 With the end of the war, HMCS "Acadia" was paid off by the RCN on November 3, 1945, and returned for the second time to the Canadian Hydrographic Service as CSS "Acadia", the new acronym standing for Canadian Survey Ship.A major post-war assignment was updating and expanding the nautical charts of Newfoundland and Labrador after the province joined Canada in 1949.In 1962, "Acadia" rescued hundreds of people from forest fires in Newfoundland, evacuating two towns.