Science Across Canada

Map of Canada showing locations of Science Institutes

Map of Canada showing locations of Science Institutes, as follows:

  1. Institute of Ocean Sciences (Sidney)
  2. Pacific Biological Station (Nanaimo)
  3. Centre for Aquaculture and Environmental Research (Vancouver)
  4. Cultus Lake Salmon Research Laboratory (Cultus Lake)
  5. Freshwater Institute (Winnipeg)
  6. Experimental Lakes Area (N. Ontario)
  7. Sea Lamprey Control Centre (Sault Ste. Marie)
  8. Bayfield Institute (Burlington)
  9. Canadian Hydrographic Service (Ottawa)
  10. Maurice Lamontagne Institute (Mont-Joli)
  11. Gulf Fisheries Centre (Moncton)
  12. Charlottetown Aquatic Animal Pathogen Biocontainment Laboratory (Charlottetown)
  13. St. Andrews Biological Station (St. Andrews)
  14. Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Dartmouth)
  15. Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre (St. John's)

Science on the water

On the water, DFO Science depends on the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) for the successful delivery of its Science program, including fisheries, biodiversity and habitat research, stock assessment, oceanographic research and hydrographic surveys conducted by researchers from DFO, other government departments and universities. In addition to research trawlers, oceanographic and hydrographic survey vessels and smaller research vessels, CCG icebreakers, such as the flagship CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, support Canadian and Canadian-led international marine research projects in the Arctic.