CURRENT CANADIAN MILITARY BASES 

ARMY

Land Force Western Area             
    * CFB Edmonton
    * CFB Suffield
    * Land Force Western Area Training Centre Wainwright
    * CFB Shilo

    
Land Force Central Area
    * CFB Kingston
    * CFB Borden
    * CFB Petawawa
    * Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford
    * CFB Trenton
    * Four Mile Point Live Firing Range - Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
    * Connaught Range and Primary Reserve Training Centre
    * ASU Northern Ontario‏

   
Land Force Quebec Area
    * CFB Montreal
    * CFB Valcartier
    * CFLRS/ELRFC Saint-Jean
    * Farnham Garrison
    
Land Force Atlantic Area
    * CFB Gagetown

    * Land Force Atlantic Area Training Centre Aldershot

AIR FORCE

There are a total of 13 Wings air force wings across Canada, 11 operational and 2 used for training. Wings represent the grouping of various squadrons, both operational and support, under a single tactical commander reporting to the operational commander. Ten wings also include a Canadian Forces base along with other operational and support units.

1 Canadian Air Division

1 Wing Kingston
    The home of the CH-146 Griffon helicopter, 1 Wing provides airlift support of troops and equipment anywhere in the world. Its six tactical helicopter and training squadrons are spread out all across Canada.

    * 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    * 403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron
    * 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    * 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    * 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron
    * 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron

3 Wing Bagotville
    Located in Quebec's Saguenay region, 3 Wing provides general purpose, multi-role, combat-capable forces in support of domestic and international roles of Canada's air force. It also provides search and rescue missions.

    * 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron
    * 439 Combat Support Squadron

4 Wing Cold Lake
    The busiest fighter base in Canada, 4 Wing provides general purpose, multi-role, combat-capable forces in support of domestic and international roles of Canada's air force. Home of fighter pilot training for the Canadian Forces, 4 Wing attracts top gun crews from all over the world to its annual air combat exercise, Maple Flag. It is also home to the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range, used to test the U.S. cruise missile in the 1980s.

    * 410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron
    * 417 Combat Support Squadron
    * 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron

5 Wing Goose Bay

    The site of NATO tactical low-level flight training in Canada, 5 Wing, located in Labrador, is home to permanent detachments from the German Luftwaffe, the Royal Netherlands Air Force and the Italian Aeronautica Militare and temporary training deployments from the Royal Air Force (United Kingdom). 5 Wing is the home of 444 Combat Support Squadron and also serves as a NORAD CF-18 Hornet deployed operating base and airfield supporting a mix of aviation activities, military and civilian, in eastern Canada.

    * 444 Combat Support Squadron

8 Wing Trenton
    The heart of Canada's air mobility forces, from delivering supplies to the high Arctic (CFS Alert) to airlifting troops and equipment worldwide. It is also responsible for search and rescue in central Canada and home to the Skyhawks Parachute Team with the Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre.

    * 412 Transport Squadron
    * 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron
    * 426 Transport Training Squadron
    * 436 Transport Squadron
    * 437 Transport Squadron

A Canadian CC-177 Globemaster III on the tarmac in New Orleans, Louisiana, assisting in the evacuation during Hurricane Gustav.

9 Wing Gander
    Providing search and rescue (SAR) services to eastern Canada and the western Atlantic Ocean. SAR crews at 9 Wing Gander fly the CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and are responsible for a massive area, covering the lower Arctic, Labrador, Newfoundland, the Maritimes and the North Atlantic from the shores of Newfoundland to 30° west.

    * 103 Search and Rescue Squadron

12 Wing Shearwater
    The centre of naval aviation in Canada, 12 Wing is home of the CH-124 Sea King helicopter, and supports Maritime Command with helicopter air detachments for surface warships in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets (Patricia Bay).

    * 406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron
    * 423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron
    * 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron

14 Wing Greenwood
    Located in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, 14 Wing's CP-140 Aurora crews conduct sovereignty and surveillance missions over the Atlantic Ocean routinely, while SAR capabilities for the Maritimes, eastern Quebec and the eastern Arctic are provided by CH-149 Cormorant helicopters and CC-130 Hercules fixed-wing aircraft.

    * 404 Maritime Patrol and Training Squadron
    * 405 Maritime Patrol Squadron
    * 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron

17 Wing Winnipeg
    Comprising three squadrons and six schools, 17 Wing also provides support to the Central Flying School, as well as headquarters and administration support for NORAD operations.

    * 402 City of Winnipeg Squadron
    * 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron
    * 440 Transport Squadron (a lodger unit attached to 17 Wing Winnipeg.) Operates the CC-138 Twin Otter based out of Yellowknife, NT.

19 Wing Comox
    Located on Vancouver Island, its Aurora crews provide surveillance of the Pacific Ocean and western and Arctic regions. The Buffalo and Cormorant crews are responsible for search and rescue in British Columbia, Yukon and the North Pacific Ocean. The base is also used for training fighter pilots in tactical procedures on nearby ranges.

    * 407 Maritime Patrol Squadron
    * 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron

22 Wing North Bay
    Represents one of Canada's major contributions to the North American Aerospace Defence (NORAD) agreement. From its underground complex at the Sector Air Operations Centre, technicians watch over Canada's airspace 24 hours a day, using state-of-the-art sensors, computer and communications equipment.

2 Canadian Air Division

15 Wing Moose Jaw
    The site of the NATO Flying Training Program in Canada which is supported by 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School or 2CFFTS "The Big 2", 15 Wing is also home to the Snowbirds, the air force's aerobatic team.

    * 431 Air Demonstration Squadron

16 Wing Borden
    This base has an airfield that is most notably used for the bi-annual airshow, and it is the largest training facility in the Canadian Forces. No. 16 Wing's schools offer air force technical training and professional development and is the historic birthplace of the RCAF. 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron is a lodger unit and based at Borden's airfield.

Canadian Aerospace Warfare Centre ( part of 8 Wing Trenton )

Other units

    * 414 Electronic Warfare Support Squadron is based at Gatineau Airport, Quebec to operate the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet provided by Top Aces Consulting.

Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing

    * Air Wing Kandahar, Afghanistan (stood up 6 December 2008, flew first mission 6 January 2009). The organization is composed of four units:
          o Canadian Helicopter Force (Afghanistan):
                + 6 - CH-147D Chinook heavy-lift helicopters
                + 8 - CH-146 Griffon tactical support helicopters - armed
                + (6 - Mi-8 medium-lift helicopters - see below)
          o Theatre Support Element
                + CC-130 Hercules tactical transport aircraft;
          o Canadian Heron UAV Detachment
                + Heron unmanned aerial vehicle

As the tasking authority responsible for the Canadian Contracted Air Transport Unit, the Wing Commander provides advice, co-ordination and supervision over its six leased Mi-8 medium lift helicopters. The Air Wing has about 450 personnel, serving with the Theatre Support Element in the Persian Gulf region and the Tactical UAV Flight at Kandahar Airfield.

Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering

The Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE), located in Borden, Ontario delivers Aerospace Engineering Officers and conducts apprentice level training for various trades, including Avionics, Aviation, Aircraft Structures and Imagery technicians. The role of CFSATE is to provide the Air Force with qualified personnel to ensure Aircraft serviceability. CFSATE develops and carries out individual aerospace engineering training in accordance with approved doctrine and standards.

NAVY

    * CFB Esquimalt 
    * CFB Halifax  

    * CFS St. John's

COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND

    * CFS Leitrim

    * CFS Alert