View source for User:Noclador/sandbox/Canadian Armed Forces 1989

The following article depicts the complete structure of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] in 1989.

Following the 1967 Canadian Forces Reorganization Act the [[Canadian Army]], [[Royal Canadian Navy]] and [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] were amalgamated in 1968 as the [[Canadian Armed Forces]]. Since then the [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of Defence Staff]] is directly responsible for all services and commands of the Canadian Armed Forces and advises the Canadian Government in all military matters. Policy is developed in the Armed Forces Council, which is made up of the commanders of the functional commands.<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|page= 69|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

In 1989 the Canadian Armed Forces had 84,600 active personnel, 7,800 of which were female, and 21,300 reserve personnel, 4,200 of which were female. Around three quarters of all military occupation were open to women in 1989 and the government actively pursued a policy to open more occupations to women. The 1987 Defence White Paper "Challenge and Commitment" called for an expansion of the reserve forces to approximately 90,000 troops, however with the end of the [[Cold War]] this plan was shelved.<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|page= 82|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

The article is based on the Canadian government's 1987 [[White Paper]] "A Defence Policy for Canada" ([http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/429765/publication.html Link]), which was published at the end of 1987. The White Paper served as basis for the overall structure and the equipment numbers. The article was then expanded with information from the Canadian Armed Forces Annual Historical Reports, which provided a complete listing of all units in existence in 1989. Additional information came from the linked Wikipedia articles, a German brochure about the Canadian Forces based in Germany ([http://www.relikte.com/_basis/docs/cfe-1.pdf Link]) and the current Canadian Armed Forces website and the unit histories listed there.

== National Defence Headquarters ==

* '''[[National Defence Headquarters (Canada)|National Defence Headquarters]]''', in [[Ottawa]]
** [[Communications Security Establishment]], in [[Ottawa]], [[signals intelligence]] agency 
** Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel), responsible for acquiring, introducing and supporting Canadian Armed Forces equipment
** Rescue Coordination Centres at [[CFB Halifax]], [[CFB Trenton]], CFB Edmonton and [[CFB Esquimalt]]
** Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa)
** 1 Canadian Forces Logistics Liaison Unit (Liaison with suppliers in North America)
** Canadian Defence Liaison Staff [[London]], UK
** Canadian Defence Liaison Staff [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]], USA
** '''[[Canadian Forces Military Police]]'''
*** Canadian Forces Protective Services Unit, in Ottawa
*** Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks, at [[CFB Edmonton]]
** '''[[Canadian Forces Northern Area]]''', in [[Canadian Forces Northern Area Headquarters Yellowknife|Yellowknife]]
*** '''[[Canadian Rangers]]''', HQ in [[Ottawa]]
**** [[First Canadian Ranger Patrol Group|1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group]] covering [[Northwest Territories]], [[Yukon Territory]] and [[Nunavut]]
**** [[2 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group]] covering Northern [[Quebec]]
**** [[3 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group]] covering Northern [[Ontario]]
**** [[4 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group]] covering Northern [[Manitoba]], [[British Columbia]], [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Alberta]]
**** [[5 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group]] covering Northern [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]
** '''[[Defence Intelligence Office]]'''
*** Canadian National Distributing Authority (Cryptography)
*** Canadian Forces Photographic Unit
*** Mapping and Charting Establishment
*** Special Investigation Unit (Counter-Intelligence Unit)

=== Logistics Support Group ===

* '''Logistics Support Group'''
** Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment
** Aerospace Maintenance Development Unit
** Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Angus, at [[CFB Borden]]
** Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Bedford, in [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]]
** Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Dundurn, at [[CFAD Dundurn]]
** Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Det Edmonton, at [[CFB Edmonton]]
** Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot Rocky Point, in [[Metchosin]]
** Canadian Forces Parachute Maintenance Depot, in [[CFB Edmonton(Greisbach)]]
** Canadian Forces Personnel Applied Research Unit
** Canadian Forces Postal Unit
** Canadian Forces Publications Depot
** 1 Canadian Forces Supply Depot at CFB Toronto
** 5 Canadian Forces Supply Depot at CFB Moncton
** 7 Canadian Forces Supply Depot at CFB Edmonton
** 4<sup>e</sup> Unité des mouvements de contrôle des Forces canadiennes (4 Canadian Forces Movement Control Unit), at CFB Montreal
** 25<sup>e</sup> Dépôt d'approvisionnement des Forces canadiennes (25 Canadian Forces Supply Depot), at CFB Montreal
** 202<sup>e</sup> Dépôt d'ateliers (202 Workshop Depot), at [[CFB Montreal]]
** Land Engineering Test Establishment, Orleans, Ontario
** Quality Engineering Test Establishment
** Centre d'essai et d'expérimentation (Testing and Experimentation Center)
** Centre d'essais techniques (mer) (Engineering Test Establishment (Sea))
** [[DND Fire Protection Service]]

==== Defence Research and Development Canada ====

* '''[[Defence Research and Development Canada]]''', in Ottawa
** Defence Research Establishment Atlantic, in [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth]]
** [[DRDC Valcartier|Defence Research Establishment Valcartier]], at [[CFB Valcartier]]
** Defence Research Establishment Ottawa – National Aeronautical Establishment, in [[Shirleys Bay]]
** [[DRDC Toronto|Defence Research Establishment Toronto]], at [[CFB Toronto]]
*** Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
** [[DRDC Suffield|Defence Research Establishment Suffield]], at [[CFB Suffield]]
** Defence Research Establishment Pacific, at [[CFB Esquimalt]]
** Operational Research Analysis Establishment

==== Recruiting ====
* '''[[National Defence Headquarters (Canada)|National Defence Headquarters]]''', in [[Ottawa]]
** '''Canadian Forces Recruiting Zone West''', in [[Edmonton]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[Calgary]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Edmonton
**** Detachment [[Yellowknife]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[Saskatoon]]
**** Detachment [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[Vancouver]]
** '''Canadian Forces Recruiting Zone Central''', in Ottawa
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[London, Ontario|London]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Ottawa
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[Toronto]]
**** Detachment [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]]
** '''Zone de recrutement des Forces canadiennes Québec''', in [[Montreal]]
*** Centre de recrutement des Forces canadiennes Montreal
**** Detachment [[Saint-Jérôme, Quebec|Saint-Jérôme]]
*** Centre de recrutement des Forces canadiennes [[Quebec City|Québec]]
*** Centre de recrutement des Forces canadiennes [[Rimouski]]
**** Détachement [[Sept-Îles, Quebec|Sept-Iles]]
*** Centre de recrutement des Forces canadiennes [[Rouyn-Noranda|Rouyn]]
*** Centre de recrutement des Forces canadiennes [[Sherbrooke]]
*** Centre de recrutement des Forces canadiennes [[Trois-Rivières]]
** '''Canadian Forces Recruiting Zone Atlantic''', in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Halifax
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] 
*** Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]

== Mobile Command ==
Mobile Command controlled all land force units based in Canada and trained and prepared ground troops for the deployment to [[Canadian Forces Europe]]. Mobile Command's major formations were two brigade groups and an ad hoc special service force. Recognisably an army formation but not under Mobile Command, [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] was located in [[West Germany]] under the control of [[1st Canadian Infantry Division|1 Canadian Division (Forward)]] and [[Canadian Forces Europe]]. Mobile Command also commanded 106 major and 25 minor reserve units of the Canadian [[Primary Reserve|Militia]]. Active forces amounted to 22,500 troops with 15,500 reserve forces.<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|page= 35|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

In case of war men Air Command's Air Transport Group would have flown about 1,400 men from [[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] to Germany to bring [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] up to wartime strength, while [[5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] would have been shipped over the Atlantic as reinforcements for [[1st Canadian Infantry Division|1 Canadian Division (Forward)]]. [[Special Service Force]] would have contributed a battalion group centered around 1st Battalion, [[The Royal Canadian Regiment]] to NATO's [[Allied Command Europe Mobile Force|Allied Mobile Force (Land)]] (AMF(L)). The [[Canadian Airborne Regiment|Airborne Regiment]] was destined for defence operations in Canada.

[[File:Canada Mobile Command 1989.png|thumb|right|360px|Structure of Mobile Command in 1989 (click to enlarge)]]
[[File:Canadian AVGPs.jpg|thumb|right|360px|Two Cougars maneuver in a field during exercise Rendezvous '83 at [[CFB Wainwright]] in 1983.]]
[[File:Leopard C2 MBT, RMC, CFB Kingston, 1.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A [[Leopard 1#Canada|Leopard C1]] main battle tank.]]

