Important Messages

• 08/08/2011
  Eliminating Canada – U.S. ENC Overlap
  To comply with internationally agreed practices, Canada and the United States have agreed to eliminate overlapping coverage of Electronic Navigation Charts (ENCs).
• 01/12/2011
  Canadian Tide and Current Tables 2011
  The Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) is pleased to announce the new edition 2011 Canadian Tide and Current Tables are available for sale.
• 01/07/2011
  Episode One of PowerBoat Television
  Episode one of PowerBoat Television will air this weekend , January 9-10 2011, on Global TV. The initial airing will be on Saturday at 11 am, nationally .
• 06/14/2010
  Service Interruptions: Server Maintenance
  Please note, this website may not be available from June 26th to June 27th due to maintenance of the server.
• 05/03/2010
  Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and display of isolated shoals
  Mariners are advised that ECDIS may not display some isolated shoal depths when operating in 'base or standard display' mode.
• 07/31/2009
  Service Interruptions: Server Maintenance
  Please note, this website may not be available on August 4th 2009 from 1pm to 2pm Eastern time due to maintenance on the server.
• 07/14/2009
  Service Interruptions: Server Maintenance
  Please note, this website may not be available the morning of July 17th from 9:30 AM Eastern time to 10:30 to Eastern time due to maintenance on the server.
• 06/08/2009
  Recall Notice: Garmin BlueChart g2 and g2 Vision Data Card Version 2009
  The manufacturer Garmin issued a Safety Recall Notice to inform their customers about the recall of BlueChart g2 and BlueChart g2 Vision Version 2009. Customers of these products should contact Garmin for more details.
• 05/22/2009
  CHS Official Products and CHS Licensed Manufacturers
  This is a list of manufacturers who have been licensed to use CHS chart data in their products.
• 09/22/2008
  Raster Chart Registration Service Interruptions
  Every reasonable effort will be made to minimize service interruptions, however there will be periods when the registration service will be off-line during the transition process.
• 07/16/2008
  Updates for the Canadian Tide and Current Tables, Volume 3
  Time and height values have been revised for 2008 at the following reference ports: Saint-François; Québec; Grondines. Updated files in pdf format are available on the Tidal Web Site