Dominion Government Ship
The designation Dominion Government Ship was applied to ships operated by the Government of Canada in its early decades when it was more widely known by the deprecated name Dominion of Canada. The later designation, Canadian Government Ship, was used as early as the turn of the 20th century.
| image | name | commissioned | retired | notes |
| DGS Kestrel | ||||
| DGS Malaspina | 1913 | 1946 |
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| DGS Mastodon | 1911 | 1934 | retired in 1934, taken into the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II, and converted to a coastal oil tanker | |
| DGS Naden | 1913 | 1922 | ||
| employed in 1903–1904, for an exploratory expedition to Canada's Arctic Archipelago | ||||
| DGS Quadra | 1891 | operated on the west coast |