Bases and Units
Bases and Units
In response to evolving threats, the Canadian Army is shifting to a mission-focused structure which gives each Division greater authority over their core responsibilities while Army Headquarters provides strategic oversight.
Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, the 1st Canadian Division serves as the Army’s high readiness manoeuvre division for expeditionary and major combat operations.
Headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, the 2nd Canadian Division is the Army’s foundation for the defence of Canada. It builds trained and integrated teams drawn from the Reserve and the Regular force, and projects them across the country to assert Canada’s sovereignty and respond to domestic emergencies and other contingencies.
Canadian Army Support Division
Based in Kingston, Ontario, the Canadian Army Support Division provides the foundational infrastructure, services, and technical expertise in support of Army operations. It maintains links with Canada’s supply chains and has support groups across four regions, ensuring consistent readiness, effective mobilization, and support to domestic and expeditionary missions.
Canadian Army Doctrine and Training Centre
Based in Kingston, Ontario, this organization is responsible for individual and collective training and for professional military education across the Canadian Army. As the Army Training Authority, it sets standards and designs training systems to generate ready land forces.
Canadian Army Bases are often at the centre of Army life across Canada. There are a total of 10 Army bases, with locations in Quebec, western, central and atlantic Canada. These bases provide essential support services.
Bases are home to many units and formations within the Canadian Armed Forces. For example, bases house brigade groups, regiments and military police. Bases can also serve as training facilities and provide support services for on-base military personnel. These services vary but may include athletic activities, medical care, financial support, food and housing.
Canadian Rangers and the North
The Canadian Rangers are part of the Army Reserve. Over 170 Ranger patrols are organized into five patrol groups:
- 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group - Nunavut, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Atlin, B.C.
- 2nd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group - Northern Quebec
- 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group - Northern Ontario
- 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
- 5th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group - Newfoundland and Labrador