Once the Kingston-class coastal defence vessels became operational, the Anticosti class was discarded and the two ships returned to mercantile use.

The two ships of the class were equipped two Racal Decca navigation radars operating on the I band.

[4][5] After completion Jean Tide served as an oil rig logistics support vessel for International Offshore Service of Liberia.

[6] As part of the plan for the Naval Reserve to take over minesweeping and coastal operations, MARCOM began its effort to provide ships for training.

[7][8] The ships were handed over for conversion by Fenco MacLaren Incorporated (later SNC-Lavalin Defence Programs Inc.) at Halifax, Nova Scotia and commissioned.

She among the many ships scoured the sea looking for the aircraft's black box as part of Operation "Persistence".

[9] In March 1999, Anticosti sailed with Kingston-class vessels Kingston and Glace Bay to the Baltic Sea to participate in the NATO naval exercise "Blue Game".