Canada CHS update

January 2021

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18 nautical raster charts have been updated & 1 new chart added (January 29th, 2021) :

  • 1230 PLANS PÉNINSULE DE LA GASPÉSIE
  • 1316 PORT DE QUÉBEC
  • 3493 VANCOUVER HARBOUR - WESTERN PORTION/PARTIE OUEST
  • 3955 PLANS PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 3956 MALACCA PASSAGE TO/À BELL PASSAGE
  • 3957 APPROACHES TO / APPROCHES À PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 3958 PRINCE RUPERT HARBOUR
  • 4002 GOLFE DU SAINT-LAURENT / GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE
  • 4024 BAIE DES CHALEURS / CHALEUR BAY AUX / TO ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4026 HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE ET/AND CAP DES ROSIERS À/TO POINTE DES MONTS
  • 4245 YARMOUTH HARBOUR AND APPROACHES / ET LES APPROCHES
  • 4429 HAVRE SAINT-PIERRE ET LES APPROCHES / AND APPROACHES
  • 4448 PORT HOOD AND/ET MABOU HARBOUR
  • 4462 ST GEORGE'S BAY
  • 4661 BEAR HEAD TO / À COW HEAD
  • 4832 FORTUNE BAY: SOUTHERN PORTION / PARTIE SUD
  • 4950 ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE
  • 4956 CAP-AUX-MEULES
  • 5338 RIVIÈRE KOKSOAK   new

So 814 charts (1754 including sub-charts) are available in the Canada CHS layer. (see coverage)

Note : CHS has some charts only available in paper but unavailable in digital form, especially in the Arctic part : this concerns a number of old charts in which the horizontal datum is either unknown or is so poorly positioned that these charts are unusable with modern precise positioning technology. A mere one per cent of the Canadian Arctic is charted to 'modern standards.

These updates are right now automatically viewable on mobile applications :

Note : don't forget to visit Notices to Mariners; published monthly and available from the Canadian Coast Guard both online or through a free hardcopy subscription service.
This essential publication provides the latest information on changes to the aids to navigation system, as well as updates from CHS regarding CHS charts and publications.
See also written Notices to Shipping and Navarea warnings : NOTSHIP