* '''[[Canadian Forces Mobile Command]]''', at [[CFB St. Hubert]]
** [[CFB Shilo]]
*** [[Royal Canadian Artillery]] Battle School
** [[CFB Gagetown]]
*** [[Combat Training Centre Gagetown|Combat Training Centre]]
**** Armour School, 37x [[Leopard 1#Canada|Leopard C1]]
**** Field Artillery School
**** Infantry School
*** Army Meteorological Centre
*** [[4 Engineer Support Regiment|22 Field Squadron]] ([[Canadian Military Engineers]])
** [[CFB Suffield]] training base
** [[CFB Wainwright]] training base
** [[CFB Edmonton (Griesbach)]]
*** [[Canadian Airborne Centre]]
** [[CFB Chatham]] (Air Command Base)
*** Air Defence Artillery School
** [[Canadian Army Command and Staff College|Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College]], at [[CFB Kingston]]

=== 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group ===

* '''[[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]''', at [[CFB Calgary]]
** 1 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron
** [[Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)|Lord Strathcona's Horse]]<sup>Note 1</sup>
** 1st Btn, [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]]<sup>Note 2</sup>
** 2nd Btn, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry<sup>Note 2</sup>
** 3rd Btn, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry<sup>Note 2</sup>
** 3rd Regiment, [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery]]<sup>Note 3</sup>
** [[1 Combat Engineer Regiment|1st Combat Engineer Regiment]]
** supported by [[408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron|408th Tactical Helicopter Squadron]] part of [[10 Tactical Air Group]] of [[Canadian Forces Air Command|Air Command]]
** [[1 Service Battalion]]
** Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle School
** [[1 Field Ambulance]]
** 1 Military Police Platoon

=== 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group ===

* '''[[5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group|5 Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada]]''', at [[CFB Valcartier]]
** 5<sup>e</sup> GBMC Quartier général et escadron de transmissions
** [[12e Régiment blindé du Canada|12<sup>e</sup> Régiment blindé du Canada]]<sup>Note 1</sup>
** 2nd Btn, [[The Royal Canadian Regiment|Royal Canadian Regiment]]<sup>Note 4</sup>
** 2<sup>e</sup> Btn, [[Royal 22nd Regiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]]<sup>Note 4</sup>
** 3<sup>e</sup> Btn, Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Regiment<sup>Note 4</sup>
** [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery|5<sup>e</sup> Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada]]<sup>Note 3</sup>
** [[5 Combat Engineer Regiment|5<sup>e</sup> Régiment du génie de combat]]
** supported by [[430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron|430<sup>e</sup> Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères]] part of [[10 Tactical Air Group]] of [[Canadian Forces Air Command|Air Command]]
** [[5 Service Battalion|5 Bataillon des services]]
** [[Royal 22nd Regiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]] École de combat
** 5<sup>e</sup> Ambulance de campagne
** 5 Military Police Platoon

=== Special Service Force ===

* '''[[Special Service Force]]''', at [[CFB Petawawa]]
** Special Service Force Headquarters and Signal Squadron
** [[The Royal Canadian Dragoons|Royal Canadian Dragoons]]<sup>Note 1</sup>
** [[Canadian Airborne Regiment|Airborne Regiment]]
*** Airborne Headquarters and Signal Squadron
*** 1<sup>er</sup> Commando Aéroporte, associated with [[Royal 22nd Regiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]]
*** 2nd Airborne Commando, associated with [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]] 
*** 3rd Airborne Commando, associated with [[The Royal Canadian Regiment|Royal Canadian Regiment]]
*** 4th Airborne Commando (Reserve, formed from a company headquarters and 2x platoons from [[The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada|Queen's Own Rifles of Canada]] and 1x platoon from [[The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)|Loyal Edmonton Regiment]])
*** 5th Airborne Commando (Reserve, formed from a company headquarters and 2x platoons from [[Le Régiment du Saguenay]] and 1x platoon from [[Royal Westminster Regiment]])
*** Airborne Service Commando (providing [[combat service support]])
** 1st Btn, [[The Royal Canadian Regiment|Royal Canadian Regiment]]<sup>Note 3</sup>, at [[CFB London]]
** 2nd Regiment, [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery]], E Battery airborne qualified, 24x 105mm [[OTO Melara Mod 56|M 56]] pack howitzers
** [[2 Combat Engineer Regiment]], provides one airborne troop
** supported by [[427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron|427th Tactical Helicopter Squadron]] part of [[10 Tactical Air Group]] of [[Canadian Forces Air Command|Air Command]]
** [[2 Service Battalion]]
** [[The Royal Canadian Regiment|Royal Canadian Regiment]] Battle School
** Militia Training and Support Centre
** 119 Air Defense Battery, [[Air Defense Anti-Tank System]]s
** 2 Military Police Platoon

<small>Note 1: Each Canada based Cavalry regiment fielded 38x [[AVGP|Cougar]] fire support vehicles and 23x [[Lynx reconnaissance vehicle]]</small><br />
<small>Note 2: Each infantry battalion of 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group fielded 2x M577, 65x [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]] armored personnel carriers, 11x Lynx, 18x M113 TUA with [[BGM-71 TOW|TOW]], 24x M125 with a [[M29 mortar|81mm mortar]]s</small><br />
<small>Note 3: Each artillery battalion of 1 and 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group fielded: 2x M577, 25x [[M109 howitzer|M109A4]], 46x M113, 24x [[M548]]</small><br />
<small>Note 4: Each infantry battalion of 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group and the infantry battalion of Special Service Force fielded: 48x [[AVGP|Grizzly]], 11x Lynx</small>

=== Militia ===
The Militia was the [[primary reserve]] of Mobile Command and headquartered in Ottawa. Maritime and air reserve formations were part of Maritime Command, respectively Air Command, while communication reserve units were part of the [[Communications and Electronics Branch|Canadian Forces Communication Command]]. In wartime the Militia would provide ground units for defence operations in Canada and elsewhere in North America, as well as replacements for the Canadian land force units fighting in the European war theatre. The Militia would also provide lightly armed guards to protect military vital points, and make major contributions to the logistic and medical organizations required to support Canadian Forces overseas. In total the militia fielded 106 major and 25 minor units with 15,5000 men. Major units were regiments or battalions, although they seldom exceeded the strength of a company, while minor units were independent artillery batteries, and engineer squadrons. The militia was organized in five militias areas, which were subdivided into militia districts.<ref>http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/districts.htm</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|page= 66|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

In case of war the Militia Areas would have become division commands with the responsibility to conduct all military ground operations in their area. In 1989 the Militia consisted of the following units:

==== Pacific Militia Area ====
* '''[[Pacific Militia Area]]''', in [[Vancouver]] covering [[British Columbia]]
** '''[[Victoria Militia District]]''', in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] (Merged with the [[Vancouver Militia District]] in 1990)
*** [[The British Columbia Dragoons]], in [[Kelowna]]
*** [[The Rocky Mountain Rangers]], in [[Kamloops]]
*** [[The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)]], in Victoria
*** [[5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in Victoria
*** [[54th Field Engineer Squadron]], in [[Chilliwack]]
*** 11 (Victoria) Service Battalion, in Victoria
** '''[[Vancouver Militia District]]''', in [[Vancouver]]
*** [[The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)]], in Vancouver
*** [[The Royal Westminster Regiment]], in [[New Westminster]] (provides 1x airborne platoon to the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment|Airborne Regiment]])
*** [[The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada]], in Vancouver
*** [[15th Field Artillery Regiment (Canada)|15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in Vancouver
*** [[6th Field Engineer Squadron]], in Vancouver
*** 17th Field Engineer Squadron, in [[Kimberley, British Columbia|Kimberley]]
*** [[44th Field Engineer Squadron]], in [[Trail, British Columbia|Trail]]
*** 12 (Vancouver) Service Battalion, in [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]]

==== Prairie Militia Area ====
* '''[[Prairie Militia Area]]''', in [[Winnipeg]] covering [[Alberta]], [[Manitoba]], [[Saskatchewan]] and [[Northwestern Ontario]]
** '''[[Southern Alberta Militia District]]''', in [[Calgary]] (Merged with the [[Northern Alberta Militia District]] in 1989)
*** [[The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)]], in [[Calgary]]
*** [[The Calgary Highlanders]], in [[Calgary]]
*** 14 (Calgary) Service Battalion, in Calgary
*** 20th Independent Field Battery, RCA, in [[Lethbridge]] Alberta
** '''[[Northern Alberta Militia District]]''', in [[Edmonton]]
*** [[South Alberta Light Horse]], in Edmonton
*** [[The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)]], in Edmonton (provides 1x airborne platoon to the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment|Airborne Regiment]])
*** [[20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in Edmonton
*** [[8th Field Engineer Regiment]], in Edmonton
*** 15 (Edmonton) Service Battalion, in Edmonton
** '''[[Saskatchewan Militia District]]''', in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] (Merged with the [[Manitoba-Lakehead Militia District]] in 1991)
*** [[The Saskatchewan Dragoons]], in [[Moose Jaw]]
*** [[The North Saskatchewan Regiment]], in [[Saskatoon]]
*** [[The Royal Regina Rifles]], in Regina
*** 10th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, in Regina
*** 16 (Saskatchewan) Service Battalion, in Saskatoon and Regina
*** 21st Field Engineer Squadron, in [[Flin Flon]]
** '''[[Manitoba-Lakehead Militia District]]''', in [[Winnipeg]]
*** [[The Fort Garry Horse]], in Winnipeg
*** [[The Royal Winnipeg Rifles]], in Winnipeg
*** [[The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada]], in Winnipeg
*** [[26th Field Artillery Regiment (Canada)|26th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in [[Brandon, Manitoba|Brandon]]
*** 17 (Winnipeg) Service Battalion, in Winnipeg
*** 31st Field Engineer Squadron, in Winnipeg
** '''[[Thunder Bay Militia District]]''', in [[Thunder Bay]] (Merged with the [[Manitoba-Lakehead Militia District]] in 1989)
*** [[The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment]], in [[Thunder Bay]]
*** 18 (Thunder Bay) Service Battalion, in Thunder Bay
*** [[116th Independent Field Battery, RCA]], in [[Kenora]]

