Structure of the Canadian Army

The Canadian Army is not an independent service; rather it is the land component of Canada's integrated defence forces known as the Canadian Forces; as such its proper name is Land Force Command (LFC).

LFC is commanded from Land Force Command Headquarters at NDHQ 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, and a combat engineer regiment. Each brigade group also contains a service support battalion, signals squadron and military police platoon.

Higher Field Command Elements

In 2009, the 1st Canadian Division headquarters unit at Kingston in Ontario was activated from the redesignation of the old Canadian Joint Forces Headquarters (which had been formed in 2000 from the redesignation of the original 1st Canadian Division Headquarters). While technically a tri-service (Navy, Army, Air Force) command formation, by 2012, 1st Canadian Division will takes charge of all deployed Army units whenever required at the direction of NDHQ in Ottawa.

Units Assigned to 1st Canadian Division

• 1st Canadian Division Headquarters
• 4 Engineer Support Regiment
• 4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA
• 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment

Land Force formations

Structure of the Canadian Land Forces

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

Land Force Western Area

• 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)

Land Force Central Area

• 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)

Land Force Quebec Area

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

Land Force Atlantic Area

• 36 Canadian Brigade Group (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
• 37 Canadian Brigade Group (Moncton, New Brunswick)

Despite some misconceptions, there is no such formation as 'Land Force Northern Area'; the Canadian Rangers and other formations operating in the north do not report to CFLC.

Land Force Doctrine and Training System

Land Force Doctrine and Training System Headquarters	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Army Digitization Office Kingston	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Directorate of Army Doctrine	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Directorate of Army Training	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Directorate of Land Synthetic Environments	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Influence Activities Task Force	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Army Lessons Learned Centre	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Peace Support Training Centre Kingston	CFB Kingston, Ontario
Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre	CFB Wainwright, Alberta
Combat Training Centre (CTC)	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick

Combat Training Centre (CTC)

Combat Training Centre Headquarters Gagetown	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
Armour School	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
Infantry School	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
Field Artillery School	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
School of Military Engineering	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
School of Communications and Electronics	CFB Kingston, Ontario
School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering	CFB Borden, Ontario
Tactics School	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
Land Force Test and Evaluation Unit	CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick

See also

• List of units of the Canadian Army