The Department of National Defence has received $452 million for the repair and upgrade of Canadian Armed Forces facilities. Revitalized defence infrastructure across Canada will provide the Canadian Armed Forces with the facilities they need to provide support to troops and military families, to support the Reserve forces, to support operations at home and abroad, and to ensure the health and safety of our men and women in uniform.
The Department of National Defence has identified an opportunity to perform a number of improvements at its aging armouries across Canada. Over the next two years, $135 million will be invested in projects involving repairs to roofs, siding, plumbing, and heating and ventilation systems.
The Sergeant William Merrifield VC Armoury, also known as the Brantford Armoury, built in 1893, is a Federal Heritage Building and holds a prominent position in the city as the home to the 56th Field Artillery Regiment (RCA).The RCA is an artillery unit of the Canadian Army Reserve with batteries in Brantford, St. Catharines and Simcoe. The 56th Field Artillery Regiment (56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA) has its beginning with the 10th Battery, formed on December 6, 1861 as the Volunteer Militia Field Battery of Artillery of Port Colborne.