==== Central Militia Area ====
* '''[[Central Militia Area]]''', in [[Toronto]] covering [[Ontario]]
** '''[[Windsor Militia District]]''', in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] (Merged with the [[London Militia District]] in December 1989)
*** [[The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)]], in Windsor
*** [[The Essex and Kent Scottish]], in Windsor
*** 21 (Windsor) Service Battalion, in Windsor
** '''[[London Militia District]]''', in [[London, Ontario|London]]
*** [[1st Hussars]], in London
*** [[The Elgin Regiment (RCAC)]], in [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]]
*** [[The Royal Canadian Regiment|4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment]], in [[London, Ontario|London]]
*** [[The Grey and Simcoe Foresters]], in [[Owen Sound]]
*** [[56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in [[Brantford]]
*** 22 (London) Service Battalion, in London
*** 7th Field Engineer Squadron, in [[St. Thomas, Ontario|St. Thomas]]
** '''[[Hamilton Militia District]]''', in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] (Merged with the [[London Militia District]])
*** [[The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)]], in Hamilton
*** [[The Lincoln and Welland Regiment]], in [[St. Catharines]]
*** [[The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada]], in [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]]
*** [[The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)]], in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
*** [[11th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in [[Guelph]]
*** 23 (Hamilton) Service Battalion, in Hamilton
*** 48th Field Engineer Squadron, in [[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]]
** '''[[Toronto Militia District]]''', in [[Toronto]]
*** [[The Governor General's Horse Guards]], in Toronto
*** [[The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)]], in Toronto
*** [[The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada]], in [[Toronto]] (provides 2x airborne platoons and a company headquarters to the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment|Airborne Regiment]])
*** [[The Royal Regiment of Canada]], in [[Toronto]]
*** [[The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)]], in [[Brampton]]
*** [[48th Highlanders of Canada]], in [[Toronto]]
*** [[The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)|The Toronto Scottish Regiment]], [[Toronto]]
*** [[7th Toronto Regiment, RCA]], in Toronto
*** [[2nd Field Engineer Regiment]], in Toronto
*** 25 (Toronto) Service Battalion, in Toronto
** '''[[Northern Ontario Militia District]]''', in [[North Bay, Ontario|North Bay]] (Merged with the [[Ottawa Militia District]])
*** [[The Algonquin Regiment]], in North Bay
*** 2nd Btn, [[The Irish Regiment of Canada]], in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]]
*** [[The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment]], in [[Pembroke, Ontario|Pembroke]]
*** [[49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]]
*** 26 (North Bay) Service Battalion, in North Bay
** '''[[Ottawa Militia District]]''', in [[Ottawa]]
*** [[The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)]], in [[Oshawa]]
*** [[Governor General's Foot Guards]], in Ottawa
*** [[The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment]], in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]
*** [[The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment]], in [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]]
*** [[The Brockville Rifles]], in [[Brockville]]
*** [[Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders]], in [[Cornwall, Ontario|Cornwall]]
*** [[The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)]], in [[Ottawa]]
*** [[30th Field Artillery Regiment (Canada)|30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in Ottawa
*** 28 (Ottawa) Service Battalion, in Ottawa
*** [[3rd Field Engineer Squadron]], in Ottawa
*** 5th Field Engineer Squadron, in Ottawa

==== Atlantic Militia Area ====
* '''[[Atlantic Militia Area]]''', in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] covering [[New Brunswick]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], [[Nova Scotia]], and [[Prince Edward Island]]
** '''[[37 Canadian Brigade Group|Eastern New Brunswick Militia District]]''', in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]
*** [[2nd Btn, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment]], in [[Bathurst, New Brunswick|Bathurst]]
*** 31 (Saint John) Service Battalion, in Saint John
** '''[[Western New Brunswick District Militia District]]''', in [[CFB Moncton]] (Merged with [[Eastern New Brunswick Militia District]] in 1992)
*** [[1st Btn, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment]], in Fredericton
*** 32 (Moncton) Service Battalion, in Moncton
** '''[[Western Nova Scotia Militia District]]''', in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
*** [[The Princess Louise Fusiliers]], in Halifax
*** [[West Nova Scotia Regiment]], in [[Aldershot, Nova Scotia|Aldershot]]
*** [[1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment|1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in Halifax
*** 33 (Halifax) Service Battalion, in Halifax
*** 84th Independent Field Battery, RCA, in [[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia|Yarmouth]]
*** 20th Field Engineer Squadron, in Halifax
** '''[[Cape Breton Militia District]]''', in [[Sydney, Nova Scotia|Sydney]] (Merged with the [[Western Nova Scotia Militia District]] in 1992)
*** 1st Btn, [[The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)]], in [[Truro, Nova Scotia|Truro]]
*** 2nd Btn, [[Cape Breton Highlanders|The Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton)]], in Sydney
*** [[45th Field Engineer Squadron]], in Sydney
*** 35 (Sydney) Service Battalion, in Sydney
** '''[[Newfoundland Militia District]]''', in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
*** 1st Btn, [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]], in St. John's
*** 2nd Btn, [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]], in [[Grand Falls-Windsor]]
*** [[3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA]], in St. John's
*** [[56th Field Engineer Squadron]], in St. John's
*** 36 (Newfoundland) Service Battalion, in St. John's
** '''[[Prince Edward Island Militia District]]''', in [[Charlottetown]] (Merged with the [[Eastern New Brunswick Militia District]] in 1992)
*** [[The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)]], in Charlottetown

==== Quebec Militia Area ====
* '''[[Quebec Militia Area]]''', in [[Montreal]] covering [[Quebec]]
** '''[[Montreal Militia District]]''' (Milice du district 1 du Québec), in Montreal
*** [[The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)]], in Montreal
*** [[Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)]], in [[Gatineau]]
*** [[The Canadian Grenadier Guards]], in Montreal
*** [[The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada]], in Montreal
*** 4th Battalion, [[Royal 22e Régiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]] (Châteauguay), in [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]]
*** 6th Battalion, [[Royal 22e Régiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]], in [[Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec|Saint-Hyacinthe]]
*** [[Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal]], in Montreal
*** [[Le Régiment de Maisonneuve]], in Montreal
*** [[The Royal Montreal Regiment]], in [[Westmount, Quebec|Westmount]]
*** [[2nd Field Artillery Regiment (Canada)|2<sup>e</sup> Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC]], in Montreal
*** [[34 Combat Engineer Regiment|3<sup>e</sup> Régiment du génie]], in Westmount
*** 51 (Montreal) Bataillon des services, in Montreal
** '''[[Sherbrooke Militia District]]''' (Milice du district 2 du Québec), in [[Sherbrooke]] (Merged with the [[Quebec Militia District]])
*** [[Sherbrooke Hussars]], in Sherbrooke
*** [[Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke]], in Sherbrooke
*** 52 (Sherbrooke) Bataillon des services, in Sherbrooke
** '''[[Quebec Militia District]]''' (Milice du district 3 du Québec), in [[Quebec City]]
*** [[12e Régiment blindé du Canada]] (Militia), in [[Trois-Rivières]]
*** [[Les Voltigeurs de Québec]], in Quebec City
*** [[Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent|Les Fusiliers du S<sup>t</sup>-Laurent]], in [[Rimouski]]
*** [[Régiment de la Chaudière]], in [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]]
*** [[Le Régiment du Saguenay]], in [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]] (provides 2x airborne platoons and a company headquarters to the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment|Airborne Regiment]])
*** 6<sup>e</sup> Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC, in Lévis
*** [[62nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA|62<sup>e</sup> Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC]], in [[Shawinigan]]
*** 55 (Quebec City) Bataillon des services, in Quebec City
*** [[9e Escadron du génie|9<sup>e</sup> Escadron du génie]], in [[Rouyn-Noranda]]
*** [[10e Escadron du génie|10<sup>e</sup> Escadron du génie]], in [[Sainte-Foy, Quebec City|Sainte-Foy]]
*** 15<sup>e</sup> Escadron du génie, in Quebec City

Reserve units of the [[Royal Canadian Armoured Corps]] (RCAC) were equipped with [[AVGP|Cougar]] and [[AVGP|Grizzly]] armoured vehicles.<br />
Reserve units of the [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery]] (RCA) were equipped with [[M101 howitzer|105mm C1 howitzers]] and [[British 81 mm mortar|81mm mortars]].

== Air Command ==
[[Canadian Forces Air Command]] (AIRCOM) unified all flying assets of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] in one command. It provided combat-ready air forces for the surveillance and control over Canadian airspace and for the defence of North America. It also provided air groups for other commands:

* [[Maritime Air Group]] provided [[Maritime Command]] with anti-submarine helicopters and airplanes
* [[10 Tactical Air Group]] provided [[Force Mobile Command]] with tactical helicopters
* [[1 Canadian Air Division]] Canada's aerial contribution to [[NATO]]'s aerial defense

The other air groups of Air Command remained under its operational control, however in case of war two of Fighter Group's fighter squadrons were assigned as reinforcement to 1 Air Division in Germany, while its other two fighter squadrons were assigned as air defence assets to the [[Canadian NORAD Region]]. Air Command fielded only two wings: 3 and 4 Wing, as part of 1 Air Division, to fulfill [[NATO]] operational requirements. All other units fell under operational control of the bases they operated from. A key unit of Air Command was 437 Transport Squadron, which in case of crisis would have flown Canadian reinforcements from [[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] to Germany to augment the strength of [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]. Together with the [[US Air Force]] Air Command operated the [[Distant Early Warning Line]] of radar stations on the edge of Canada's arctic North. Beginning in 1988 the Distant Early Warning Line was upgraded with more powerful radars and automated to reduce personnel requirements.<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|pages= 38–39|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

* Headquarters Canadian Forces Air Command, at [[CFB Winnipeg]]
** '''[[CFB Penhold]]'''
*** Canadian Forces School of Air Reserve Training
*** Canadian Forces Junior Leader School
** '''[[CFB Summerside]]'''
*** Canadian Forces Junior Leader School
** '''[[CFB Edmonton]]'''
*** [[Canadian Forces School of Aeromedical Training]]
*** [[Canadian Forces Survival Training School]]
*** Canadian Forces School of Traffic and Movements
** '''[[CFB Borden]]''' (Canadian Forces Training System Base)
*** Air Command Academy
*** Canadian Forces Aircrew Selection Centre
*** [[Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering]]
** '''[[CFB North Bay]]'''
*** Air Weapons Control and Countermeasures School
*** Air Force Indoctrination School

=== Fighter Group/Canadian NORAD Region ===
[[File:North Radar System.png|thumb|right|360px|[[North Warning System]] as part of [[NORAD]]'s radar array as envisioned by Canada and the US in 1987]]
[[File:F18 - RIAT 2008 (2684897047).jpg|thumb|right|360px|[[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18 Hornet]] takes off]]
[[File:McDonnell Douglas CF-188B Hornet (CF-18B), Canada - Air Force AN0196681.jpg|thumb|right|360px| [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18B Hornet]] landing.]]
[[File:Northrop (Canadair) CF-116D (CL-219), Canada - Air Force AN1302341.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A [[Canadair CF-5|CF-5 Freedom Fighter]] at [[CFB St. Hubert]].]]

