March 2020 - Department of National Defence/Canadian Armed Forces footprint
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CAF Disposition
- Defence Team comprised of Canadian Armed Forces members and civilians of the Department of National Defence
- Represented in more than 3,000 communities, DND/CAF have a significant presence in every province and territory
- 68,000 Regular Force
- 27,000 Reserve Force
- 5,183 Rangers in 187 Patrols
Canadian Armed Forces military installations
Military installations by province or territory.
- Yukon:
- Joint Task Force North Whitehorse
- Northwest Territories:
- Joint Task Force North
- British Columbia:
- 19 Wing Comox
- Canadian Forces Base Equimalt
- Alberta:
- Canadian Forces Base Edmonton
- Canadian Forces Base Wainwright
- 4 Wing Cold Lake
- Canadian Forces Base Suffield
- Saskatchewan:
- 18 Wing Moose Jaw
- Manitoba:
- Canadian Forces Base Shilo
- 17 Wing Winnipeg
- Ontario:
- 22 Wing North Bay
- Canadian Forces Base Petawawa
- Canadian Forces Base Borden
- Canadian Forces Support Unit Ottawa
- Canadian Forces Base Kingston
- 8 Wing Trenton
- Quebec:
- 3 Wing Bagotville
- Canadian Forces Base Valcartier
- Area Support Unit Montreal
- New Brunswick:
- Canadian Forces Base Gagetown
- Nova Scotia:
- 14 Wing Greenwood
- Canadian Forces Base Halifax
- Newfoundland and Labrador:
- 5 Wing Goose Bay
- 9 Wing Gander
Civilian employees by location
An integrated civilian-military team work together to deliver defence objectives
Over 27,000 civilian employees across the country support the CAF
Presence of civilian defence employees across Canada.
- Northwest Territories:
- Yellowknife: 26
- British Columbia
- Comox: 244
- Nanoose: 37
- Esquimalt: 2312
- Chiliwack: 36
- Alberta:
- Cold Lake: 338
- Edmonton: 582
- Wainwright: 295
- Suffield: 633
- Saskatchewan:
- Dundurn: 110
- Moose Jaw: 39
- Manitoba:
- Shilo: 227
- Winnipeg: 594
- Ontario:
- North Bay: 81
- Petawawa: 615
- Borden: 949
- London: 30
- Kingston: 1401
- Trenton: 591
- Toronto: 336
- National Capital Region: 10,167
- Quebec:
- Montreal: 1697
- Valcartier: 1289
- Bagotville: 243
- New Brunswick:
- Gagetown: 940
- Nova Scotia:
- Halifax: 2788
- Aldershot: 38
- Greenwood: 314
- Newfoundland and Labrador:
- St. John’s: 30
- Gander: 51
- Goose Bay: 43
- Total Civilians on map locations: 27127
- Total civilians outside map location: 124
- Total civilian population: 27251
Economic presence
The dollar amounts represent DND spending by province and territory on personnel, operations and maintenance (O&M), and capital spending.
Economic presence
Spending (FY 2016-2017)
- Personnel: $6,252 million
- O&M: $5756 million
- Capital: $2248 million
- G&C: $20 million
- Total spending: $14276 million
Spending by province
- Yukon: $3 million
- Northwest Territories: $32 million
- Nunavut: $10 million
- British Columbia: $1062 million
- Alberta: $1001 million
- Saskatchewan: $99 million
- Manitoba: $381 million
- Ontario: $6664 million
- Quebec: $2619 million
- New Brunswick: $877 million
- Nova Scotia: $1222 million
- Newfoundland and Labrador: $144 million
- Prince Edward Island: $162million
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