Ocean Networks Canada

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Discover the ocean. Understand the planet.

Advancing our knowledge of the ocean at a critical time.

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What's new

Northeast Pacific Deep-sea Expedition

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Greater Victoria 10-day ocean celebration returns this June

Ocean Networks Canada partners with Ocean Week Victoria for education, conservation, and fun June 2-11, 2023.

Meet the first recipients of the Roy Hyndman Award

Innovative research that improves ocean observing

Minutes-to-hours: arrival times for tsunami on BC coast

New hazard assessment combines ocean science & Indigenous knowledge

Continuous improvements for quality data collection

Story Map: Highlights from ONC’s March 2023 Expedition

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Ocean Networks Canada's world-leading ocean observatories bring data to the surface, accelerating scientific discovery and delivering solutions that support ocean-and-planet sustainability for future generations.

What We Deliver

Ocean Observatories

Our deep-sea, coastal and land-based observatory infrastructures capture vital continuous data about the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

Community Based Monitoring

We support Indigenous and coastal communities’ leadership in local ocean monitoring to meet community needs.

Big Data

Our data dashboards track, analyze and display key metrics from the world’s longest coastline - Canada - attracting more than 32K users.

Scientific Discovery

Our technology enables advances in multidisciplinary research in oceanography, neutrino particle physics, climate impact monitoring, and more.

Solutions & Services

Our science/industry partnerships make possible services such as early tsunami warnings, safer shipping, and pioneering the safe removal of climate warming carbon dioxide.

Knowledge

Serving all ages from K-12 and post-secondary, our programs, resources and courses developed with Indigenous partners bring ocean science into classrooms and communities.

Our Unique Contribution

ONC’s technical capabilities enable researchers and coastal communities to access instruments remotely and receive data from anywhere on the globe. Data are collected on ocean physics, chemistry, biology and geology, supporting research on complex Earth processes in ways not previously possible. These ocean observatories generate ‘big data’ openly accessible through the Oceans 3.0 data management system.