Other Boatbuilders in Ontario
Most recent update: July 21, 2021.
The number of small ships and boats built in Ontario is impossible to document fully: as a result, this table is far from complete.
If you have an addition or correction for this page, please send it in.
Builder | Location | O/N | Name | Customer | Type | GT | Built | Notes | |
Abbey | Port Robinson | City of St. Catharines | T.Bullivant | passenger | 606 | 1874 | later Otego 1883, burned on the Great Lakes 1895 | ||
Abitibi Power | Twin Falls | F. H. Anson | freighter | 112 | 1922 | ||||
Bastine, Gerald | Port Colborne | 800694 | Bastien Bros. | trawler | 36 | 1983 | |||
Berry, M H | Port Stanley | 329727 | Mi-Mar-Lynne | trawler | 95 | 1971 | |||
Chisholm & Simpson | Chatham | D. R. Van Allen | T.H.Taylor | freighter | 318 | 1874 | scrapped 1920 | ||
Chisholm, H. | Meaford | Favourite | Meaford Tptn Co | passenger freighter | 491 | 1889 | later City of Parry Sound 1893, burned Collingwood 1900 | ||
Davis DD | Kingston | Sea Gull | freighter | 150 | 1906 | ||||
Davis DD | Kingston | Glen Allan | freighter | 276 | 1912 | ||||
Dovercraft Marine | Port Dover | 348587 | Jay Vee H | passenger | 47 | 1979 | later Strait Pilot | ||
Dovercraft Marine | Port Dover | 392630 | Yankee Lady II | passenger | 68 | 1980 | later Escape To | ||
Dovercraft Marine | Port Dover | 394137 | Phantom IV | 1980 | closed | ||||
Dovercraft Marine | Port Dover | 800691 | Nancy A. Siddall | trawler | 98 | 1981 | |||
Dovercraft Marine | Port Dover | 800698 | G. W. Siddall | trawler | 98 | 1984 | |||
Dovercraft Marine | Port Dover | 803519 | F. G. Bravener | trawler | 98 | 1984 | later Miss Melissa II | ||
Dovercraft Marine | Port Dover | 803530 | Charlie James | recreational | 25 | 1985 | |||
Dovercraft Marine | Nanticoke | 821278 | Kaliutik | tugboat | 83 | 1998 | |||
Dovercraft Marine | Nanticoke | 822814 | Dover I | 1999 | closed | ||||
Dovercraft Marine | Nanticoke | 825180 | Seadona | recreational | 37 | 2002 | |||
Dovercraft Marine | Nanticoke | 835134 | P. H. Coupe 52 | recreational | 45 | 2002 | |||
Dovercraft Marine | Nanticoke | 836211 | P. H. Coupe 42 | recreational | 27 | 2002 | |||
Duratug SY | Port Dover | Indian Maiden | ferry | 128 | 1987 | ||||
Duratug SY | Port Dover | 808400 | Stella Borealis | Mac Makarchuk | ferry | 356 | 1989 | ||
Dyble, J. | Sarnia | Monarch | Northwest Tptn Co | passenger | 2,017 | 1890 | wrecked 2nm W Blake's Pt, Isle Royale 1906 | ||
Folger | Kingston | America | St Lawrence River Steamboat Co | passenger | 553 | 1895 | later Midland City 1922, stripped and burned at Midland ON 1955 | ||
Fox, E.S. | Niagara Falls | 391201 | S/VM TP 1 | Smit Harbor Towing | tugboat | 361 | 1979 | later Smit Skeena | |
Fox, E.S. | Niagara Falls | 391202 | S/VM TP 2 | Smit Harbor Towing | tugboat | 361 | 1979 | later Smit Nass | |
Fraser & Assoc. | Port Colbourne | 813437 | Island Queen V | 30,000 Island Cruises | ferry | 536 | 1990 | ||
