Canada Command
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| Commandement Canada (French) | |
Latin for 'We protect and we defend') | |
| March | "Canada Command March" |
Canada Command (CANCOM, French: Commandement Canada) was one of the four operational commands of the
Role and structure
Canada Command's primary role was to "deter, prevent, preempt, and defeat threats and aggression aimed at Canada".
Domestic operations
Natural disaster or security incident response in Canada is generally the responsibility of local and provincial governments, who may come to require the help of the federal government. In such cases, and at the explicit request of the
- Joint Task Force (North), based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, includes all Canadian territories north of the 60th parallel: Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut;
- Joint Task Force (Pacific), based at the CFB Esquimalt naval base in British Columbia and commanded by the Commander of Maritime Forces Pacific, includes British Columbia, its coastlines and the Pacific maritime approaches;
- Joint Task Force (West), based at the CFB Edmonton army base in Alberta and commanded by the Commander of Land Force Western Area, includes the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba;
- Land Force Central Area, is responsible for the province of Ontario;
- Land Force Quebec Area, is responsible for the province of Quebec;
- Joint Task Force (Atlantic), based at the CFB Halifax naval base in Nova Scotia and commanded by the Commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic, includes the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the adjacent maritime region;
- The Combined Force Air Component Commander (CFACC), based at the CFB Winnipeg air base in Manitoba, is responsible for the air support elements placed under the command through the Regional Air Component Elements (RACE) and for the assignment of assets to the Canadian NORAD Region (CANR) through the Royal Canadian Air Force's 1 Canadian Air Division.
Search and rescue
Federal search and rescue (SAR) in Canada is managed by the Department of National Defence's autonomous National Search and Rescue Secretariat in collaboration with a multitude of agencies, among them the Canadian Forces.[4] Using assets generated and maintained by the Royal Canadian Air Force and the civilian Canadian Coast Guard, Canada Command assumed operational control of the primary SAR response providers through three Search and Rescue Regions (SRRs) and their associated coordination centres:[2]
- JRCC Victoria, based at the CFB Esquimalt naval base in British Columbia, is responsible for the Victoria Search and Rescue Region, consisting of British Columbia, Yukon and over 560,000 square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean.
- Cospas-Sarsatdistress alert detection system.
- JRCC Halifax, based at the CFB Halifax naval base in Nova Scotia, is responsible for the Halifax Search and Rescue Region, covering more than 4,700,000 square kilometres from Quebec Cityto the Eastern Arctic, including all four Atlantic provinces.
History
Canada Command was created on 1 February 2006 as part of a restructuring of the Canadian Forces. Prior to the establishment of the command, national contingency and routine operations were carried directly by the three environmental services (Navy, Army, Air Force). The
In May 2012, in a major restructuring of the
See also
References
- ^ Mission, Department of National Defence, 6 December 2011, archived from the original on 15 January 2012
- ^ a b c Organization, Department of National Defence, 6 December 2011, archived from the original on 14 February 2012
- ^ Biographies, Department of National Defence, 6 December 2011, archived from the original on 27 December 2011
- ^ Backgrounder: Canadian Forces Search and Rescue, Department of National Defence, 3 June 2011, archived from the original on 27 December 2011