CH
TX Freq
RX Freq
1
156.050
160.650
2
156.100
160.700
3
156.150
160.750
04A
156.200
156.200
05A
156.250
156.250
6
156.300
156.300
07A
156.350
156.350
8
156.400
156.400
9
156.450
156.450
10
156.500
156.500
11
156.550
156.550
12
156.600
156.600
13
156.650
156.650
14
156.700
156.700
15
156.750
156.750
16
156.800
156.800
17
156.850
156.850
18A
156.900
156.900
19A
156.950
156.950
20
157.000
161.600
21A
157.050
157.050
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21B
161.650
Canadian Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies
Area of Operation Use
PC Public Correspondence
PC Public Correspondence
PC Public Correspondence
PC Inter-ship, Ship/Shore and Safety: Canadian Coast Guard S&R
Ship Movement
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.
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