Galactica 001 Ent. | Toronto | 821209 | Enterprise 2000 | Olympia Cruises | ferry | 370 | 1997 | ||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 158132 | Almidart | trawler | 24 | 1932 | later at Port Dover Harbour Museum | ||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 170675 | Trimac | tanker | 27 | 1938 | |||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 172013 | Sharilyn II | trawler | 43 | 1943 | later Lady of Dover | ||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 172019 | J. H. Misner | trawler | 18 | 1944 | |||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 178694 | Alex B. | trawler | 19 | 1946 | |||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 178692 | Long Time | trawler | 20 | 1946 | |||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 178691 | H. H. Misner | tugboat | 27 | 1946 | |||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 190042 | Burwell Clipper | trawler | 100 | 1948 | later Ironfish | ||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 190049 | Playfair II | trawler | 30 | 1949 | |||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 190048 | Ilda C II | trawler | 29 | 1950 | later Attiwandaron | ||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 195704 | John D. | Gamble, George | tugboat | 37 | 1954 | ||
Gamble, George | Port Dover | 348581 | G. H. Simmons | trawler | 113 | 1974 | |||
Gamble, Harry | Port Dover | 170680 | South Side | trawler | 59 | 1942 | |||
Gamble, Harry | Port Dover | 176056 | Ingram | trawler | 73 | 1946 | later Laura D | ||
Gananoque Boat Line | Gananoque | 348015 | Thousand Islander III | Gananoque Boat Line | ferry | 376 | 1975 | ||
Gananoque Boat Line | Gananoque | 348020 | Thousand Islander IV | Gananoque Boat Line | ferry | 347 | 1976 | ||
Gordon's Welding | Sarnia | 803286 | Gordon's I | tugboat | 40 | 1987 | |||
Haikala, Elmer | Wheatley | 188095 | Henry J. III | trawler | 25 | 1959 | |||
Hamilton Bridge | Hamilton | 1 | Arabian | J.B.Fairgrieve | freighter | 1,073 | 1892 | barge 1933, scrapped 1947 | |
Hamilton Bridge | Hamilton | 2 | Chippewa | Niagara Nav Co | passenger | 1,544 | 1893 | scrapped 1939 | |
Hamilton Bridge | Hamilton | 4 | Hamilton | Montreal Tptn Co | barge | 996 | 1901 | scrapped 1937 | |
Harley, Ralph | Port Burwell | 394131 | Last Time | trawler | 141 | 1981 | |||
Hepburn, A.W. | Picton | Argyle | Lake Ontario Nav Co | passenger | 579 | 1899 | later Frontier 1912, foundered Chatham ON 1916 | ||
Hopper Fisheries | Port Stanley | 368778 | Janice H. X | trawler | 72 | 1981 | later Erie Explorer | ||
Huntsville Lake | Huntsville | Algonquin | Huntsville, Lake of Bays & Lake Simcoe Nav Co | passenger freighter | 305 | 1906 | scrapped 1955 | ||
Huntsville Lake | Huntsville | Algoma | Huntsville, Lake of Bays & Lake Simcoe Nav Co | passenger freighter | 305 | 1906 | |||
Hurley, L & R | Port Burwell | 178699 | George H | trawler | 95 | 1947 | later A. R. Getty | ||
Hurley, L & R | Port Burwell | 134555 | James D. | trawler | 91 | 1957 | |||
Hurley, L & R | Port Burwell | 346005 | Doretta L | trawler | 45 | 1972 | |||
Hurley, L & R | Port Burwell | 346006 | Mar-Vel-Ann | trawler | 59 | 1973 | |||
Jenking | Wallaceburg | J. W. Steinhoff | J.W.Steinhoff | freighter | 312 | 1874 | later Queen City 1896, Canada 1901, scrapped 1909 | ||
Kanter YC | Port Stanley | 394139 | L. R. Jackson | trawler | 147 | 1982 | |||
Kolbe & Co. | Port Dover | 190041 | Vary Brothers | trawler | 33 | 1945 | |||
Kolbe & Co. | Port Dover | 178695 | Billie K. | trawler | 26 | 1947 | |||
Liddle Bros. | Wheatley | 192677 | Liddle Bros. | trawler | 120 | 1958 | later J. & A. Baptista | ||
