CCGS Ernest Lapointe[a] was a Canadian Coast Guard light icebreaker that served for 37 years.

The vessel was powered by a compound steam reciprocating engine driving two shafts creating 2,000 indicated horsepower (1,500 kW).

Entering service during the Second World War, Ernest Lapointe was used to resupply the base at Goose Bay, Newfoundland.

[3] Following the war, Ernest Lapointe was used primarily in the Saint Lawrence River as an icebreaker and survey vessel.

In 1958 Ernest Lapointe carried a delegation to Godthaab, Greenland, and in 1964 was used to re-enact the arrival the Fathers of Confederation into Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.