Structure of the Canadian Army

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Canadian Forces Land Force Command

History History of the Canadian Army Canadian Corps First Canadian Army Military History of Canada Structure Structure of the Canadian Army Land Force Atlantic Area Land Force Quebec Area Land Force Central Area Land Force Western Area List of Regiments

The Canadian Army is, strictly speaking, not an independent formation; rather it is the land component of Canada's integrated defence forces; as such its proper name is the Canadian Forces Land Force Command. This is commanded from Land Force Headquarters in Ottawa, and is subdivided into four regional command areas:

• Land Force Atlantic Area
• Land Force Quebec Area
• Land Force Central Area
• Land Force Western Area
  

Each area is responsible for the regular army and militia forces located within its geographical purview - all except the Atlantic Area has a regular army mechanized brigade group under its command, together with between two and three militia brigades.
Each mechanized brigade group contains 3 infantry battalions, an armoured regiment, an artillery regiment, a combat engineers regiment:

• Armour
• *Royal Canadian Dragoons
• *Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
• *12^e Régiment blindé du Canada
• Infantry
• *1st, 2nd and 3rd Bn, The Royal Canadian Regiment
• *1st, 2nd and 3rd Bn, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
• *1e, 2e, 3e Bn, Le Royal 22^e Régiment
• Artillery
• *1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
• *2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
• *5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada
• Engineers
• *1 Combat Engineer Regiment
• *2 Combat Engineer Regiment
• *4 Engineer Support Regiment
• *5 Combat Engineer Regiment

Each brigade group also contains a service support battalion, signals squadron and military police platoon.

Brigades

Regular Force formations are in bold face. Reserve Force units are in light face.

• Combat Training School Gagetown (CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick)
• 36 Canadian Brigade Group (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• 37 Canadian Brigade Group (Moncton, New Brunswick)

• 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (CFB Valcartier, Quebec)
• 34 Canadian Brigade Group (Montreal, Quebec)
• 35 Canadian Brigade Group (Quebec, Quebec)

• 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (CFB Petawawa, Ontario)
• 31 Canadian Brigade Group (London, Ontario)
• 32 Canadian Brigade Group (Toronto, Ontario)
• 33 Canadian Brigade Group (Ottawa, Ontario)

• 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (CFB Edmonton, Alberta)
• 38 Canadian Brigade Group (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• 39 Canadian Brigade Group (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• 41 Canadian Brigade Group (Calgary, Alberta)

Medical Branch

In 2004 the Medical Branch of the Canadian Forces underwent a reorganization. The army reserve units, which had formerly been titled medical companies, were renamed field ambulances to match the titles of the regular units. In addition, all regular and reserve army units were removed from the brigades and placed in a new formation:

Canadian Forces Medical Group

• 1 Field Ambulance, Edmonton
• 2 Field Ambulance, Petawawa
• 5 Field Ambulance, Valcartier
• 11 Field Ambulance, Victoria
• 12 Field Ambulance, Vancouver
• 15 Field Ambulance, Edmonton
• 16 Field Ambulance, Regina
• 17 Field Ambulance, Winnipeg
• 18 Field Ambulance, Thunder Bay
• 23 Field Ambulance, Hamilton
• 25 Field Ambulance, Toronto
• 28 Field Ambulance, Ottawa
• 35 Field Ambulance, Sydney
• 51 Field Ambulance, Montreal
• 52 Field Ambulance, Sherbrooke
• 55 Field Ambulance, Quebec City

 

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