CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE HIN Decoder
Hull Identification Numbers beginning with ZHD were assigned by the US Coast Guard to CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE of CAMPBELL RIVER, BC. The builder is listed in the USCG MIC database. Enter the full 12-character HIN below for build date, model year, and serial — free, no account.
MIC
ZHD
Location
CAMPBELL RIVER, BC
In business
since 1980
Status
Listed active in USCG records
CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE built hulls across both HIN eras (1980–present): boats before August 1984 carry legacy straight-year or model-year date codes; later hulls use the current month-letter format. The decoder handles all three.
Free · no account · the HIN is on the transom, upper starboard (right) corner
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CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE HIN FAQ
What does a CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE HIN look like?
It starts with the three characters "ZHD" — the Manufacturer Identification Code the US Coast Guard assigned to CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE — followed by a 5-character hull serial and a 4-character date code, 12 characters total. CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE built hulls across both HIN eras (1980–present): boats before August 1984 carry legacy straight-year or model-year date codes; later hulls use the current month-letter format. The decoder handles all three.
Is CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE still in business?
USCG records list CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE of CAMPBELL RIVER, BC in the MIC database (registered 1980).
How do I decode the year on a CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE HIN?
On current-format HINs the last two characters are the model year and the 9th–10th encode the certification month and year. CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE built hulls across both HIN eras (1980–present): boats before August 1984 carry legacy straight-year or model-year date codes; later hulls use the current month-letter format. The decoder handles all three. Enter the full 12-character HIN above and the decoder works it out, including the legacy formats.
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Sources: USCG Manufacturer Identification Code database (uscgboating.org, refreshed monthly) · HIN format per 33 CFR 181 subpart C. Cite this page: CarWhere, "CANADIAN OUTDOOR MARINE HIN Decoder," carwhere.com/hin-decoder/zhd, last verified 2026-06-12.