The National Radar Program
Welcome to the Meteorological Service of Canada's (MSC) National Radar Program website.
The first of the new Doppler weather radar sites was opened in Bethune, Saskatchewan in the fall of 1998. The network was completed in the spring of 2004 when the Timmins, Ontario site was brought into service.
This network comprises 28 Environment Canada radars and 2 Department of National Defence radars. Through financial cooperation with the radar research program of McGill university, Environment Canada also obtains data from the Marshall radar Observatory at the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue campus of McGill University on the outskirts of Montréal.
With the addition of data from McGill, the network provides radar coverage for much of southern Canada and over 98% of the Canadian population.
We invite you to browse our site where you can learn more about Doppler weather radar, delve through the archives for information on the now-completed National Radar Project, and get answers to commonly asked questions.
Created :
2004-11-17
Modified :
2004-11-22
Reviewed :
2004-11-17
Url of this page : http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca
/projects/nrp/index_e.cfm
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