Forillon constructs, modifies and repairs steel and aluminium working vessels, with naval engineering and customer-led project delivery across its Gaspé and Rivière-au-Renard yards. Builds range from compact tugs and fishing vessels to ferries, rescue lifeboats and an active hybrid science-vessel project. The advertised 800-tonne Gaspé slipway rating requires a current project-specific check against reported upgrade figures.
Technical detail
Core features
Construction, refit and modification with hull, structure, mechanical, electronic and hydraulic engineering and stability/design review.
Frank C: about 12m long, 4.45m beam, steel hull/aluminium superstructure and two 375HP engines. Navanex’s sheet specifies CAT C9.3 engines, 1.22m draft and 9.8 knots; these are vessel-specific advertised data.
Bay-class rescue lifeboats: buyer-described 19m self-righting design, 14.5-knot cruise, maximum 25 knots and operations up to 100 nautical miles offshore.
Hybrid integration spans the operating 33.6m Peter-Fraser electric-drive ferry and the 32m near-shore research-vessel build; the latter includes battery storage, regenerative machinery and wet/dry science spaces.
San Marco VII fishing-vessel delivery incorporates refrigerated-water holds and liquid-ice production; performance improvements remain the yard’s unquantified account.
Both yards have current CWB Division 2 steel and aluminium welding listings for ship construction and repair. Handling limits and access are site-specific.
Shipbuilding
Vessel-refit
Naval-engineering
Hybrid-vessel-integration
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Commercial fishing, harbour towage and barge-support vessels
Public ferries and Canadian Coast Guard search-and-rescue vessels
Marine science vessel construction and working-vessel repair
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Buyer proof includes accepted Baie des Chaleurs delivery in 2023 and an operating STQ ferry. CCG confirmed Forillon’s tenth Bay-class vessel complete in October 2025. Frank C was delivered in November 2025 as Rivière-au-Renard’s first full build; Hollyann delivery is listed in 2026. The hybrid research vessel remains under construction for fall 2027.
Commercial availability
Owners can commission construction, repair and modification through the public contact form or 418-368-6035. Design scope, current certified handling limits and production slots require project agreement; July 2026 reporting described commitments into 2027.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reviewed connections
No reviewed Mission area or released Defence need connection is currently published.
Original sources 22 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · name
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · core features
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · core features
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · summary
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · core features
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Chantier Naval Forillon manufactures and repairs vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing boats, tugs, ferries and barges. The shipyard combines construction, repair/modification, naval architecture and engineering. Forillon offers project-based turnkey vessel delivery with customer progress reviews at its Gaspé shipyard.
CNF’s current Hollyann III portfolio page lists delivery in 2026 and describes the road-transportable tug as designed and built for Valhalla. It names Navanex as architect and lists 12.3m length, 3.65m beam, 10 knots, two 330HP engines and steel/aluminium construction. It supplies no exact acceptance date or independent trial certificate.
Forillon records Peter-Fraser delivered in 2013 for STQ and credits Navtech/Techsol Marine for naval architecture, with Techsol electrical-integrator collaboration. The reinforced double-ended ferry combines steel/aluminium construction, batteries and four 220kW Schottel SPJ57 pump drives. It supports prior hybrid-system integration experience without assigning all technology ownership to the shipyard.
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
Supports: Capability · summary
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
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Custom vessel construction This bounded statement is retained for reviewer verification.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Commercial vessel construction and sustainment
Supports: Capability · technical tags
True North Map applies the shipbuilding tag from Chantier Naval Forillon's documented capability functions.
Supports: Capability · name
Small and mid-size vessel construction
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map maps Small and mid-size vessel construction to advanced manufacturing and integration from its documented technology functions.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Chantier Naval Forillon currently presents Small and mid-size vessel construction through its official public capability surface.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Government patrol and service vessels
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
Supports: Capability · name
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
Supports: Capability · display lead
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Forillon advertises custom construction of vessels up to 800 tonnes, including fishing and service vessels, barges, tugs and ferries. The service spans requirements, engineering collaboration, technology integration, construction changes and launch, with customer participation.
PSPC’s current project page lists one Canadian Coast Guard near-shore fishery research vessel under construction at Forillon after October 2025 steel cutting and October 2023 contract award, with fall 2027 delivery planned. It labels CAD55.5 million excluding taxes as project budget. This is not delivered-vessel acceptance or total current contract value.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
PSPC’s current project page lists one Canadian Coast Guard near-shore fishery research vessel under construction at Forillon after October 2025 steel cutting and October 2023 contract award, with fall 2027 delivery planned. It labels CAD55.5 million excluding taxes as project budget. This is not delivered-vessel acceptance or total current contract value.
