Canadian Forces base

A Canadian Forces Base or CFB (French Base des forces canadiennes or BFC) is a military installation of the Canadian Forces. For a facility to qualify as a Canadian Forces Base, it must station one or more major units (e.g., army regiments, navy ships, air force wings).

Minor installations are named Canadian Forces Station or CFS (French Station des forces canadiennes or SFC). A Canadian Forces Station could host a single minor unit (e.g., an early warning radar station). Many of these facilities are now decommissioned for administrative purposes and function as detachments of a larger Canadian Forces Base nearby.

Canadian Army
Note: Primary lodger units at Canadian Forces Bases used by the Canadian Army are regiments of the Canadian Army.


 * CFB Edmonton, Alberta
 * CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick
 * LFAATC Aldershot, Nova Scotia
 * CFB Kingston, Ontario
 * CFB Montreal, Quebec
 * CFB Petawawa, Ontario
 * LFCATC Meaford, Ontario
 * CFB Shilo, Manitoba
 * CFB Suffield, Alberta
 * CFB Valcartier, Quebec
 * CFB Wainwright, Alberta

Royal Canadian Navy
Note: Primary lodger units at Canadian Forces Bases used by the Royal Canadian Navy are individual commissioned ships of the RCN.
 * CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia
 * CFB Halifax, Nova Scotia
 * CFS St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Royal Canadian Air Force
Note: Primary lodger units at Canadian Forces Bases used by the Royal Canadian Air Force are wings of the RCAF.


 * 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 and Labrador
 * CFB Goose Bay (5 Wing), Newfoundland and 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 Trenton (8 Wing), Ontario
 * CFD Mountain View, Ontario (Detachment of CFB Trenton)
 * CFS Alert, Nunavut (Operational detachment of CFB Trenton)
 * CFB Winnipeg (17 Wing), Manitoba
 * 12 Wing Shearwater a unit of CFB Halifax. Home to 423 Helicopter Squadron.

The RCAF supplies aircraft to Canadian Joint Operations Command which frequently operate from a chain of "Forward Operating Locations" at various civilian airfields across northern Canada, capable of supporting RCAF operations. CF-18 Hornets, CP-140 Auroras and various transport and search and rescue aircraft periodically deploy to these FOLs for short training exercises, Arctic sovereignty patrols, aid to the civil power, or search and rescue operations.

All services

 * Department of National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario
 * CFB Borden, Ontario
 * CFS Leitrim, Ontario
 * Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre (CRPTC), Ottawa, Ontario
 * CFNA HQ Whitehorse, Yukon
 * CFNA HQ Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Defunct bases

 * CFB Calgary, Alberta, (portion of property currently hosts ASU Calgary)
 * CFB Chilliwack, British Columbia (portion of property currently hosts ASU Chilliwack)
 * CFB Winnipeg (Kapyong Barracks), Manitoba
 * CFB Chatham, New Brunswick
 * CFB Moncton, New Brunswick, (portion of property currently hosts CFB Gagetown - Detachment Moncton)
 * CFB Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
 * CFB Clinton, Ontario
 * CFB Centralia, Ontario
 * CFB Downsview, Ontario (portion of property currently hosts ASU Toronto)
 * CFB London (Wolseley Barracks), Ontario (portion of property currently hosts ASU London)
 * CFB Picton, Ontario
 * CFB Rockcliffe, Ontario
 * CFB Uplands, Ontario
 * CFB Summerside, Prince Edward Island
 * CFB Shearwater, Nova Scotia
 * CFB Penhold, Alberta
 * CFB St. Hubert, Quebec
 * CFB St. Jean, Quebec (now home to the CF Leadership and Recruit School, a lodger unit of CFB Montreal)
 * CFB Baden-Soellingen, Germany
 * CFB Lahr, Germany
 * CFB Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
 * CFB Rivers, Manitoba
 * CFB Gimli, Manitoba

Defunct stations

 * CFS Beaverlodge, 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 (now a detachment of CFS Leitrim)
 * CFS Beausejour, Manitoba
 * CFS Churchill, Manitoba
 * CFS Flin Flon, Manitoba
 * CFS Gypsumville, Manitoba
 * CFS Coverdale, New Brunswick
 * CFS Renous, 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 Frobisher Bay, Nunavut
 * CFS Armstrong, Ontario
 * CFS Carp, Ontario
 * CFS Cobourg, Ontario
 * CFS Falconbridge, Ontario
 * CFS Foymount, Ontario
 * CFS Gloucester, Ontario
 * CFS Inuvik, Northwest Territories
 * 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
 * RCAF Station Parent, 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 90,000 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; but, because 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 separate designations. 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 are now used as training grounds for reserve/militia units.