After the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] signed the [[North American Air Defence Modernization Agreement]] during the [[Shamrock Summit]] on 18 March 1985 Canada's air defence was undergoing a major restructuring: in 1987 [[Fighter Group (Canada)|Fighter Group]] was merged [[Canadian NORAD Region]] to create a unified air defence command for Canada. In the same year Canada began to replace the [[Distant Early Warning Line]] (DEW) radar sites across the [[Canadian Arctic]] with the more modern [[North Warning System]] (NWS) radars.

NWS stretched from Alaska across the Canadian Arctic at approximately the 70th parallel and extended down the [[Canadian East Coast]] to [[Labrador]]. Unlike the manned DEW radars the NWS radars consisted of minimally manned long-range radars and unmanned short-range gap-filler radars. Therefore, Canada began to disband its 19 radar squadrons, with only six being left by 1989, four of which were coastal radars: three on the East Coast and one on the West Coast. The original NWS plan called for the installation of a further four coastal radars along the [[Canadian West Coast]] and [[Southeast Alaska]].

* '''[[Fighter Group (Canada)|Fighter Group]]/[[Canadian NORAD Region]]'''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Skaarup|first1=Harold A.|title=Out of Darkness-Light: A History of Canadian Military Intelligence|date=15 June 2005|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-35928-8|page=209|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvzycilVu0wC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=%22Fighter+Group+Canadian+NORAD+Region%22#q=%22Fighter%20Group%20Canadian%20NORAD%20Region%22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=9 Wing Gander|url=http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/9-wing/index.page|publisher=Royal Canadian Air Force|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank.|url=http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&index=alt&srchtxt=FIGHTER%20GROUP%20CANADIAN%20NORAD%20REGION%20HEADQUARTERS|website=TERMIUM Plus|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Sokolsky|first1=Joel J.|title=Canada, Getting it Right this Time: The 1994 Defence White Paper|date=31 May 1995|pages=34|isbn=9781428914247|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cni9JhsnF4QC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=%22Fighter+Group+Canadian+NORAD+Region%22#q=%22Fighter%20Group%20Canadian%20NORAD%20Region%22}}</ref> at [[CFB North Bay]] under operational control of [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]]
** '''[[CFB North Bay]]'''
*** 22 Radar Control Wing
**** [[21 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron]] operating [[Sector Operations Control Centre East]]
***** [[12 Radar Squadron]], at [[CFS Mont Apica]]
***** [[23 Radar Squadron]], at [[CFS Barrington]] (Coastal radar site)
***** [[221 Radar Squadron]], at [[CFS Sydney]] (Coastal radar site)
***** [[226 Radar Squadron]], at [[CFB Gander]] (Coastal radar site)
**** [[51 Aerospace Control and Warning Squadron]] operating [[Sector Operations Control Centre West]]
***** [[42 Radar Squadron]], at [[CFB Cold Lake]]
***** [[501 Radar Squadron]], at [[CFS Holberg]] (Coastal radar site)
*** [[No. 414 Squadron RCAF|414 Composite (Electronic Warfare) Squadron]], [[Dassault Falcon 20|CC-117 Falcon]], replaced with [[Bombardier Challenger 600 series|CC-144 Challenger]] in 1989
*** Canadian Forces Support Unit Colorado Springs, at [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|NORAD]] HQ at [[Peterson Air Force Base]]
*** Canadian Detachment Elmendorf, at [[Elmendorf Air Force Base]]
*** [[Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Locations]] at [[Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Yellowknife|Yellowknife]], [[Inuvik (Mike Zubko) Airport|Inuvik]], [[Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Rankin Inlet|Rankin Inlet]], [[Iqaluit Airport|Iqaluit]] and [[Kuujjuaq Airport|Kuujjuaq]] (expansion underway)
** '''[[CFB Cold Lake]]''', one CF-18 squadron would have reinforced 3 Wing at [[CFB Baden–Soellingen|CFB Baden–Söllingen]] in Germany
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[410 Tactical Fighter Operational Training Squadron]], [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18 Hornet]] 
*** [[416 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], CF-18 Hornet
*** [[441 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], CF-18 Hornet
*** [[419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron]], [[Canadair CF-5|CF-5D Freedom Fighter]]
*** Maintenance Squadron
*** 4 Software Engineering Squadron, maintaining CF-18 Hornet soft- and hardware
*** 10 Field Technical Training Squadron, training CF-18 technicians
** '''[[CFB Bagotville]]''', one CF-18 squadron would have reinforced 3 Wing at [[CFB Baden–Soellingen|CFB Baden–Söllingen]] in Germany
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[425 Tactical Fighter Squadron|425<sup>e</sup> Escadron d'appui tactique]], [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18 Hornet]]
*** [[433 Tactical Fighter Squadron|433<sup>e</sup> Escadron d'appui tactique]], CF-18 Hornet
*** 8 Air Communications and Control Squadron (deployable unit)
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB Chatham]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[434 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], [[Canadair CF-5|CF-5A Freedom Fighter]], disbanded 17 March 1989<ref>http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/ol-lo/vol-tom-4/3014-eng.asp</ref>
*** Satellite Identification and Tracking Unit, at [[RCAF Station St. Margarets|Detachment St. Margarets]], part of NORAD's [[Space Object Identification Centre]]
*** Maintenance Squadron

=== Maritime Air Group ===
[[File:Lockheed CP-140 Aurora, Canada - Air Force JP7645830.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora|CP-140 Aurora]] during landing approach.]]

* '''[[Maritime Air Group]]''', at [[CFB Halifax]] under operational control of [[Canadian Forces Maritime Command|Maritime Command]]
** '''[[CFB Shearwater]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron]], [[Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King|CH-124 Sea King]]
*** [[423 Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron]], CH-124 Sea King
*** [[443 Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron]], CH-124 Sea King at [[Victoria International Airport|Patricia Bay Heliport]] supporting [[Maritime Forces Pacific]]
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB Greenwood]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[404 Maritime Patrol and Training Squadron]], [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora|CP-140 Aurora]]
*** [[405 Maritime Patrol Squadron]], CP-140 Aurora
*** [[415 Maritime Patrol Squadron]], CP-140 Aurora
*** 14 Software Development Unit, maintaining CP-140 Aurora soft- and hardware
*** Maritime Proving and Evaluation Unit
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB Comox]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[33 Utility Squadron]], [[Grumman S-2 Tracker|CP-121 Tracker]], [[Canadair CT-133 Silver Star|CT-133 Silver Star]] (Training and Naval Gunnery Target Towing)<ref>http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.ns.ca/squadrons/33sqn.htm</ref>
*** [[407 Long Range Patrol Squadron|407 Maritime Patrol Squadron]], [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora|CP-140 Aurora]]
*** [[442 Transport and Rescue Squadron]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo|CC-115 Buffalo]], [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|CH-113 Labrador]] part of Air Transport Group
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB Summerside]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[413 Transport and Rescue Squadron]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo|CC-115 Buffalo]], [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|CH-113 Labrador]] part of Air Transport Group
*** [[420 Squadron]] (Air Reserve Unit twinned with 880 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron)
*** [[880 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron]], [[Grumman S-2 Tracker|CP-121 Tracker]]
*** Maintenance Squadron

=== 10 Tactical Air Group ===
[[File:Bell CH-135 Twin Huey (212), Canada - Air Force AN1307120.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]] from [[403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron]].]]

* '''[[10 Tactical Air Group]]''', at [[CFB St. Hubert]] under operational control of [[Canadian Army|Mobile Command]]
** '''[[CFB Toronto]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[400 Tactical Helicopter and Training Squadron]] (Air Reserve Unit), [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]]
*** [[411 Tactical Helicopter Squadron]] (Air Reserve Unit), [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]]
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB St. Hubert]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[401 Tactical Helicopter and Training Squadron]] (Air Reserve Unit), [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]]
*** [[430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron|430<sup>e</sup> Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères]], [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]], [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]] supporting [[5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group|5 Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada]]
*** [[438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron|438<sup>e</sup> Escadron tactique d'hélicoptères]] (Air Reserve Unit), [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]]
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB Gagetown]]''', main [[Canadian Forces Mobile Command|Mobile Command]] training base
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[403 Helicopter Operational Training Squadron]], [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants#UH-1H|CH-118 Iroquois]], [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]], [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]]
*** Air Ground Operations School
*** Maintenance Squadron
*** [[Petawawa Heliport]]
*** [[427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron]], [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]], [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]] supporting [[Special Service Force]]

=== Air Transport Group ===
[[File:Lockheed C-130 Hercules -Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada-7Aug2013.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|CC-130E Hercules]] climbs to altitude.]]
[[File:CH-118103Huey02.JPG|thumb|right|360px|A [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants#UH-1H|CH-118 Iroquois]] in the Rocky Mountains of [[British Columbia]], January 8, 1992.]]

