Canadian Forces base
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A Canadian Forces Base or CFB (French Base des forces canadiennes or BFC) refers to a Canadian military installation of the Canadian Armed Forces.
Minor installations are also named Canadian Forces Station or CFS (French Station des forces canadiennes or SFC).
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Current
Army
- CFB Dundurn, Saskatchewan
- CFB Edmonton, Alberta
- CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
- CFB Montreal, Quebec
- CFB Petawawa, Ontario
- CFB Suffield, Alberta
- CFB Shilo, Manitoba
- CFB Valcartier, Quebec
- CFB Wainwright Alberta *Also known as WATC or Camp Wainwright.
Navy
- CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia
- NRS Aldergrove (Naval Radio Site) British Columbia
- CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia
- CFS St. John's, Newfoundland
Air force
- CFB Bagotville (3 Wing), Quebec
- CFB Borden (16 Wing), Ontario
- CFB Comox (19 Wing), British Columbia
- CFB Cold Lake (4 Wing), Alberta
- CFB Gander (9 Wing), Newfoundland
- CFB Goose Bay (5 Wing), Labrador
- CFB Greenwood (14 Wing), Nova Scotia
- CFB Kingston (1 Wing), Ontario
- CFB Moose Jaw (15 Wing), Saskatchewan
- CFB North Bay (22 Wing), Ontario
- CFB Shearwater (12 Wing), Nova Scotia
- CFB Trenton (8 Wing), Ontario
- CFB Winnipeg (17 Wing), Manitoba
Air Command and CF Northern Area also maintain a chain of Forward Operating Locations at various points across northern Canada, capable of supporting fighter operations. Elements of CF-18 squadrons periodically deploy to these FOLs for short training exercises or Arctic sovereignty patrols.
All services
- Department of National Defence Headquarters, Ontario
- Camp Mirage, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- CFS Alert, Nunavut
- CFS Leitrim, Ontario
- CFNA HQ Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
- CFNA HQ Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Closed
Former bases
- CFB Calgary, Alberta
- CFB Griesbach, Alberta
- CFB Namao, Alberta
- CFB Chilliwack, British Columbia (Redesignated as ASU Chilliwack)
- CFB Winnipeg (Kapyong Barracks), Manitoba
- CFB Chatham, New Brunswick
- CFB Moncton, New Brunswick
- CFB Aldershot, Nova Scotia
- CFB Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
- CFB Clinton, Ontario
- CFB Downsview, Ontario (Redesignated as ASU Toronto or Denison Armoury, Houses 32 CBG HQ and other 32 CBG units)
- CFB London (Wolseley Barracks), Ontario
- CFB Mountainview, Ontario
- CFB Picton, Ontario
- CFB Rockcliffe, Ontario
- CFB Toronto, Ontario
- CFB Uplands, Ontario
- CFB Summerside, Prince Edward Island
- CFB St. Hubert, Quebec
- CFB St. Jean, Quebec
- CFB Baden-Soellingen, Germany
- CFB Lahr, Germany
Former stations
- CFS Beaverlodge, Alberta
- CFS Penhold, Alberta
- CFS Aldergrove, British Columbia
- CFS Baldy Hughes, British Columbia
- CFS Holberg, British Columbia
- CFS Kamloops, British Columbia
- CFS Ladner, British Columbia
- CFS Masset, British Columbia
- CFS Beausejour, Manitoba
- CFS Churchill, Manitoba
- CFS Flin Flon, Manitoba
- CFS Gypsumville, Manitoba
- CFS Coverdale, New Brunswick
- CFS St. Margarets, New Brunswick
- CFS Barrington, Nova Scotia
- CFS Debert, Nova Scotia
- CFS Mill Cove, Nova Scotia
- CFS Newport Corner, Nova Scotia
- CFS Shelburne, Nova Scotia
- CFS Sydney, Nova Scotia
- CFS Gander, Newfoundland
- CFS Goose Bay, Labrador
- CFS Iqaluit, Nunavut
- CFS Armstrong, Ontario
- CFS Carp, Ontario
- CFS Falconbridge, Ontario
- CFS Foymount, Ontario
- CFS Gloucester, Ontario
- CFS Lowther, Ontario
- CFS Moosonee, Ontario
- CFS Ramore, Ontario
- CFS Sioux Lookout, Ontario
- CFS Chibougamau, Quebec
- CFS Moisie, Quebec
- CFS Mont Apica, Quebec
- CFS Lac St. Denis, Quebec
- CFS Senneterre, Quebec
- CFS Alsask, Saskatchewan
- CFS Dana, Saskatchewan
- CFS Yorkton, Saskatchewan
- CFS Whitehorse, Yukon
- CFS Bermuda, Bermuda
The Canadian Forces were reduced during the 1990s from a high of 85,000 personnel in the late 1980s to the present force levels. Coinciding with personnel and equipment reductions was the politically-controversial decision to close a number of bases and stations which were obsolete or created duplication.
A small number of these "closed" facilities have actually continued operating as before, however for reasons of cost and administrative efficiency (or in the case of radio and radar facilities - automation) they have been absorbed into other nearby bases and therefore do not qualify for a separate designation. For example, the CF Leadership and Recruit School at St. Jean, Quebec, is now a lodger unit of CFB Montreal, and the former CFS Masset is a detachment of CFS Leitrim. Other facilities, such as the former CFBs Aldershot and Wainwright, are now used as training grounds for reserve/militia units.