Current Operations list

Canada and North America

Canada and North America

Name	Description
Operation BOXTOP	CAF mission to bring supplies to Canadian Forces Station Alert.
Operation DISTINCTION	Operation DISTINCTION is the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) support to the Government of Canada’s National Commemoration Program.
Operation DRIFTNET	CAF mission to stop drift netting and other forms of illegal fishing.
Operation LASER	CAF response to a worldwide pandemic situation.
Operation LENTUS	CAF response to forest fires, floods and natural disasters in Canada.
Operation LIMPID	CAF mission to detect threats to Canada’s security as early as possible. The CAF keeps a routine watch over Canada’s air, maritime, land, space, and cyber domains. It also maintains a physical presence in some areas.
Operation NANOOK	CAF contribution to whole-of-government sovereignty patrols and security exercises. These are usually held in the high and eastern Arctic.
Operation NEVUS	CAF annual maintenance of the High Arctic Data Communications System. It takes place on Ellesmere Island.
Operation PALACI	CAF support to the Parks Canada program to prevent avalanches from blocking land routes in Rogers Pass.
Operation VECTOR	Operation VECTOR is the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) support to the Federal, Provincial, and Territorial governments for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
Fisheries Patrols	Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) support to help Fisheries and Oceans Canada monitor fishing vessels and enforce fishing regulations in the Atlantic Ocean. The CAF conducts ship and aircraft patrols with DFO officials on board. These are known as FISHPATS.
National Sentry Program	The National Sentry Program reinforces Canada’s commitment to remember and honour those Canadians who served in the major wars of the twentieth century, including both World Wars, as well as those who have contributed to Canada’s long-standing tradition of military excellence through to the present day.
Search and Rescue	The CAF has the main responsibility in Canada for providing search and rescue (SAR) from the air. It also coordinates the national response for air and maritime SAR.

Central and South America

Central and South America

Name	Description
Operation ACKEE	Operation ACKEE is a military training mission and is part of the Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP).
Operation CARIBBE	Operation CARIBBE is Canada's contribution to U.S.-led enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Under this operation, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) ships and aircraft deploy to the region on a rotational basis to support the U.S. mission to suppress drug trafficking in international waters.
Operation HELIOS	Operation HELIOS is the Canadian Armed Forces’ contribution to the Canadian Whole-of-Government response to the worsening humanitarian and security crisis in Haiti.
Operation PROJECTION	The CAF operates in maritime environments around the world to improve peace and stability.

Europe

Europe

Name	Description
Operation KOBOLD	CAF contribution to the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR).
Operation OPEN SPIRIT	CAF role to help clear explosive remnants of war in the Baltic Sea. A number of other countries take part. The annual mission is hosted by the three Baltic nations.
Operation REASSURANCE	CAF support to NATO’s assurance and deterrence measures in Central and Eastern Europe.
Operation SNOWGOOSE	CAF role in the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP).
Operation UNIFIER	CAF military training and capacity-building operation in Ukraine.

Africa

Africa

Name	Description
Operation CROCODILE	CAF role in supporting the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Operation EDIFICE-Tunisia	Once a year, the CAF conducts combined training with the Tunisian Navy.
Operation FREQUENCE	CAF strategic airlift support to France between France and the Sahel region of Africa.
Operation PRESENCE	The CAF’s contribution to the Government of Canada’s peace operations strategy.
Operation PROJECTION	The CAF operates in maritime enviroments around the world to improve peace and stability.
Operation SOPRANO	CAF role in the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS).

Middle East

Middle East

Name	Description
Operation AMARNA	Operation (Op) AMARNA replaces Ops ARTEMIS and IMPACT as part of Canada’s contribution to strengthening peace and security in the Middle East.
Operation CALUMET	CAF role in the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.
Operation FOUNDATION	CAF role in United States Central Command Headquarters, United States Air Forces Central Headquarters, and Combined Maritime Forces Headquarters.
Operation JADE	CAF role in the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO).
Operation PROTEUS	CAF role in the Office of the U.S. Security Coordinator to build security capacity in the Palestinian Authority.

Indo-Pacific

Indo-Pacific

Name	Description
Operation HORIZON	As part of Canada’s commitment to a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific, Operation HORIZON is Canada’s forward-presence mission to the region to promote peace, stability, and the rules-based international order.
Operation NEON	Operation NEON is Canada’s contribution to a coordinated multinational effort to support the implementation of United Nations Security Council sanctions imposed against North Korea.
Operation RENDER SAFE	CAF role to help Australia clear explosive remnants of war in the Solomon Islands.
Operation DRIFTNET	CAF support to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The mission was to help enforce the global moratorium on high-seas driftnet fishing.

Around the world

Around the world

Name	Description
Operation GLOBE	CAF members are sometimes asked to help other Government of Canada departments with various tasks. When these tasks involve working outside of Canada, CAF members deploy under Operation GLOBE.
Operation PROJECTION	The CAF operates in maritime environments around the world to improve peace and stability.
Operation RENAISSANCE	The Canadian Armed Forces responds to international emergencies.