Joint Task Force (North)
Joint Task Force (North) (French: Force opérationnelle interarmées du nord) is responsible for all Canadian Forces operations and administration in northern Canada, namely the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the waters of the Arctic Ocean (within Canada) and Hudson Bay. JTF(N) is headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and is part of Canada Command.
While Canadian military operations in the North date to the Yukon Field Force during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, its immediate history started with the formation of Canadian Forces Northern Area (CFNA) in 1970. CFNA's motto was Custos Borealis (Latin, "Guardian of the North").
Canadian Forces Northern Area was dissolved in 2006 and replaced by Joint Task Force North (JTFN) of the new Canada Command, commanded by Vice-Admiral J.Y. Forcier. JTF(N) was commanded by Colonel Norm Couturier, who has now handed over to Brigadier-General Christine Whitecross.[1] A number of exercises have been conducted by CFNA and now JTFN, including, recently, Operation Labrador, and Operation Hurricane.
Reserve forces
| C Company, The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4 PPCLI) | light infantry | Yellowknife |
| 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group with a total of 58 patrols | Canadian Rangers | Yellowknife |
| Canadian Junior Rangers | Canadian Rangers | Yellowknife |
Bases
- CFS Alert: signals intelligence intercept facility
- CFNA HQ Yellowknife: home to 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, 440 Transport Squadron, and depending on time of year, many cadet squadrons
- CFNA HQ Whitehorse: home to Junior Rangers detachment
- CF Detachment Nunavut: detachment office
Units
- 440 (Transport) Squadron: based in Yellowknife and attached to 17 Wing at CFB Winnipeg
Closed
- RCAF Station Frobisher Bay: built as U.S. Air Force airfield and closed 1957; now Iqaluit Airport
- RCAF Station Resolution Island: Pinetree Line station used by U.S. Air Force 1954–1961; unmanned North Warning System radar site 1991–present
- RCAF Station Resolute Bay: former U.S. Air Force airstrip; now Resolute Bay Airport
- RCAF Station Whitehorse: refuelling station closed in 1968; now Lobird Trailer Court
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