands (Vector charts)
• CHS - CEN01 Montreal to Quebec - Richelieu River
• CHS - CEN02 Kingston to Montreal - Richelieu River
• CHS - CEN03 Lake Ontario
• CHS - CEN04 Lake Erie
• CHS - CEN05 Lake Huron - North Channel
• CHS - CEN06 Georgian Bay
• CHS - CEN07 Lake Superior
• CHS - CEN08 Rideau Canal - Ottawa River
• CHS - CEN09 Trent-Severn Waterway
• CHS - CEN10 Lakes around Georgian Bay
• CHS - CEN11 Rainy Lake
• CHS - CEN12 Lake of the Woods
• CHS - CEN13 Lakes and Rivers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
• CHS - CEN-A Great Lakes - Superior and Huron (Vector charts)
• CHS - CEN-B Great Lakes - Erie and Ontario (Vector charts)
• CHS - CEN-C St. Lawrence River (Vector charts)
• CHS - ATL01 Newfoundland East and South
• CHS - ATL02 Gulf of St. Lawrence South
• CHS - ATL03 Quebec to Anticosti Island West
• CHS - ATL04 Labrador Coast
• CHS - ATL05 Gulf of St. Lawrence North - Newfoundland West
• CHS - ATL06 Nova Scotia South - Bay of Fundy
• CHS - ATL-A Gulf of St. Lawrence (Vector charts)
• CHS - ATL-B Nova Scotia - Bay of Fundy (Vector charts)
• CHS - ATL-C Newfoundland East & South, Labrador Coast & Arctic (Vector charts)

Paper Products

Canadian Chart 1: Symbols, Abbreviations, and Terms

Chart 1 explains all of the symbols used on Canadian charts. It is a essential reference for understanding charts.

• CH1 - Chart No. 1
• CH1CD - Chart No. 1 on CD

Nautical Charts and Publications

Radio Aids to Marine Navigation

Radio Aids outlines all of the frequencies and radio channels in Canadian waters. Describes the call in points for Vessel Traffic.

• P200 - Atlantic and Great Lakes
• P202 - Pacific and Western Arctic

List of Lights, Buoys,& Fog Signals

This publication is required by Canadian Coast Guard because it explains the characteristics of each light, buoy and signal in the area covered by each volume.

• P205 - Atlantic
• P207 - Inland Waters
• P209 - Newfoundland
• P211 - Pacific Coast

Tidal Current Atlas

This spiral-bound volume gives and hourly representation of the major currents in specific coastal regions. Each page depicts the current strength and direction with arrows. Easily find which page to reference in the BC (Juan de Fuca to Strait of Georgia) atlas by using the “Current Atlas Tables” from Ports and Passes.

• P240 - St Lawrence Estuary
• P241 - Bay of Fundy & Gulf of Maine
• P244 - Juan de Fuca to Strait of Georgia

Sailing Directions

• P100 - Arctic Canada, Volume 1
• P102 - Arctic Canada Volume 2
• P104 - Arctic Canada Volume 3
• P112 - Labrador & Hudson Bay
• P118 - B.C. (S. Portion), Vol. 1
• P120 - Great Slave Lake & Mackenzie River
• PAC118 - South Portion BC Volume 1
• PAC119 - North Portion BC Volume 2
• PAC200 - General Information
• PAC205 - Inner Passage - Queen Charlotte to Chatham Sound
• PAC206 - Hecate, Dixon, Portland, Adjacent Waters
• ATL100 - Atlantic Coast, General Information
• ATL101 - Newfoundland, Northeast & East Coasts Cape Bauld to Cape Bonavista
• ATL102 - Newfoundland, East and South Coasts Cape Bonavista to Ferryland Head (including Placentia Bay)
• ATL103 - Newfoundland, Southwest Coast Ferryland Head to Port aux Basques
• ATL104 - Cape North to Cape Canso
• ATL105 - Cape Canso to Cape Sable
• ATL106 - Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy
• ATL107 - St. John River
• ATL108 - Gulf of St. Lawrence (Southwest Portion)
• ATL109 - Gulf of St. Lawrence (Northeast Portion)
• ATL110 - St. Lawrence River, Cap Whittle/Cap Gaspé to Les Escoumins
• ATL111 - St. Lawrence River/Île Verte to Québec
• ATL112 - St. Lawrence River/Cap-Rouge to Montréal and Rivière Richelieu
• ATL120 - Labrador, Camp Islands to Hamilton Inlet (including Lake Melville)
• ATL121 - Labrador, Hamilton Inlet to Cape Chidley
• CEN300 - General Information, Great Lakes
• CEN301 - St. Lawrence River, Montréal to Kingston
• CEN302 - Lake Ontario
• CEN303 - Welland Canal and Lake Erie
• CEN304 - Detroit River, Lake St.Clair & St.Clair River
• CEN305 - Lake Huron, St. Marys River, Lake Superior
• CEN306 - Georgian Bay
• CEN307 - North Channel of Lake Huron
• CEN308 - Rideau Canal and Ottawa River