HMCS Regina aborted a planned Evolved Sea Sparrow Block II live-fire at Exercise RIMPAC 2026, off Hawaii, after drone target hardware failed, but the crew still extracted most of the training value from months of preparation.

In the waters of Coronation Gulf near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS Des Groseilliers and the Royal Canadian Navy’s newest Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel, HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, recently wrapped up a multi-day joint security exercise with the RCMP.

Warfighters from Five Eyes (FVEY) partner nations, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, convened in Halifax Sept. 21 for the commencement of the annual Maritime Warfare Working Group (MWWG), which runs through Sept. 25.

U.S. and Canadian forces will conduct joint maneuvers in the Bering Sea, Sept. 18-22, approximately 100 nautical miles north of Dutch Harbor, under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command and Alaskan Command’s Operation TUNDRA MERLIN.

The Armed Forces of the Phillippines, US Pacific Command and Canadian Armed Forces conducted the 20th Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity on Sept. 12–13 in the Sulu Sea, strengthening interoperability, maritime security and coordination through joint sea and air exercises.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines, Royal Canadian Navy, and United States Navy conducted a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, Sept. 12-13, 2026.

Maritime forces from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), and U.S. Navy (USN) are conducting cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard 2026.

Submarine Group Two hosted undersea warfare operators and planners from across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in Norfolk for the semi-annual Theater Undersea Warfare (TUSW) Symposium to synchronize capabilities, refine tactics, and deepen Allied integration across the Atlantic, Aug. 25-27, 2026.

Truthfully, Canada does operate a significantly larger icebreaking fleet than the United States, particularly for domestic and seasonal Arctic work, while both countries are in the midst of major recapitalization programs that will add new polar-capable ships in the 2030s.

A newly built Royal Canadian Navy patrol ship is making one of the rarest journeys in Canadian naval history: a full westbound transit of the Northwest Passage from Halifax to its new home at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt.