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Canadian Marine VHF Channels and Frequencies
CH No. XMIT Freq
RCV FreqArea of Operation Use
01 156.050
160.650
PC Public Correspondence
02 156.100
160.700
PC Public Correspondence
03 156.150
160.750
PC Public Correspondence
04A 156.200
156.200
PC Intership, Ship/Shore and Safety: Canadian Coast Guard S&R
05A 156.250
156.250
Ship Movement
06 156.300
156.300
All areas Intership, Commercial, Non-commercial and Safety: May be used
for search and rescue communications between ships and aircraft.
07A 156.350
156.350
All areas Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial
08 156.400
156.400
WC, EC Intership, Commercial and Safety: Also assigned for operations in
the Lake Winnipeg area.
09 156.450
156.450
AC Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: May be used to communicate with aircraft and helicopters in
predominantly maritime support operations.
10 156.500
156.500
AC, GL Intership, 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.
11 156.550
156.550
PC, AC, GL Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: Also used for pilotage purposes.
12 156.600
156.600
WC, AC, GL Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: Port operations and pilot information and messages.
13 156.650
156.650
All areas Intership, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship Movement:
Exclusively for bridge-to-bridge navigational traffic. Limited to 1-watt
maximum power.
14 156.700
156.700
AC, GL Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: Port operations and pilot information and messages.
15 156.750
156.750
All areas Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: All operations limited to 1-watt maximum power. May also be
used for on-board communications.
16 156.800
156.800
All areas International Distress, Safety and Calling2
17 156.850
156.850
All areas Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial and Ship
Movement: All operations limited to 1-watt maximum power. May also be
used for on-board communications.
18A 156.900
156.900
All areas Intership, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Towing on the Pacific
Coast.
19A 156.950
156.950
All areas except PC Intership and Ship/Shore: Canadian Coast Guard only.
20 157.000
161.600
All areas Ship/Shore, Safety and Ship Movement: Port operatio
21
157.050
161.650
All areas Ship/Shore, Safety and Ship Movement: Port operatio
21A 157.050
157.050
All areas Intership and Ship/Shore: Canadian Coast Guard only.
21B -
161.650
All areas Safety: Continuous Marine Broadcast (CMB) service.3
22A 157.100
157.100
All areas Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial and Non-commercial: For
communications between Canadian Coast Guard and non-Canadian Coast
Guard stations only.
23 157.150
161.750
PC Ship/Shore and Public Correspondence: Also in the inland waters of
British Columbia and the Yukon.
24 157.200
161.800
All areas Ship/Shore and Public Correspondence
25 157.250
161.850
PC Ship/Shore and Public Correspondence: Also assigned for operations in
the Lake Winnipeg area.
25B -
161.850
AC Safety: Continuous Marine Broadcast (CMB) service.
26 157.300
161.900
All areas Ship/Shore, Safety and Public Correspondence
27 157.350
161.950
AC, GL, PC Ship/Shore and Public Correspondence
28 157.400
162.000
PC Ship/Shore, Safety and Public Correspondence
28B -
162.000
AC Safety: Continuous Marine Broadcast (CMB) service.
60 156.025
160.625
PC Ship/Shore and Public Correspondence.
61A 156.075
156.075
EC Intership, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Commercial fishing only.
62A 156.125
156.125
EC Intership, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Commercial fishing only.
64 156.225
160.825
PC Ship/Shore and Public Correspondence
64A 156.225
156.225
EC Intership, Ship/Shore and Commercial: Commercial fishing only.
65A 156.275
156.275
Intership, Ship/Shore, Commercial, Non-commercial, Safety: Search &
rescue and antipollution operations on the Great Lakes. Towing on the
