Nanisivik Naval Facility
| Nanisivik Naval Facility | |
|---|---|
Installation navale de Nanisivik (French) | |
| Nanisivik, Nunavut | |
HMCS Goose Bay moored at Nanisivik. | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Arctic refuelling facility |
| Controlled by | Canadian Forces |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 73°04′08″N 84°32′57″W / 73.068889°N 84.549167°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | In construction since 2015; active navy use for about four weeks per year anticipated from 2025. |
| In use | Very limited use of new facility from 2019 |
The Nanisivik Naval Facility (French: installation navale de Nanisivik) is a Canadian Forces naval facility on Baffin Island, Nunavut. The station is built at the former lead-zinc mine site near the former company town of Nanisivik. The facility was undergoing final testing in mid-2019. Full operational capability had been expected to be achieved by mid-2020 with the first refuelling of a Royal Canadian Navy ship. However, in July 2020 it was confirmed that work on the facility would not be completed until 2022. On 30 March 2022, it was reported that the completion of the facility would be further delayed to 2023. Then in November 2022, the Auditor General of Canada reported that the facility would start to be used by the navy regularly beginning in 2025.