Projects

This image shows what we believe to be a floating island drifting on a south-to-north trajectory across Williston Lake. It was taken in the summer of 2026. Williston Lake is an artificial lake that was created in 1968 on the Peace River, in its section located in British Columbia. It is the result of a constriction of this river during the construction of W.A.C. Bennett hydroelectric dam, its area is about 1721 km2. In 2012, when the reservoir was heavily filled, floating tr

At Arctus, we are committed to ensuring that our expertise serves the public good. For several years, we have been working with a variety of Canadian public agencies to provide daily ice monitoring during the critical spring thaw period. To achieve this, we rely on a wide range of sensors to deliver the most comprehensive situational awareness possible during critical events. While optical sensors are widely used in public safety applications, they are often limited by cloud

The SIMBA (Smart Whale) project is a satellite-based modelling project focused on the North Atlantic right whale, using satellite-derived environmental information to improve habitat modelling for the species. The goal of the project is to support modelers by providing data that helps them better understand and predict whale habitat and distribution in the North Atlantic. The project involves modelling the whale’s preferential habitat by using satellite-derived environmental

The smart port project with the Port of Montreal focused on monitoring the environment around the construction zone of the future harbor at Contrecœur. It was a Canadian Space Agency–funded project for supporting space-based solutions for environmental monitoring around port development in the Saint Lawrence area. The project’s objective was to develop Earth observation solutions to monitor water turbidity, surface sediment, particulate matter, sediment plumes, shoreline chan