During her deployment with SNMG2 in the Mediterranean, "Fredericton" was charged with halting the smuggling of migrants to Europe. In April it was announced that "Fredericton" would be one of the test ships for the Royal Canadian Navy's planned reduced crew size trials. "Fredericton" deployed to Operation Reassurance with a reduced version of the experiment that will be done on sister ship . The same month, SNMG2 deployed to the Black Sea as part of Operation Reassurance. The ship returned to Halifax on 5 July 2016.