Land Force Central Area

Land Force Central Area (LFCA) is responsible for the administration of the Canadian Forces' Land Force Command in the province of Ontario, from the Quebec border to the northern Lakehead region. LFCA is also a force provider for both international and domestic operations, as well as an employer for the latter.

LFCA is responsible for more than 10,000 soldiers : 5,000 in the regular force and 5,500 in the reserves, as well as 1,200 civilian employees.

LFCA is headquartered at Denison Armoury in Toronto, Ontario near the old CFB Downsview Base. At the time of its creation in the mid-1990s, it was based at the Place Nouveau office tower at Yonge Street north of Finch Avenue; this was controversial as the offices were lavishly renovated, attracting political criticism and attention from the Auditor General of Canada.

In February 2006, Canada Command was stood-up to coordinate domestic military operations. As one of six regional commands under Canada Command, Joint Task Force Central (JTFC) is responsible for the conduct of all domestic military operations in the province of Ontario. While LFCA still exists as the command structure for land forces units in Ontario, the commander of LFCA is simultaneously the commander of JTFC, and as such has the authority to deploy all naval, army and air force assets based in Ontario in the event of a domestic crisis or threat.

Regular Forces

2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group		CFB Petawawa
2 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron		CFB Petawawa
The Royal Canadian Dragoons	Armoured	CFB Petawawa
1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment	Mechanized infantry	CFB Petawawa
3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment	Light infantry	CFB Petawawa
2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery		CFB Petawawa
2 Combat Engineer Regiment		CFB Petawawa

2 Area Support Group		CFB Petawawa
2 Service Battalion		CFB Petawawa
2 Area Support Group Signal Squadron		CFB Petawawa
CFB/ASU Petawawa
CFB/ASU Kingston
ASU London
ASU Toronto
ASU Northern Ontario
2 Military Police Unit		Toronto
2 Military Police Company (Reserve)		Toronto

Also stationed at CFB Petawawa are 427 Tactical Helicopter Squadron and 2 Field Ambulance. Although these two units work closely with 2 CMBG, they are not officially part of the brigade group.

Reserve brigades

31 Canadian Brigade Group		London
31 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters		London, Ontario
1st Hussars	Armoured Reconnaissance	London, Ontario
The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)	Reconnaissance	Windsor, Ontario
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)	Light Infantry	Hamilton, Ontario
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment	Light Infantry	St. Catharines and Welland, Ontario
4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment	Light Infantry	London and Stratford, Ontario
The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada	Light Infantry	Cambridge and Kitchener, Ontario
The Essex and Kent Scottish	Light Infantry	Windsor and Chatham, Ontario
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)	Light Infantry	Hamilton, Ontario
11th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Guelph and Hamilton, Ontario
56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Brantford, Ontario
31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins)	Engineer	St. Thomas, Ontario
21 (Windsor) Service Battalion	Service and Support	Windsor, Ontario
22 (London) Service Battalion	Service and Support	London, Ontario
23 (Hamilton) Service Battalion	Service and Support	Hamilton, Ontario

32 Canadian Brigade Group		Toronto
32 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters		Toronto, Ontario
The Governor General's Horse Guards	Reconnaissance	Toronto, Ontario
The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)	Reconnaissance	Toronto and Aurora, Ontario
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	Airborne Infantry	Toronto (Downtown & Scarborough)
The Royal Regiment of Canada	Light Infantry	Toronto
The Grey and Simcoe Foresters	Light Infantry	Owen Sound and Barrie, Ontario
The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)	Light Infantry	Brampton, Oakville and Georgetown, Ontario
48th Highlanders of Canada	Light Infantry	Toronto
The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)	Light Infantry
7th Toronto Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Toronto
32 Combat Engineer Regiment	Engineer	Toronto
25 (Toronto) Service Battalion	Service and Support	Toronto

33 Canadian Brigade Group		Ottawa
The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)	Reconnaissance	Oshawa, Ontario
30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	"The Bytown Gunners"	Ottawa, Ontario
42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark & Renfrew Scottish), RCA	Artillery	Pembroke, Ontario
49th (Sault Ste Marie) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
33 Combat Engineer Regiment	Engineer	Ottawa, Ontario
Governor General's Foot Guards	Dismounted infantry	Ottawa, Ontario
The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment	Dismounted infantry	Kingston, Ontario
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment	Dismounted infantry	Belleville, Peterborough and Cobourg, Ontario
The Brockville Rifles	Dismounted infantry	Brockville, Ontario
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders	Dismounted infantry	Cornwall, Ontario
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa	Dismounted infantry	Ottawa, Ontario
The Algonquin Regiment	Dismounted infantry	North Bay, Ontario and Timmins, Ontario
2nd Battalion, Irish Regiment of Canada	Dismounted infantry	Sudbury, Ontario
26 (North Bay) Service Battalion	Service and Support	North Bay, Ontario
28 (Ottawa) Service Battalion	Service and Support	Ottawa, Ontario
763 (Ottawa) Comunication regiment	Comunications	Ottawa, Ontario
33 Military Police Platoon	Military Police	Ottawa, Ontario

Abbreviations

• ASU: Area Support Unit
• CFB: Canadian Forces Base
• RCA: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
• RCAC: Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

See also

• CF Land Force Command