A two-ocean fleet design for Canada

If money were no object, what fleet would suit Canada's geography?

He would build balanced Atlantic and Pacific groups with frigates, patrol ships, supply vessels, and four amphibious aviation ships, adding F-35Bs if unconstrained.

The unconstrained design starts with roughly equal Atlantic and Pacific squadrons rather than concentrating the fleet on one coast. Each would have about eight frigates, eight patrol ships, two supply ships, and two amphibious assault ships. Four amphibious ships would permit refit while preserving useful availability on both oceans, and F-35B aircraft would add aviation if money truly imposed no limit. The Arctic would require a separate northern base and icebreakers rather than simply reusing ships optimised for the other two oceans. With a genuinely unlimited budget, nuclear propulsion would reduce those remote icebreakers' dependence on a difficult fuel-supply chain. The thought experiment shows how geography, maintenance cycles, logistics, aviation, and regional operating conditions shape a balanced fleet before individual ship classes are chosen.