Liddle Bros. | Wheatley | 323929 | Liddle Lady V | trawler | 100 | 1971 | |||
Liddle Bros. | Wheatley | 346008 | Linda Jane II | trawler | 146 | 1974 | |||
Liddle Bros. | Wheatley | 368772 | Mi-Mark | trawler | 40 | 1977 | |||
Liddle Bros. | Wheatley | 368776 | Josh II | trawler | 91 | 1980 | |||
Magee | Port Colborne | 6 | Belvoir | freighter | 2,296 | 1955 | later Nazca 1970, Belvoir 1974, hit object and sank 1974 | ||
Marlin Yacht | Gananoque | Thousand Islander | ferry | 200 | 1972 | ||||
Marlin Yacht | Gananoque | Thousand Islander II | ferry | 200 | 1973 | ||||
Marlin Yacht | Gananoque | Miss Midland | ferry | 119 | 1974 | ||||
Marlton, W. | Goderich | Manitou | Dominion Fish Co | passenger | 470 | 1903 | hulked 1939, scrapped 1945 | ||
Marlton, W. | Goderich | Caribou | Dominion Fish Co | passenger | 597 | 1904 | hulked 1947 | ||
Mathiesen BW | Goderich | 122619 | Casalinho | trawler | 104 | 1951 | later T James T | ||
Mathiesen BW | Goderich | 195684 | J. A. C. | trawler | 22 | 1952 | |||
Mathiesen BW | Goderich | 194968 | Marpaulo | trawler | 94 | 1953 | later Jo-Anna I | ||
McMurchy, D. | Toronto | Island Queen | ferry | 129 | 1905 | ||||
McNally Construction | Belleville | 823618 | Wenonah II | Muskoka Hist. Soc. | ferry | 447 | 2000 | ||
McNamara Marine | Toronto | 318726 | Joyce B. Gardiner | tugboat | 71 | 1962 | later W. J. Isaac Purvis | ||
Miller, Bruce | Port Stanley | 803518 | B. B. Miller | trawler | 98 | 1984 | |||
Miller, J.R. | Cardinal | Scout | freighter | 176 | 1900 | ||||
Misner, J & G | Port Dover | 392627 | Leonard S. | trawler | 69 | 1979 | |||
Morill, R.J. | Collingwood | A. F. Bowman | tugboat | 112 | 1906 | scrapped 1941 | |||
Mummery, Donald | Port Dover | 314128 | Leola Charles | trawler | 95 | 1968 | later Mr. Minor | ||
Mummery, Donald | Port Dover | 314138 | Mummery Bros. | fish tugboat | 33 | 1973 | |||
Palmer & Palmer | 806696 | Spirit of 2010 | Forum Investments | ferry | 202 | 1985 | later Golden Mystique | ||
Playfair, J. | Midland | Magnolia | J.Playfair | tugboat | 367 | 1898 | later Luckport 1919, scrapped 1934 | ||
Pontbriand Co | Temagami | Belle of Temagami | passenger | 169 | 1906 | ||||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 190047 | Cosley Bros | trawler | 94 | 1949 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 192675 | Evalina | trawler | 107 | 1953 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 192579 | Pelee Clipper | trawler | 80 | 1955 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 188231 | Mummery | trawler | 17 | 1956 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 188239 | Weaver Bros. | trawler | 79 | 1956 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 188238 | Maclin | trawler | 89 | 1957 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 807952 | Lincoln-R | trawler | 80 | 1958 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 314124 | G. W. Jackson | trawler | 99 | 1964 | |||
Powell SY | Port Maitland | 808401 | Lashero | trawler | 80 | 1989 | |||
Powell SY | Port Maitland | 807959 | Lynsey Lenore | trawler | 100 | 1992 | |||
Powell SY | Dunnville | 807960 | Susan Michelle | tugboat | 89 | 1995 | |||
Purdy, R. T. | Point Edward | 173218 | L & R | trawler | 80 | 1947 | |||
Purdy's Fish Market | Grand Bend | 808139 | M & A | trawler | 102 | 1987 | later Lee Marie | ||