* '''[[Air Transport Group]]''' at [[CFB Trenton]]
** '''[[CFB Trenton]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[CFD Mountain View]]
*** [[424 Transport and Rescue Squadron]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo|CC-115 Buffalo]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|CC-138 Twin Otter]], [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|CH-113 Labrador]]
*** [[426 Transport Training Squadron]], [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|CC-130E Hercules]] part of 14 Air Training Group
*** [[436 Transport Squadron]], [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|CC-130E Hercules]]
*** [[437 Transport Squadron]], [[Boeing CC-137|CC-137 Husky]]
*** 2 Air Movements Squadron (Ground airlift support unit)
*** Maintenance Squadron
*** Terminal Radar and Control Systems Support and Training Unit
** '''[[CFB Uplands|CFB Ottawa]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[412 Transport Squadron]], [[Bombardier Challenger 600 series|CC-144 Challenger]] ([[Royal Canadian Air Force VIP aircraft|Canadian VIP Transport]]), [[Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan|CC-109 Cosmopolitan]] being replaced by [[Bombardier Dash 8|CT-142 Dash 8]]
*** [[450 Transport Helicopter Squadron]], [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-147 Chinook]], [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]] part of 10 Tactical Air Group
*** 3 Air Movements Squadron (Ground airlift support unit)
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB Edmonton]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron]], [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]], [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]] part of 10 Tactical Air Group and supporting [[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
*** [[418 Squadron]] (Air Reserve Unit twinned with [[440 Transport Squadron|440 Transport and Rescue Squadron]])
*** [[435 Transport and Rescue Squadron]], [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|CC-130E Hercules]]
*** [[440 Transport and Rescue Squadron]], [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|CC-138 Twin Otter]] (Detachment at [[Canadian NORAD Region Forward Operating Location Yellowknife|Yellowknife]])
*** [[447 Transport Helicopter Squadron]], [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-147 Chinook]] part of 10 Tactical Air Group
*** 1 Air Movements Squadron (Ground airlift support unit)
*** Maintenance Squadron
*** Canadian Forces Parachute Maintenance Depot
** '''[[CFB Gander]]'''
*** [[103 Rescue Unit]], [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|CH-113 Labrador]]

=== 14 Air Training Group ===
[[File:Canadair CT-133 Silver Star 3 (CL-30) AN2287793.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A [[Canadair CT-133 Silver Star|CT-133 Silver Star]].]]
[[File:Beech CT-134 Musketeer, Canada - Air Force AN0141796.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A 14 Air Training Group [[Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer|CT-134 Musketeer]] in 1980.]]

* '''[[14 Air Training Group]]''', at [[CFB Winnipeg]]
** '''[[CFB Winnipeg]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[402 Transport and Training Squadron]] (Air Reserve Unit), [[Bombardier Dash 8|CT-142 Dash 8]]
*** [[429 Transport Squadron]], [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|CC-130E Hercules]] part of Air Transport Group
*** Central Flying School [[Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer|CT-134 Musketeer]]
*** [[Canadian Forces Air Navigation School]]
*** Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies
*** Maintenance Squadron
*** 1 Construction Engineering Unit
** '''[[CFB Moose Jaw]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School]], [[Canadair CT-114 Tutor|CT-114 Tutor]]
*** [[431 Air Demonstration Squadron]], 11x [[Canadair CT-114 Tutor|CT-114 Tutor]]
*** Maintenance Squadron
** '''[[CFB Portage la Prairie]]'''
*** Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** Flying Instructors School, [[Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer|CT-134 Musketeer]]
*** [[3 Canadian Forces Flying Training School]], [[Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer|CT-134 Musketeer]], [[Bell 206|CH-139 Jet Ranger]]
*** Maintenance Squadron

=== Air Reserve ===
The [[Air Reserve]] consisted of one group headquarters, two wings, seven squadrons, and augmentation flights at 9 bases. Air Reserve Group was formed in 1976 to administer the 950 air reserve personnel, although units responded operationally to the regular force commanders at their bases.<ref>{{cite web|title=Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve|url=http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/air-reserve/index.page|website=Royal Canadian Air Force|accessdate=18 October 2016}}</ref>

* '''[[Canadian Forces Air Command|Air Command]]''', at [[CFB Winnipeg]]
** '''Air Reserve Group''', at CFB Winnipeg
*** 1<sup>er</sup> Escadre, at [[CFB St. Hubert]]
**** [[401 Tactical Helicopter and Training Squadron]]
**** [[438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron]]
*** 2 Wing, at [[CFB Toronto]]
**** [[400 Tactical Helicopter and Training Squadron]]
**** [[411 Tactical Helicopter Squadron]]
*** [[402 Transport and Training Squadron]], at [[CFB Winnipeg]]
*** [[418 Squadron]], at [[CFB Edmonton]], twinned with [[440 Transport and Rescue Squadron]]
*** [[420 Squadron]], at [[CFB Summerside]], twinned with [[880 Maritime Reconnaissance Squadron]]
*** Air Reserve Augmentation Flight Moose Jaw
*** Air Reserve Augmentation Flight Portage la Prairie
*** Air Reserve Augmentation Flight Summerside

== Maritime Command ==
[[Canadian Forces Maritime Command]] had its headquarters at [[CFB Halifax]] on Canada's [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast. It developed, trained and equipped Canada's naval forces. In wartime operational command would have been exerted by Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) and Commander Maritime Forces Pacific (MARPAC) respectively. Commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic doubled-hatted as commander of [[NATO]]'s Canadian Atlantic Sub-Area (CANLANT) command. CANLANT was an area command of [[Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic]] (SACLANT) and responsible to keep the [[Labrador Sea]] free from [[Soviet Navy|Soviet]] ships and submarines. As Soviet submarines passing under the ice of the [[Arctic Ocean]] and through the many channels of the [[Canadian Arctic Archipelago]] to reach the North Atlantic were seen as the biggest threat Canada's fleet fielded exclusively ships specialized in the [[anti-submarine]] role. Together with the [[US Navy]] Maritime Command operated a series the [[SOSUS]] underwater listening posts on the Atlantic Ocean's seabed to observe Soviet submarine operations in the Atlantic.<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|pages= 30–31|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

Air Command provided Maritime Command with a group of anti-submarine planes and helicopters. Maritime Command ships participated every year in NATO's [[Standing Naval Force Atlantic]] (STANAVFORLANT). After having built no new ships since 1973 Maritime Command began an ambitious construction program for 12 new [[Halifax-class frigate]]s in 1987, the first of which began to enter service in 1992 and replaced all major surface combatants safe for the [[Iroquois-class destroyer]]s.

[[File:US Navy 040625-N-9769P-296 The Canadian destroyer HMCS Algonquin (DDG 283) is shown underway in close formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).jpg|thumb|right|360px|{{HMCS|Algonquin|DDG 283}} underway in the [[Pacific]]]]

* '''Canadian Forces Maritime Command''' (MARCOM), at [[CFB Halifax]]
** [[CFS St. John's|Canadian Forces Base St. John's]]
** [[Naval Station Argentia]], joint Canadian-American [[SOSUS]] base
** [[CFS Shelburne|Canadian Forces Station Shelburne]], Canadian [[SOSUS]] base
** [[CFS Bermuda|Canadian Forces Station Bermuda]]
** [[CFMETR, Nanoose Bay|Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges]], in [[Nanoose Bay]]

=== Maritime Forces Atlantic ===
[[File:HMCS Nipigon (DDH 266) underway on 1 September 1985 (6409100).jpg|thumb|right|360px|HMCS ''Nipigon'' (DDH 266) underway in the Atlantic during NATO Exercise "Ocean Safari '85".]]

* '''[[Maritime Forces Atlantic]]''' (MARLANT), at CFB Halifax
** [[Canadian Forces Base Halifax]]
*** '''[[First Canadian Destroyer Squadron]]''' (CANDESRON 1):
**** {{Sclass|Restigouche|destroyer|4}}: {{HMCS|Kootenay|DDE 258}}
**** {{Sclass|St. Laurent|destroyer|4}}: {{HMCS|Saguenay|DDH 206}}, {{HMCS|Skeena|DDH 207}}, {{HMCS|Ottawa|DDH 229}}, {{HMCS|Margaree|DDH 230}}, {{HMCS|Fraser|DDH 233}}
*** '''[[Fifth Canadian Destroyer Squadron]]''' (CANDESRON 5):
**** {{Sclass|Iroquois|destroyer|4}}: {{HMCS|Iroquois|DDG 280}}, {{HMCS|Athabaskan|DDG 282}}, {{HMCS|Algonquin|DDG 283}}
**** {{Sclass|Annapolis|destroyer|4}}: {{HMCS|Annapolis|DDH 265}}, {{HMCS|Nipigon|DDH 266}}
*** '''[[First Canadian Submarine Squadron]]''' (CANSUBRON 1):
**** {{Sclass|Oberon|submarine|4}}: {{HMCS|Ojibwa|S72}}, {{HMCS|Onondaga|S73}}, {{HMCS|Okanagan|S74}}
*** '''Reserve Training Unit Atlantic''':
**** {{Sclass2|Porte|gate vessel|0}} [[boom defence vessel]]s: {{HMCS |Porte St. Jean|YNG 180}}, {{HMCS |Porte St. Louis|YNG 183}}
*** [[HMCS Cormorant (ASL 20)|HMCS ''Cormorant'' (ASL 20)]], [[diving support vessel]]
*** [[HMCS Quest|HMCS ''Quest'']], oceanographic research/acoustic vessel
*** {{Sclass|Protecteur|replenishment oiler|4}} replenishment oiler: {{HMCS|Protecteur|AOR 509}}, {{HMCS|Preserver|AOR 510}}
*** {{Sclass|Anticosti|minesweeper|4}} minesweeper: {{HMCS|Anticosti|MSA 110}}, {{HMCS|Moresby|MSA 112}}
*** {{Sclass|Wind|icebreaker|4}} icebreaker: {{HMCS|Labrador|AW 50}}
*** {{Sclass2|Fire|fireboat|2}} fireboat: {{ship|CFAV|Firebird|YTR 561}}
*** {{Sclass2|Ville|tug|2}}: {{ship|CFAV|Listerville|YTL 592}}, {{ship|CFAV|Merrickville|YTL 593}}, {{ship|CFAV|Marysville|YTL 594}}
*** {{Sclass2|Glen|tug (1975)|0}} tugboat: {{ship|CFAV|Glenevis|YTB 642}}, {{ship|CFAV|Glenbrook|YTB 643}}, {{ship|CFAV|Glenside|YTB 644}}
** Fleet Diving Unit (Atlantic)
** Acoustic Data Analysis Centre (Atlantic)
** Canadian Forces Maritime Warfare Centre
** Canadian Forces Fleet School Halifax
** Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre Halifax
** Queen's Harbour Master Halifax
** Fleet Maintenance Group Atlantic
*** Canadian Forces Ship Repair Unit (Atlantic)
*** Naval Engineering Unit (Atlantic), CFB Halifax

=== Maritime Forces Pacific ===
[[File:Canadian Restigouche class DDEs off Alaska 1983.JPEG|thumb|right|360px|{{HMCS|Restigouche|DDE 257|6}}, {{HMCS|Terra Nova|DDE 259|6}}, and {{HMCS|Gatineau|DDE 236|6}} during [[CINCPAC]] Exercise FLEETEX '83 near the [[Aleutian Islands]] of [[Alaska]].]]

