Department of the Naval Service

Department of Naval Services (Canada) was the department responsible for the naval services in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

during the transition from the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

to the

Royal Canadian Navy The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN; french: Marine royale canadienne, ''MRC'') is the Navy, naval force of Canada. The RCN is one of three environmental commands within the Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2021, the RCN operates 12 frigates, four attack s ...

from 1910 to 1923. The department came into existence in May 1910 with the passage of the Naval Service Bill, which became the ''

Naval Service Act The ''Naval Service Act'' was a statute of the Parliament of Canada, enacted in 1910. The Act was put forward by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier to establish a Canadian navy. Prior to the passage of the Act, Canada ...

''. The Naval Service of Canada became the

in 1911 and under the

Minister of the Naval Service (Canada) {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) The Minister of the Naval Service (Canada) was the federal government minister charged with oversight of the Royal Canadian Navy. In 1923 the National Defence Act merged the position of Ministe ...

. The department was charged with the responsibility of the RCN until the passage of the

National Defence Act The ''National Defence Act'' (NDA; ; ''LDN'') is an Act of the Parliament of Canada, which is the primary enabling legislation for organizing and funding the military of Canada. The Act created the Department of National Defence, which merged th ...

in 1922 and the RCN was transferred over to the

Department of National Defence (Canada) The Department of National Defence (DND; french: Ministère de la Défense nationale) is the department of the Government of Canada which supports the Canadian Armed Forces in its role of defending Canadian national interests domestically and i ...

and the former department dissolved. Navy of Canada {{Canada-mil-stub