37 Canadian Brigade Group

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PO Box 6100 Stn LCD1
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 9L4

Army Reserve

Graphic: Joanna Gajdicar

Join Our Team

Looking for full-time or part-time work? We are hiring and provide excellent career opportunities. Please do not hesitate to call or email our recruiter who will be pleased to answer any questions you may have and provide direction on how to apply to our Regiment.

Our Team Recruiter

Saint John NB

Name: Sgt Leo Richard
Phone: 506-721-0512
Email: Leo.Richard@forces.gc.ca

Moncton NB

Name: Sgt Michael Barton
Phone: 506-377-7462
Email: Michael.Barton2@forces.gc.ca

Bathurst NB

Name: Sgt Maurice Simon
Phone: 506-544-6530
Email: Maurice.Simon@forces.gc.ca

Fredericton NB

Name: Sgt Hayley Johnson
Phone: 506-460-7498
Email: hayley.johnson@forces.gc.ca

Edmundston NB

Name: Sgt Francois-Michel Saucier
Phone: 506-735-1485
Email: Francois-Michel.Saucier2@forces.gc.ca

St John's NL

Name: Sgt Sarah Parkes
Phone: 709-733-3777 / 709-733-3901
Email: Sarah.Parkes@forces.gc.ca

Corner Brook NL

Name: Sgt Steven Smith
Phone: 709-637-4581
Email: Steven.Smith5@forces.gc.ca

Or contact

Phone: 1-800-856-8488
Find a recruiting centre near you.

When We Train

The Brigade Headquarters, located in Moncton, New Brunswick, is a full time unit staffed 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. In addition, staff will work evenings or weekends as required by their duties. The Brigade’s Reserve units have small full time staffs that work throughout the week. Training hours for the part-time Reserve training conducted by each unit is detailed on the unit pages linked below.

Trades In Our Unit

(not all trades available in all locations or units)

Equipment

Vehicles:

  • Medium Support Vehicle System (MSVS)
  • Militarized Commercial Off-The-Shelf (MilCOTS)
  • Light Support Vehicle System (LSVS)
  • Light Utility Vehicle Wheeled (LUVW)
  • Tactical Armoured patrol vehicle (TAPV)

See a list of Canadian Army weapons and vehicles.

37 Canadian Brigade Group is an Army Reserve Formation of 5th Canadian Division and is headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick.

The majority of 37 CBG soldiers serve part-time, while maintaining full-time jobs, studies and families.

Made up of nine units and a brigade headquarters, 37 CBG has about has approximately 1400 soldiers in Moncton, Saint John, Bathurst, Fredericton, Edmundston, St John's and Corner Brook. These units represent all the major roles and trades in the Canadian Army.

When you join our unit, you will receive competitive pay for your part time or full time work as well as be eligible for on the job training that could benefit you in civilian life. Also, there are medical, dental and educational benefits available to Army Reservists.

Here are all the details:

  • Commander: Colonel J.R.V. Dufour, CD
  • Sergeant-Major: Chief Warrant Office Colin Deacy, CD

37 Canadian Brigade Group
PO Box 6100 Stn LCD1
Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 9L4

Phone: 506-860-5500, Ext. 5109
Fax: 506-860-5413

Who We Are

Background
37 Canadian Brigade Group, headquartered in Moncton, New Brunswick, comprises roughly 1500 service members across all Army Reserve Units in New Brunswick and Newfoundland & Labrador. 37 CBG is focused on readiness and Force Generation here in Canada for Domestic operations including the Arctic Response Company Group (ARCG) as well as expeditionary operations including Op REASSURANCE in LATVIA where we will force generate a 38 pers platoon every six months along with individual augmentation.

Our Units
These include distinct New Brunswick units, such as The Royal New Brunswick Regiment, The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, 3 Field Artillery Regiment (The Loyal Company), RCA and 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's). The Newfoundland distinct units are 1st and 2nd Battalion Royal Newfoundland Regiment. The following units are found brigade-wide across Newfoundland and New Brunswick; 37 Signals Regiment, 37 Service Battalion and 37 Combat Engineer Regiment.

History:

New Brunswick Origins
October 11th, 1770 is the date that the Sunbury County Militia was authorized in Sunbury County Nova Scotia (what is now all of western New Brunswick). In 1839 units of the New Brunswick Militia assisted regular British troops in the preparations to defend the province during what became known as, the bloodless, Aroostook War. In 1866 units of the New Brunswick Militia were deployed along the province’s border with the United States to counter the threat of the Fenian Raids. Confederation in 1867 brought an end to the New Brunswick Militia and a start to the new Canadian Militia.

Newfoundland Origins
The early origins of the militia in Newfoundland are based in the existence of numerous local militia units raised in the colony in the eighteenth century. Prominent Newfoundland militias include Michael Gill's militia which was involved in the 1704 defence of Bonavista, the St. Mary's Militia that captured an American privateer during the American Revolution, and the

150 Newfoundland militiamen who served with the Royal Highland Emigrants during the Battle of Quebec. In September, 1939 a local defence militia unit was formed in Newfoundland as a response to the presence of the German Navy in Atlantic

waters. It was divided into active and part-time components respectively designated the Newfoundland Militia and Newfoundland Auxiliary Militia or Home Guard. In March 1943 the active force was redesignated the Newfoundland Regiment, and the Home Guard became the Newfoundland Militia. The Newfoundland forces, which also included a Coastal Defence

Battery on Bell Island, carried out guard duty at vulnerable points and acted as a training depot for volunteers for the two Royal Artillery Regiments.

Post World War Two
In 1946, Regular and Reserve land forces in the Maritime provinces became elements of the Canadian Army’s Eastern Command. By 1956, in the wake of Newfoundland’s 1949 confederation, Eastern Command comprised four Areas, one for each Atlantic province. Following the Canadian Armed Forces’ unification in 1968, Reserve forces became part of Atlantic Militia Area, comprising six Militia Districts. In 1991, these were again reorganized, along with Regular elements, into Land Force Atlantic Area. 37 Canadian Brigade Group as it exists today was created on April 1, 1997 by merging the New Brunswick Militia District and the Newfoundland and Labrador Militia District.

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