* '''[[Maritime Forces Pacific]]''' (MARPAC), [[CFB Esquimalt]]
** [[Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt]]
*** '''[[Second Canadian Destroyer Squadron]]''' (CANDESRON 2):
**** {{Sclass|Iroquois|destroyer|4}}: {{HMCS|Huron|DDG 281}}
**** {{Sclass|Restigouche|destroyer|4}}: {{HMCS|Restigouche|DDE 257}}, {{HMCS|Terra Nova|DDE 259}}, {{HMCS|Gatineau|DDE 236}}
*** '''[[Fourth Canadian Destroyer Squadron]]''' (CANDESRON 4):
**** {{Sclass|Mackenzie|destroyer|4}}: {{HMCS|Mackenzie|DDE 261}}, {{HMCS|Saskatchewan|DDE 262}}, {{HMCS|Yukon|DDE 263}}, {{HMCS|Qu'Appelle|DDE 264}}
*** '''[[Training Group Pacific]]''':
**** {{Sclass2|Porte|gate vessel|0}} [[boom defence vessel]]s: {{HMCS |Porte de la Reine|YNG 184}}, {{HMCS |Porte Québec|YNG 185}}, {{HMCS |Porte Dauphine|YNG 186}}
**** Bay-class patrol boats: {{HMCS|Fundy|PB 159}}, {{HMCS|Chignecto|PB 160}}, {{HMCS|Thunder|PB 161}}, {{HMCS|Cowichan|PB 162}}, {{HMCS|Miramichi|PB 163}}, {{HMCS|Chaleur|PB 164}}
*** {{Sclass|Endeavour|oceanographic research ship|4}} oceanographic research vessel: {{HMCS|Endeavour|AGOR 171}}
*** {{HMCS|Provider|AOR 508}}, [[replenishment oiler]]
*** {{ship|CFAV|Tillicum|YTM 555}} tugboat
*** {{Sclass2|Fire|fireboat|2}}: {{ship|CFAV|Firebrand|YTR 562}}
*** {{Sclass2|Ville|tug|2}}: {{ship|CFAV|Lawrenceville|YTL 590}}, {{ship|CFAV|Parksville|YTL 591}}
*** {{Sclass2|Glen|tug (1975)|0}} tugboat: {{ship|CFAV|Glendyne|YTB 640}}, {{ship|CFAV|Glendale|YTB 641}}
*** {{HMCS|Oriole}}, [[Sail training|sail training vessel]]
** Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific)
** Canadian Forces Fleet School Esquimalt
** Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre Esquimalt
** Queen's Harbour Master Esquimalt
** HMCS Venture, the Naval Officers Training Centre
** Fleet Maintenance Group Pacific
*** Canadian Forces Ship Repair Unit (Pacific)
*** Naval Engineering Unit (Pacific), CFB Esquimalt

==== Naval Reserve ====
The [[Canadian Forces Naval Reserve|Naval Reserve]] consisted of 22 divisions in cities across Canada. In times of war the missions of naval reserve were the naval control of shipping, maritime coastal defence, and the clearance of mines.

* '''[[Canadian Forces Maritime Command|Maritime Command]]''', at [[CFB Halifax]]
** '''[[Canadian Forces Naval Reserve|Naval Reserve]]''', at CFB Halifax
*** {{HMCS|Brunswicker}}, in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]
*** {{HMCS|Cabot}}, in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
*** {{HMCS|Carleton}}, in [[Ottawa]]
*** {{HMCS|Cataraqui}}, in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]
*** {{HMCS|Champlain}}, in [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]]
*** {{HMCS|Chippawa}}, in [[Winnipeg]]
*** {{HMCS|d'Iberville}}, in [[Rimouski]]
*** {{HMCS|Discovery}}, in [[Vancouver]]
*** {{HMCS|Donnacona}}, in [[Montreal]]
*** {{HMCS|Griffon}}, in [[Thunder Bay]]
*** {{HMCS|Hunter}}, in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]]
*** {{HMCS|Jolliet}}, in [[Sept-Îles, QuebecSept-Îles]]
*** {{HMCS|Malahat}}, in [[Victoria, British Columbia]]
*** {{HMCS|Montcalm}}, in [[Quebec City]]
*** {{HMCS|Nonsuch}}, in [[Edmonton]]
*** {{HMCS|Queen}}, in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]
*** {{HMCS|Radisson}}, in [[Trois-Rivières]]
*** {{HMCS|Scotian}}, in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
*** {{HMCS|Star}}, in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
*** {{HMCS|Tecumseh}}, in [[Calgary]]
*** {{HMCS|Unicorn}}, in [[Saskatoon]]
*** {{HMCS|York}}, in [[Toronto]] (activated 1989)

== Canadian Forces Europe ==
[[File:ADATS 2008.JPG|thumb|right|360px|An [[Air Defense Anti-Tank System|ADATS]] of 4 Air Defence Regiment, RCA.]]
* Headquarters, [[Canadian Forces Europe]] (CFE), [[Canadian Forces Base Lahr]], FRG
** Canadian Forces Element, HQ [[Allied Force Command Heidelberg|CENTAG]], in [[Heidelberg]]
** Canadian Forces Element, HQ [[Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force|4 ATAF]], at [[Ramstein Air Base]]
** Canadian Forces Element, HQ [[Allied Command Europe Mobile Force|AMF (L)]], in [[Mannheim]]
** Canadian Forces Element, [[NATO Airborne Early Warning Force]], [[Boeing E-3 Sentry|E-3A]] Component, at [[NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen|Geilenkirchen Air Base]]
** National Support Unit, at Geilenkirchen Air Base
** Communications Group Europe, CFB Lahr
*** Communications Squadron Lahr
*** Communications Squadron Baden-Söllingen
** [[Canadian Forces Network]], CFB Lahr
** Canadian Forces Hospital Europe, CFB Lahr
** [[Canadian Forces Base Lahr|CFB Lahr]]
** [[CFB Baden–Soellingen|CFB Baden-Söllingen]]
** 311 Forward Mobile Support Unit, providing general logistic support to CFE
*** Forward Storage Site for units that would have been dispatched to Germany in case of war in [[Zimmern ob Rottweil]]
** Ammunition Depot Lahr 
** Ammunition Depot Söllingen
** Training Area Langenhard
** 4 Air Defence Regiment, [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery]]
*** Headquarters & Service Battery, 4 Air Defence Regiment, RCA (2x M 577, 2x M113)
*** 127 Air Defence Battery (detached to [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]), CFB Lahr (12x [[Air Defense Anti-Tank System|ADATS]], 15x [[Javelin (surface-to-air missile)|Javelin]], 5x M113)
*** 128 Air Defence Battery (detached to 4 Wing), [[CFB Baden–Soellingen|CFB Baden-Söllingen]] (4x [[Air Defense Anti-Tank System|ADATS]], 8x [[Oerlikon GDF|35mm Skyguard]])
*** 129 Air Defence Battery (detached to 3 Wing), CFB Lahr (4x [[Air Defense Anti-Tank System|ADATS]], 8x [[Oerlikon GDF|35mm Skyguard]])
*** 4 Air Defence Workshop

=== 1 Canadian Division ===
* '''[[1st Canadian Division|1 Canadian Division (Forward)]]''', [[Canadian Forces Base Lahr|CFB Lahr]], in war under [[CENTAG]]
** 1st Canadian Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment (Forward), at CFB Lahr
** 1st Canadian Division Intelligence Company, at CFB Lahr
** '''[[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]''', T [[Canadian Forces Base Lahr|CFB Lahr]]
*** 4 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron, at CFB Lahr
*** [[8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)]], at CFB Lahr (77x [[Leopard 1#Canada|Leopard C1]], 23x [[Lynx reconnaissance vehicle|Lynx]], 36x [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]], 2x [[M577]], 6x [[Leopard 1|Bergepanzer]])
*** 1<sup>er</sup> Btn, [[Royal 22nd Regiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]], at CFB Lahr (2x M577, 65x [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]], 11x [[Lynx reconnaissance vehicle|Lynx]], 18x M113 TUA with [[BGM-71 TOW|TOW]], 24x M125 with a [[M29 mortar|81mm mortar]])
*** 3rd Btn, [[The Royal Canadian Regiment|Royal Canadian Regiment]], at [[CFB Baden–Soellingen|CFB Baden-Söllingen]] (2x M577, 65x M113, 11x Lynx, 18x M113 TUA with TOW, 24x M125 with an 81mm mortar)
*** 1st Regiment, [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery]], at CFB Lahr (2x M577, 26x [[M109 howitzer|M109A4]], 46x M113, 24x [[M548]])
*** [[4 Combat Engineer Regiment]], at CFB Lahr (14x M113, 2x M577, 6x [[M548]], 9x [[Leopard 1|Badger]] [[Armoured engineering vehicle|AEV]], 6x [[Leopard 1|Biber]] bridgelayer)
*** 4 Service Battalion, at CFB Lahr (4x M113, 2x Bergepanzer, 6x [[Variants of the M113 armored personnel carrier#Canada|MTV-R]])
*** 4 Field Ambulance, at CFB Lahr
*** 4 Military Police Platoon, at CFB Lahr

In case of war 1 Canadian Division would have been reinforced by [[5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group|5 Groupe-brigade mécanisé du Canada]] from [[CFB Valcartier]], while 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group would have been augmented with personnel from [[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]].