Powers | Kingston | Cuba | Montreal & Chicago Merchants Sg Co | passenger freighter | 931 | 1875 | barge 1910 | ||
Rathbone, E. W. | Mill Point | Empress of India | A. W. Hepburn | freighter | 579 | 1876 | later Argyle 1899 | ||
Rathbun | Deseronto | Cibola | Niagara Nav Co | passenger | 961 | 1888 | burned at Lewiston NY 1895 | ||
Rathbun Bros | Deseronto | Resolute | freighter | 336 | 1883 | scuttled 1929 | |||
Redway, B. | Toronto | Garden City | St Catherine's, Grimsby & Toronto Nav Co | passenger | 637 | 1892 | scrapped 1936 | ||
Richardson BW | Meaford | 311186 | Aggie May | trawler | 34 | 1956 | Cl;osed | ||
Robertson, A. M. | Hamilton | Celtic | A.D.Mackay | freighter | 698 | 1874 | collision off Rondeau Point, Lake Erie 1892 | ||
Robertson, A.M. | Hamilton | Saint Magnus | A.M.Robertson | freighter | 853 | 1881 | burned in Port Dalhousie drydock 1895 | ||
Robertson, A.M. | Hamilton | Myles | freighter | 1,211 | 1882 | later Cataract 1906, barge 1926, Therese T 1939, hulked 1949 | |||
Robinson, W. | Kingston | John Randall | freighter | 166 | 1905 | ||||
Rody, J. | Saugeen | Lillie Smith | G.E.Smith | freighter | 302 | 1888 | later Mary Battle 1914, wrecked Jersey Cove, near Cape Rosier 1922 | ||
Sandy Marine | Orient Bay | 395503 | Nipigon Queen | trawler | 47 | 1981 | |||
Schickluna, J. | St Catherines | Erin | J.& T.Coulon | freighter | 651 | 1881 | collision in the St Clair River 1906 | ||
Schickluna, J. | St Catherines | Sir S. L. Tilley | passenger freighter | 1,178 | 1883 | later Advance 1900, abandoned near Cornwall ON 1935 | |||
Servais, J. | Port Arthur | St. Joe | freighter | 118 | 1902 | ||||
Shaw, C.O. | Huntsville | Iroquois | Huntsville, Lake of Bays & Lake Simcoe Nav Co | passenger | 307 | 1907 | discarded 1948 | ||
Simpson, J. | Chatham | Ontario | J.H.Beatty | freighter | 1,338 | 1874 | wrecked at Rossport ON 1899 | ||
Simpson, J. | Chatham | Quebec | J.H.Beatty | freighter | 1,404 | 1874 | later F. E. Spinner 1885, Helen C 1902, foundered in Thunder Bay 1922 | ||
Simpson, J. | Owen Sound | City of Owen Sound | Canada Lake Superior Transit Co | passenger | 732 | 1875 | later Saturn 1896, foundered near Southampton ON 1901 | ||
Simpson, J. | Owen Sound | City of Midland | North Shore Nav Co | passenger | 748 | 1890 | burned at Collingwood 1916 | ||
Simpson, J. | Owen Sound | City of Collingwood | North Shore Nav Co | passenger | 1,387 | 1893 | burned at Collingwood 1905 | ||
Simpson, J. | Owen Sound | City of Toronto | North Shore Nav Co | passenger | 782 | 1895 | burned in dock at Cornwall ON 1914 | ||
Simpson, M. | St Catherines | Clinton | J.T.Matthews | freighter | 430 | 1874 | scrapped about 1907 | ||
Simpson, M. | St Catherines | Niagara | M.Simpson | freighter | 468 | 1875 | foundered near Long Point, Lake Erie 1899 | ||
Simpson, M. | Hamilton | Greyhound | H.A.Simpson | passenger | 337 | 1888 | later Lincoln 1899, Premier 1906, burned at Bruce Mines ON 1920 | ||
Tessier, N. | Ottawa & Hull | Scotsman | freighter | 265 | 1903 | ||||
Tug Weld Mfg. | Leamington | 806292 | Crystal Blue I | trawler | 87 | 1987 | |||
Watson, R.J. | Burks Falls | Armour | passenger freighter | 191 | 1906 | ||||
737912 Ontario Ltd. | Blenheim | 801797 | Jean-Jordannie | True North Salmon | trawler | 97 | 1989 | later Aqua Leader |