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Babcock Canada Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Babcock International Group.

Babcock is a global marine, aviation, nuclear and land systems company, headquartered in London and active in Canada, UK, Europe, Australasia, Africa, and the Middle East.

What we do

Babcock’s corporate focus is the provision of vital services and mission-critical technology and support solutions for assets of national importance. For more than a century, Babcock has been helping its customers improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets.

Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integrations, learning and asset and infrastructure management, its 30,000+ employees design, build, manage, operate and maintain mission-critical assets, and provide specialized training and purpose-driven infrastructure.

About Babcock International

For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering support. Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, infrastructure management, and specialist training, we help customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of marine, land, aviation, and nuclear.

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Marine

Elsewhere, Babcock supports the UK, US, Australian, and New Zealand navies with mission-critical services, leads the in-service support of 29 major ships and 17 nuclear submarines, and with Bernard Shulte Marine recently christened the world’s largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bunkering and supply vessel.

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Aviation

Babcock operates and maintains approximately 600 fixed and rotary-wing aircraft in multiple countries, annually logging over 20,000 hours of aerial firefighting. Last year, Babcock delivered over 68,500 military flying hours to over 20,000 trainees, supporting the flying with 10 aeronautical maintenance centres in 7 countries.

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Land

In the Defence and Emergency Services sectors, Babcock provides critical fleet management and training for 80,000 military, police, ambulance, firefighting, airport and commercial vehicles, as well as engineering services and technical training worldwide.

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Babcock in Canada

Babcock combines the best of Canadian talent and expertise with the expertise and experience of its highly skilled knowledge network from around the globe. Babcock Canada Inc. has over 457 personnel, of which over 97% are Canadian.

Babcock employees are located across the country:

  • 279 in Victoria, BC leading the program management, procurement & supply, shipyard production, commissioning, trials and material certification work for Canada’s VICTORIA Class submarines
  • 45 in Halifax, also supporting the VICTORIA Class submarines
  • 31 (and growing) in Winnipeg, MB providing emergency medical air transport and supporting the aerial firefighting fleets operating from Gimli, The Pas and Thompson
  • 102 in Ottawa, the corporate and engineering headquarters for Babcock in Canada

Building on success

Babcock designs, builds, manages, operates and maintains assets vital to the delivery of a wide assortment of mission critical services. We work alongside the Government of Canada to leverage naval and marine In-Service Support global best practices. Since 2008, this includes the extensive maintenance work on Canada’s four Victoria Class submarines. We’ve created a highly skilled workforce to carry out significant through-life maintenance activities, developing Canadian expertise and contributing significantly to Canada’s economic development.

We're there when you need us

Babcock is the prime contractor for Canada’s Victoria Class In-Service Support Contract (VISSC), is the prime contractor for Manitoba’s Wildfire Suppression (aerial firefighting) Services, and is supporting Manitoba with the provision of vital air ambulance services.

Our leadership team

You will find people with the vision and ability to make things happen everywhere at Babcock, starting with our senior leadership team and business development leads.

Jerry McLean - Babcock Canada

Jerry McLean

Chief Executive Officer

Sarah McMillan

Vice President Human Resources & Corporate Services

John O'Neill

Chief Financial Officer & Supply Chain

Matthew Crawley, PEng, MAsc

Vice President Aviation, Land & Commercial

Tony March

Vice President Marine & Mission Systems

Gordon Szczepski

Director and Acting Head of Engineering & Technology

Contact us

Babcock has an impact and a footprint across Canada. If you are interested in any aspect of our work, please contact us at one of our offices or online anytime.

Newsroom

News   |  06/21/2023

Babcock Celebrates the 27th Annual National Indigenous Peoples Day

Babcock recognizes the culture, heritage, and achievements of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples year-round, but June 21st, National Indigenous Peoples Day, is always special. Today, we celebrate the many achievements of the Indigenous communities, businesses, and peoples in whose traditional territories and homelands we conduct our business in.
News   |  06/07/2023

Babcock and Hanwha Ocean Sign a Technical Cooperation Agreement for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project

Babcock Canada (Babcock), a world leader in submarine support, has signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with Hanwha Ocean to collaborate on the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
News   |  06/07/2023

Babcock and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd Sign a Technical Cooperation Agreement for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project

Babcock Canada (Babcock), a world leader in submarine support, has signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (HD HHI) to collaborate on the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).