=== 1 Canadian Air Division ===
* '''[[1 Canadian Air Division]]''', [[CFB Baden-Soellingen|CFB Baden-Söllingen]], in war under [[Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force]]
** '''3 Wing''' [[Canadian Forces Base Lahr|CFB Lahr]]
*** 3 Wing Operations
*** 3 Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
** '''4 Wing''' [[CFB Baden-Soellingen|CFB Baden-Söllingen]]
*** 4 Wing Operations
*** 4 Communication and Air Traffic Control Squadron
*** [[409 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18 Hornet]]
*** [[421 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], CF-18 Hornet
*** [[439 Tactical Fighter Squadron]], CF-18 Hornet
*** Air Reserve Augmentation Flight (Reserve Pilots)
*** Training Flight, 5x [[Canadair CT-133 Silver Star|CT-133 Silver Star]]
*** 1 Air Maintenance Squadron CFB Baden-Soellingen
*** 4 Construction Engineer Squadron, detached from [[Royal Canadian Engineers]]
** [[444 Tactical Helicopter Squadron]] CFB Lahr, [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]], [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]] part of 10 Tactical Air Group and supporting [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
** Detachment Lahr, [[412 Transport Squadron]] from [[CFB Uplands|CFB Ottawa]], 2x [[Bombardier Dash 8|CC-142 Dash 8]]
*** 5 Air Movements Unit

In case of war 3 Wing would have been reinforced by two [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18 Hornet]] squadrons based in Canada:
* [[416 Tactical Fighter Squadron]] or [[441 Tactical Fighter Squadron]] from [[CFB Cold Lake]]
* [[425 Tactical Fighter Squadron]] or [[433 Tactical Fighter Squadron]] from [[CFB Bagotville]]

== Communication Command ==
[[Canadian Forces Communication Command]] provided strategic communications for all services of the armed forces. It operated and maintained several data and voice communication networks. With an active force of 3,300 troops and 1,570 reservists Communication Command was the smallest of the armed forces commands.<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|page=40|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

Communication Command provided signal squadrons to the three brigades and Special Service Force of Mobile Command, as well signal support for Air Command bases. It also operated the Canadian contribution to the [[Five Eyes]] [[ECHELON]] [[signals intelligence]] network. However the [[Communications Security Establishment]], which analysed intercepted material, was not part of Communication Command. The Canadian Government's [[Emergency Government Headquarters]] were also managed by Communication Command. Communication reserve units were grouped in six regional communication groups, which also contained active units based in the same region.

=== Communication Command Structure ===
* '''[[Canadian Forces Communication Command|Communication Command]]'''
** Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics, at [[CFB Kingston]]
** Canadian Forces Data Centre, at [[CFB Borden]]
** Canadian Forces Data Centre, at [[CFB Ottawa]]
** Communications Group Europe, at [[CFB Lahr]], supporting [[Canadian Forces Europe]]
*** Communications Squadron Lahr
*** Communications Squadron Baden-Söllingen
** [[1st Canadian Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment (Main)]], supporting [[1st Canadian Division]]
** 1 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron, at [[CFB Calgary]], supporting [[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
** 4 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron, at [[CFB Lahr]], supporting [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
** 5 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron, at [[CFB Valcartier]], supporting [[5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
** Special Service Force Headquarters & Signal Squadron, at [[CFB Valcartier]], supporting [[Special Service Force]]
** '''[[CFS Carp]]''' ([[Emergency Government Headquarters]])
*** [[CFS Carp Almonte Detachment]]
*** [[CFS Carp Dunrobin Detachment]]
*** [[CFS Carp Richardson Detachment]]
** '''70 Communication Group''', at [[CFB Toronto]]
*** 701 Communication Squadron, at [[CFS Carp]]
*** 702 Communication Squadron, at [[Garrison Petawawa|CFB Petawawa]]
*** 704 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Rockcliffe]]
*** 706 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Borden]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Toronto]]
**** Detachment [[CFB London]]
*** 707 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB North Bay]]
*** 708 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Trenton]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Kingston]]
** '''71<sup>e</sup> Groupe des communications''', at [[CFB Montreal]]
*** 711 Escadron des communications, at [[CFB Valcartier]]
**** Détachement [[CFB Bagotville]]
**** Détachement [[CFS Moisie]]
**** Détachement [[CFS Mont Apica]]
*** 715 Escadron des communications, at [[CFB Saint-Jean]]
**** Détachement [[CFS Frobisher Bay]]
** '''72 Communication Group''', at [[CFB Halifax]]
*** 720 Communication Squadron, at [[CFS Debert]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Chatham]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Summerside]]
*** 724 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Gagetown]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Moncton]]
*** 726 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Halifax]]
**** Detachment [[CFS Barrington]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Cornwallis]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Greenwood]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Shearwater]]
**** Detachment [[CFS Sydney]]
*** 727 Communication Squadron, at [[CFS St. John's|CFB St. John's]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Gander]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Goose Bay]]
** '''73 Communication Group''', at [[CFB Winnipeg]]
*** 731 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Shilo]]
**** Detachment Regina
**** Detachment [[CFB Moose Jaw]]
*** 733 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Winnipeg]]
**** Detachment [[CFS Churchill]]
**** Detachment [[CFS Gypsumville]]
** '''74 Communication Group''', in [[Vancouver]]
*** 740 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Esquimalt]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Comox]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Chilliwack]]
**** Detachment [[CFS Holberg]]
*** 742 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Edmonton]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Cold Lake]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Wainwright]]
**** Detachment [[CFS Yellowknife]]
**** Detachment [[CFS Whitehorse]]
*** 743 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Penhold]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Suffield]]
**** Detachment [[CFB Calgary]]
*** 747 Communication Squadron
** '''76 Communication Group''', in [[Ottawa]]
*** 764 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Ottawa]]
*** Canadian Forces Cryptographic Maintenance Unit	
*** Canadian National Distributing Authority
*** 1 Line Troop

==== Supplementary Radio System ====
* '''[[Canadian Forces Supplementary Radio System|Supplementary Radio System]]''', at [[CFB Kingston]] (Canadian contribution to the [[Five Eyes]] [[ECHELON]] [[SIGINT]] network)<ref>http://jproc.ca/rrp/cdn_sigint_stations.html Summary of Canadian Signals Intelligence Stations</ref>
** [[2 Electronic Warfare Squadron]], at [[CFB Kingston]]
** 770 Communication Research Squadron, at [[CFB Gander]]
** 771 Communication Research Squadron, at [[CFB Ottawa]]
** [[CFS Alert]]
** [[CFS Bermuda]]
** [[CFS Leitrim]]
** [[CFS Masset]]
** Detachment at [[Fort George G. Meade]]
** Detachment at [[USASA Field Station Augsburg|Field Station Augsburg]]
** [[NRS Matsqui]] (MARPAC support element)
** [[Naval Radio Section Aldergrove|NRS Aldergrove]] (MARPAC support element)
** [[Naval Radio Station Newport Corner|NRS Newport Corner]] (MARLANT support element)
** [[CFS Mill Cove|NRS Mill Cove]] (MARLANT support element)
** [[CFB Winnipeg]] (AIRCOM support element)

==== Reserve Communication Units ====
* '''[[Canadian Forces Communication Command]]'''
** '''70 Communication Group''', at [[CFB Toronto]]
*** 700 Communication Squadron, at [[CFB Borden]]
*** 705 Communication Squadron, in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
*** 709 Communication Regiment, in [[Toronto]]
*** [[772 Electronic Warfare Squadron]], at [[CFB Kingston]] (Twinned with 2 Electronic Warfare Squadron)
** '''71<sup>e</sup> Groupe des communications''', at [[CFB Montreal]]
*** 712 Escadron des communications, in [[Montreal]]
*** 713<sup>e</sup> Régiment des communications, in [[Beauport, Quebec City|Beauport]]
*** 714 Escadron des communications, in [[Sherbrooke]]
** '''72 Communication Group''', at [[CFB Halifax]]
*** 721 Communication Regiment, in [[Charlottetown]]
**** Platoon-sized detachment in [[Glace Bay]] (former 725 Communication Squadron)
*** 722 Communication Squadron, in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]
*** 723 Communication Squadron, in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]
*** 728 Communication Squadron, in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]
** '''73 Communication Group''', at [[CFB Winnipeg]]
*** [[734 Communication Squadron]], in [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]]
*** 735 Communication Regiment, in [[Winnipeg]]
*** 736 Communication Squadron, in [[Thunder Bay]]
*** 737 Communication Troop, in [[Saskatoon]]
** '''74 Communication Group''', in [[Vancouver]]
*** 741 Communication Squadron, in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]
*** 744 Communication Regiment, in Vancouver
*** 745 Communication Squadron, in [[Edmonton]]
*** 746 Communication Squadron, in [[Calgary]]
*** 748 Communication Troop, in [[Nanaimo]]
*** 749 Communication Troop, in [[Red Deer, Alberta]]
** '''76 Communication Group''', in [[Ottawa]]
*** 763 Communication Regiment, in [[Ottawa]]
*** 765 Communication Squadron, in Ottawa

== Canadian Forces Health Services Group ==
The Canadian Forces Health Services Group consisted of the [[Canadian Forces Medical Service]], the [[Dental Branch]] and their reserve units.