Supports: Capability · maturity
PSPC’s current project page lists one Canadian Coast Guard near-shore fishery research vessel under construction at Forillon after October 2025 steel cutting and October 2023 contract award, with fall 2027 delivery planned. It labels CAD55.5 million excluding taxes as project budget. This is not delivered-vessel acceptance or total current contract value.
GRAFFICI’s July 15, 2026 interview reports approximately 100 staff, split 75 at Sandy Beach and 25 at Rivière-au-Renard; the research vessel hull was said to be half complete and a new Newfoundland fishing vessel had started. The CEO was seeking work for late 2027/early 2028 and described passing a ferry bid because its timing conflicted with workload. These are dated reported staffing and scheduling observations, not guaranteed available slots.
Supports: Capability · summary
In a July 15, 2026 GRAFFICI report, CEO Jean-David Samuel described slipway reinforcement underway with a stated future 725-tonne capacity and lateral transfer increasing from 300 to 500 tonnes. A 1,000-tonne target was framed for 2032. These figures do not reconcile with the provider’s current 800-tonne advertisement and the 2020 engineering case; current certified and project-specific limits remain unresolved.
Forillon offers managed vessel repair and modification, considering the effect of each change on the vessel as a whole and applicable maritime rules. The page describes project service, not a repair-duration guarantee or individual class approval.
Supports: Capability · summary
Forillon offers managed vessel repair and modification, considering the effect of each change on the vessel as a whole and applicable maritime rules. The page describes project service, not a repair-duration guarantee or individual class approval.
Supports: Capability · core features
Forillon offers managed vessel repair and modification, considering the effect of each change on the vessel as a whole and applicable maritime rules. The page describes project service, not a repair-duration guarantee or individual class approval.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Forillon offers managed vessel repair and modification, considering the effect of each change on the vessel as a whole and applicable maritime rules. The page describes project service, not a repair-duration guarantee or individual class approval.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Forillon offers managed vessel repair and modification, considering the effect of each change on the vessel as a whole and applicable maritime rules. The page describes project service, not a repair-duration guarantee or individual class approval.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
Forillon offers managed vessel repair and modification, considering the effect of each change on the vessel as a whole and applicable maritime rules. The page describes project service, not a repair-duration guarantee or individual class approval.
The planned near-shore fisheries research vessel is 32m long and 10.5m wide, with diesel-electric propulsion, battery energy storage, regenerative deck machinery and gyroscopic stabilization. The buyer describes provision for five crew and six scientists, wet/dry laboratories and science sensors. Its estimated 30–60 minutes per day of low-speed battery operation is a design expectation; construction is not evidence of accepted operational performance.
Supports: Capability · core features
The planned near-shore fisheries research vessel is 32m long and 10.5m wide, with diesel-electric propulsion, battery energy storage, regenerative deck machinery and gyroscopic stabilization. The buyer describes provision for five crew and six scientists, wet/dry laboratories and science sensors. Its estimated 30–60 minutes per day of low-speed battery operation is a design expectation; construction is not evidence of accepted operational performance.
The Canadian Coast Guard announced completion of Baie de Gaspé on October 29, 2025 as Forillon’s tenth and final Bay-class lifeboat, the twentieth across Forillon and Hike. The release also marks the beginning of hybrid research-vessel construction. Completion is not an exact formal acceptance date; the combined lifeboat contract value must not be assigned entirely to Forillon.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
The Canadian Coast Guard announced completion of Baie de Gaspé on October 29, 2025 as Forillon’s tenth and final Bay-class lifeboat, the twentieth across Forillon and Hike. The release also marks the beginning of hybrid research-vessel construction. Completion is not an exact formal acceptance date; the combined lifeboat contract value must not be assigned entirely to Forillon.
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions's public evidence confirms a company-specific project, award, program or operating context, while configuration-specific acceptance and scale remain bounded by the reviewer warning.
Forillon offers concept-to-project naval architecture and engineering with specialists covering hull, structure and mechanical, electronic and hydraulic systems. Its scope includes stability and design-element analysis and customer-led custom plans.
Supports: Capability · core features
Forillon offers concept-to-project naval architecture and engineering with specialists covering hull, structure and mechanical, electronic and hydraulic systems. Its scope includes stability and design-element analysis and customer-led custom plans.
PSPC’s 2023 review confirms delivery and acceptance of SAR lifeboats 15 and 16. Forillon-built CCGS Baie des Chaleurs, SAR16, was delivered to Halifax on October 30, 2023 and subsequently stationed in the Grand Passage area of Nova Scotia. This is buyer-reported accepted delivery of a specific Forillon vessel.
