Question Period Note: Canadian Patrol Submarine Project

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Reference number:
PSPC-2025-QP-00057
Date received:
Sep 4, 2025
Organization:
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Name of Minister:
Fuhr, Stephen (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Secretary of State (Defence Procurement)

Issue/Question:

Canada has identified German company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), and Korean company, Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (Hanwha), as the two qualified suppliers for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).

Suggested Response:

  • Canada has the largest coastline in the world, and it is essential that the Royal Canadian Navy be equipped with superior underwater surveillance capability to maintain our country’s security and sovereignty
    • The Navy’s current Victoria-class submarine fleet is scheduled to be decommissioned in the mid-2030s and replacement submarines are needed
    • The Government of Canada has identified two qualified suppliers in order to progress and accelerate their replacement by no later than 2035 to ensure a continuous Canadian submarine capability

Background:

Through Canada’s defence policy, Our North, Strong and Free, the Government of Canada is providing members of the Royal Canadian Navy with the equipment they need to maintain current and future operational readiness.

Canada’s key submarine capability requirements will be stealth, lethality, persistence and Arctic deployability – meaning that the selected submarine must have extended range and endurance.

Through the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project, Canada will acquire a larger, modernized submarine fleet that will provide a unique combination of these capabilities to ensure that Canada can detect, track, deter and, if necessary, defeat adversaries in all three of Canada’s oceans while contributing meaningfully alongside allies and enabling the Government of Canada to deploy this fleet abroad in support of our partners and allies.

The Government of Canada remains committed to engaging Canadian industry and creating high-paying jobs at home through the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project. As such, Canada intends to leverage work on the submarines to generate economic benefits for Canada’s marine and defence industry throughout the fleet’s operational life.

Additional Information:

  • A Request for Information closed on February 28, 2025, and 25 responses were received including seven from Original Equipment Manufacturers (submarine builders)
    • On August 26, 2025, Canada announced the German company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), and Korean company Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd. (Hanwha) as the two qualified suppliers for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project
    • To avoid any gaps in Canadian submarine capabilities, Canada anticipates a contract award by 2028, with the delivery of the first replacement submarine no later than 2035