* '''[[Canadian Forces Health Services Group]]''', in [[Ottawa]]
** Canadian Forces Medical Services School, at [[CFB Borden]]
** Canadian Forces Dental Services School, at CFB Borden
** Canadian Forces School of Operational Medicine, in Toronto
** [[National Defence Medical Centre]], in Ottawa
** Canadian Forces Health Service Training Centre
** Canadian Forces Hospital Cold Lake, at [[CFB Cold Lake]]
** Canadian Forces Hospital Halifax, at [[CFB Halifax]]
** Canadian Forces Hospital Oromocto, at [[CFB Gagetown]]
** Hôpital des Forces canadiennes Valcartier, at [[CFB Valcartier]]
** Canadian Forces Hospital Europe, [[CFB Lahr]], part of [[Canadian Forces Europe]] 
** Central Medical Equipment Depot, at [[CFB Petawawa]]
** Regional Medical Equipment Depot, at [[CFB Borden]]
** Regional Medical Equipment Depot, at [[CFB Calgary]]
** Regional Medical Equipment Depot, at [[CFB Chilliwack]]
** Regional Medical Equipment Depot, at [[CFS Debert]]
** Dépôt régional de matériel médical, at [[CFB Valcartier]]
** '''[[Canadian Forces Medical Service]]'''
*** 1 Canadian Field Hospital, at [[Garrison Petawawa|CFB Petawawa]]
*** 1 Field Ambulance, at [[CFB Calgary]], supporting [[1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
*** 2 Field Ambulance, at [[Garrison Petawawa|CFB Petawawa]], supporting [[Special Service Force]]
*** 4 Field Ambulance, at [[CFB Lahr]], supporting [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
*** 5 Field Ambulance, at [[CFB Valcartier]], supporting [[5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]]
** '''[[Dental Branch]]'''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Groves|first1=Richard|title=The History and Heritage of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps: A Century of Military Dental Service|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/mdn-dnd/D2-331-2014-eng.pdf|publisher=Canadian Forces|accessdate=20 October 2016}}</ref>
*** 1 Dental Unit, at [[CFB Ottawa]] providing dental care for units in the National Capital Region
*** 11 Dental Unit, at [[CFB Esquimalt]] providing dental care for [[Maritime Forces Pacific]] units
*** 12 Dental Unit, at [[CFB Halifax]] providing dental care for [[Canadian Forces Maritime Command|Maritime Command]] units
*** 13 Dental Unit, at [[CFB Trenton]] providing dental care for [[Canadian Forces Training System]] units
*** 14 Dental Unit, at [[CFB Winnipeg]] providing dental care for [[Canadian Forces Air Command|Air Command]] units
*** 15 Dental Unit, at [[CFB St. Hubert]] providing dental care for [[Canadian Forces Mobile Command|Mobile Command]] units
*** 35 Dental Unit, at [[CFB Lahr]] providing dental care for [[Canadian Forces Europe]] units

=== Reserve Medical Units ===
* '''[[Canadian Forces Medical Service]]'''
** 11 Medical Company, in Victoria
** [[12 (Vancouver) Field Ambulance|12 Medical Company]], in Vancouver
** [[15 Field Ambulance|15 Medical Company]], in Edmonton (with a detachment in Calgary)
** [[16 (Regina) Field Ambulance|16 Medical Company]], in Regina
** 17 Medical Company, in Winnipeg
** [[18 Field Ambulance|18 Medical Company]], in Thunder Bay
** 23 Medical Company, in Hamilton (detachments in London and Windsor)
** [[25 Field Ambulance|25 Medical Company]], in Toronto
** 26 Medical Company, in 
** 28 Medical Company, in Ottawa (with a detachment in North Bay)
** 35 Medical Company, in Sydney (with detachments in Halifax, Saint John and St. John's)
** 51 Compagnie médicale, in Montreal
** 52 Compagnie médicale, in Sherbrooke
** 55 Compagnie médicale, in Quebec City

== Canadian Forces Training System ==
The [[Canadian Forces Training System]] provided individual training for the operational commands. It operated 18 schools on five training bases and three schools on other commands' bases. Its strength was around 4,500 active perverts, 2,400 of which were instructors. Another 500 military instructors from other commands served as incremental staff. The training system was under
the jurisdiction of the Assistant Deputy Minister (Personnel), whose mandate also included the National Defence College, the Military Colleges and the Staff Colleges. The Canadian forces also provided training facilities for allied nations.<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|pages=41|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

* '''[[Canadian Forces Training System]]'''
** [[CFB Toronto]] (Air Command Base)
*** [[Canadian Forces College]]
** '''[[CFB Kingston]]'''
*** [[Royal Military College of Canada]]
*** Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics
*** Canadian Forces School of Intelligence and Security
** '''[[CFB Chilliwack]]'''
*** [[Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering]]
*** Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School
** '''[[CFB Borden]]'''
*** [[Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics]]
*** Canadian Forces School of Aerospace and Ordinance Engineering
*** [[Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering]]
*** Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
*** Canadian Forces Fire Academy
*** [[Canadian Forces Military Police]] Academy
*** Canadian Forces Nuclear, Biological and Chemical School
*** Canadian Forces School of Music
*** Canadian Forces School of Physical Education and Recreation
*** [[Canadian Forces Language School]] (Borden)
*** Canadian Forces Training Development Centre
** '''[[CFB St. Jean]]'''
*** [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean|Collège militaire royal de St. Jean]]
*** [[Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School|École des récrues des Forces canadiennes]] (Canadian Forces Recruit School (St. Jean))
*** [[Canadian Forces Language School|École de language des Forces canadiennes (St. Jean)]] (Canadian Forces Language School (St. Jean))
*** École de perfectionnement en gestion des Forces canadiennes (Canadian Forces Management Development School )
*** École technique des Forces canadiennes (Canadian Forces Technical School)
** [[CFB Cornwallis]]
*** Canadian Forces Recruit School (Cornwallis)
** [[CFB Penhold]] (Air Command Base)
*** Canadian Forces Leadership Academy
** [[CFB Ottawa]] (Air Command Base)
*** Canadian Forces Language School (Ottawa)
*** School of Military Mapping
** Canadian Forces Training Material Production Centre, at [[CFB Winnipeg]]

== Land equipment and aircraft totals ==
=== Equiment of Mobile Command ===
In 1989 Mobile Command fielded the following equipment:<ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|page= 33|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref>

* 114x [[Leopard 1#Canada|Leopard C1]] [[main battle tank]]s (77x deployed to Germany)
* 966x [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]] [[armoured personnel carrier]]s and variants (349x deployed to Germany)
* 195x [[AVGP|Cougar]] reconnaissance and fire support vehicles
* 274x [[AVGP|Grizzly]] wheeled armoured personnel carriers
* 172x [[Lynx reconnaissance vehicle]]s (60x deployed to Germany)
* 233x 105mm towed howitzers ([[M101 howitzer|C1 howitzers]] and [[OTO Melara Mod 56|M 56 howitzers]]) (10x forward deployed to Germany for Canada's contribution to [[Allied Command Europe Mobile Force|AMF(L)]])
* 76x [[M109 howitzer|M109A4]] [[Self-propelled gun|self-propelled howitzers]] (26x deployed to Germany)
* 149x [[BGM-71 TOW]] launchers (44x deployed to Germany)

=== Air Command Inventory ===
[[File:DehavillandCC-115Buffalo12.JPG|thumb|right|360px|A taxing [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo|CC-115 Buffalo]].]]
[[File:Canadair CT-114 Tutor (CL-41A), Canada - Air Force AN0223592.jpg|thumb|right|360px|A [[Canadair CT-114 Tutor|CT-114 Tutor]] on landing approach.]] 
The inventory of the Air Command in 1989 consisted of the following aircraft:

* '''Fighters''':<ref>http://www.rwrwalker.ca/post_int.html</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Challenge and Commitment – A Defence Policy for Canada|date=June 1987|publisher=Ministry of Defence Canada|location=Ottawa|page= 37|url=http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/dn-nd/D2-73-1987-eng.pdf|accessdate=14 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="World's Air Forces 1989">{{cite journal|title=World's Air Forces 1989|journal=Flight International|date=29 November 1989|page=46|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%203686.html|accessdate=19 November 2017}}</ref>
** 92x [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18 Hornet]]
** 39x [[McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet|CF-18B Hornet]]
** 81x [[Canadair CF-5|CF-5A/D Freedom Fighter]], (Some stored)<ref>http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/f5_21.html</ref>
* '''Maritime Patrol''':<ref name="World's Air Forces 1989"/>
** 18x [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora|CP-140 Aurora]]
** [[Lockheed CP-140 Aurora|CP-140A Arcturus]], (3x on order)
** 18x [[Grumman S-2 Tracker|CP-121 Tracker]], (Retired in 1990 after the introduction of the CP-140A Arcturus)
** 32x/2x [[Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King|CH-124A/U Sea King]]
* '''Transport/Tanker Aircraft''':<ref name="World's Air Forces 1989"/>
** 5x [[Boeing CC-137|CC-137 Husky]], (Only two could be equipped as [[aerial refueling]] tanker at the same time)
* '''Transport Aircraft''':<ref name="World's Air Forces 1989"/>
** 20x/7x [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|CC-130E/H Hercules]]
** 16x [[Bombardier Challenger 600 series|CC-144 Challenger]], (9x VIP, 1x Trials, 6x [[Electronic warfare]])
** 2x [[Bombardier Dash 8|CT-142 Dash 8]], (2 more delivered in 1989, 2 more in 1990/91, replacing the [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|CC-129 Dakota]])
** 7x [[Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan|CC-109 Cosmopolitan]]
** 7x [[Dassault Falcon 20|CC-117 Falcon]], (Taken out of service on 19 November 1989)
* '''Tactical Transport Helicopters''':<ref name="World's Air Forces 1989"/>
** 61x [[Bell OH-58 Kiowa|CH-136 Kiowa]]
** 44x [[Bell Twin Huey|CH-135 Twin Huey]], (Some stored)
** 7x [[Boeing CH-47 Chinook|CH-147 Chinook]]
* '''[[Canadian Armed Forces Search and Rescue|Search and Rescue]] Aircraft''':<ref name="World's Air Forces 1989"/>
** 14x [[Boeing Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight|CH-113 Labrador]]
** 14x [[de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo|CC-115 Buffalo]]
** 7x [[de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter|CC-138 Twin Otter]]
** 9x [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants#UH-1H|CH-118 Iroquois]]
* '''Training Aircraft''':<ref name="World's Air Forces 1989"/>
** 118x [[Canadair CT-114 Tutor|CT-114 Tutor]] (Some stored)
** 58x[[Canadair CT-133 Silver Star|CT-133 Silver Star]]
** 20x [[Beechcraft CT-134 Musketeer|CT-134A Musketeer II]]
** 14x [[Bell 206|CH-139 Jet Ranger]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/organization/districts.htm Militia Districts (see 1968–1991)]
* [http://www.canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Annual-Historical-Reports.doc Canadian Armed Forces Annual Historical Reports]