Canada may refer to a number of ships Sailing ships: Canada, a ship launched as Adriatic in 1782, renamed in 1786 to Canada, that served as a whaling and seal hunting ship until she was wrecked in 1800 Canada, a 393-ton merchant and convict transport built in 1800 at Shields and last listed in 1832 Canada was launched at Montreal in 1811 and that same year was re-registered at Glasgow.