STQ lists Peter-Fraser in service at Île-Verte and identifies Chantier naval Forillon as builder. Buyer specifications are 33.6m long, 12m beam, loaded draft 1.145m, capacity 70 passengers and 12 vehicles, four waterjets, electric main motors totalling 880kW and 8.5-knot cruising speed. The page’s construction year 2012 and the yard’s delivery year 2013 describe different milestones.
Supports: Capability · core features
STQ lists Peter-Fraser in service at Île-Verte and identifies Chantier naval Forillon as builder. Buyer specifications are 33.6m long, 12m beam, loaded draft 1.145m, capacity 70 passengers and 12 vehicles, four waterjets, electric main motors totalling 880kW and 8.5-knot cruising speed. The page’s construction year 2012 and the yard’s delivery year 2013 describe different milestones.
Supports: Capability · maturity
STQ lists Peter-Fraser in service at Île-Verte and identifies Chantier naval Forillon as builder. Buyer specifications are 33.6m long, 12m beam, loaded draft 1.145m, capacity 70 passengers and 12 vehicles, four waterjets, electric main motors totalling 880kW and 8.5-knot cruising speed. The page’s construction year 2012 and the yard’s delivery year 2013 describe different milestones.
Forillon lists its Gaspé headquarters at 6 rue du Chantier Maritime, Gaspé G4X 2E8, and Rivière-au-Renard site at 4 rue de la Victoria, Gaspé G4X 5E9. General phone is 418-368-6035 and a contact form provides a General route; Pierre-Émile Côté is the sales contact at extension 202.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Forillon lists its Gaspé headquarters at 6 rue du Chantier Maritime, Gaspé G4X 2E8, and Rivière-au-Renard site at 4 rue de la Victoria, Gaspé G4X 5E9. General phone is 418-368-6035 and a contact form provides a General route; Pierre-Émile Côté is the sales contact at extension 202.
CNF announced delivery of Frank C. to Les Entreprises P.E.C. on November 21, 2025. It was the first vessel entirely built at its Rivière-au-Renard yard, acquired in 2024. Navanex designed the compact harbour tug; the release specifies about 12m by 4.5m and 750HP.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Forillon delivered the Frank C. tug to Les Entreprises P.E.C. on November 21, 2025, as the first vessel built entirely at its Rivière-au-Renard site. Navanex designed the Frank C., a 12-metre tug for moving the customer's barges and marine equipment. Forillon acquired the Rivière-au-Renard site in 2024 and operates from the Gaspé region.
Forillon announced San Marco VII delivered to Pêcheries Michel Turbide on July 12, 2024 after construction began in 2022. The multispecies fishing vessel includes recessed stabilizers, refrigerated-water holds and liquid-ice production for crab/redfish operations. The owner is quoted in the yard’s joint account; claimed efficiency improvements are not quantified independent trial results.
The Frank C. tug is listed as delivered in 2025 to Les Entreprises P.E.C. Inc., designed by Navanex and built by Forillon. The yard lists 12m length, 4.45m beam, 10-knot speed, two 375HP engines and steel/aluminium construction for shallow-water harbour towing and barge pushing. These are vessel-specific advertised specifications.
Supports: Capability · core features
The Frank C. tug is listed as delivered in 2025 to Les Entreprises P.E.C. Inc., designed by Navanex and built by Forillon. The yard lists 12m length, 4.45m beam, 10-knot speed, two 375HP engines and steel/aluminium construction for shallow-water harbour towing and barge pushing. These are vessel-specific advertised specifications.
The buyer describes Bay-class lifeboats as 19m self-righting craft with a 14.5-knot cruising speed and maximum 25 knots, capable of operations up to 100 nautical miles offshore. The programme comprises ten vessels from Forillon and ten from Hike. These are class-level specifications, not generic ratings for every vessel CNF builds.
Navanex’s illustrated Frank C. service-tug sheet specifies CAT C9.3 propulsion, two 375BHP engines at 1800RPM, 1.22m draft, 4,800L fuel and 9.8-knot speed; the steel hull and aluminium superstructure appear in the technical table and arrangement. Metric length is given as 11.9/11.95m and beam as 4.45m, but the printed imperial equivalents are inconsistent. The Transport Canada label is not an independently recovered approval.
The live CWB directory lists four Forillon entries: CSA W47.1 steel and W47.2 aluminium fusion welding, Division 2, at both 6 rue du Chantier-Maritime and 4 rue de la Victoria in Gaspé, for construction and repair of ships. It displays no certificate number or expiry. This is site-scoped welding certification, not vessel-class approval or security accreditation.
The company advertises a Crandall slipway rated to support up to 800 tonnes. This supports a named infrastructure limit; the page does not publish beam, length, draft, tide restrictions or an equivalent load rating for the separately acquired Rivière-au-Renard site.
