Major investments in Ocean Networks Canada will make Canada’s west coast communities safer and allow ONCIC, the network’s business division, to open new global markets for homegrown technologies. Existing subsea observatories will be expanded with five new community observatory systems along British Columbia’s coast. These will provide valuable data to improve public and marine safety and environmental monitoring, including early alerts of offshore earthquakes and tsunamis and their impact on coastal communities. The observatories also serve as an important test bed, validating Canadian technologies that ONCIC can then market globally under the Smart Ocean SystemsTM brand.