Joint Task Force North (Canada)

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Joint Task Force (North) is responsible for all Canadian Forces operations and administration in northern Canada, namely the Yukon Territory, 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.

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.

1 Reserve forces
2 Bases
3 Units
- 3.1 Closed
4 External links

[edit] Reserve forces

1 CRPG with a total of 58 patrols	Canadian Rangers	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Canadian Junior Rangers	Canadian Rangers	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

[edit] 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

[edit] Units

440 (Transport) Squadron - based in Yellowknife and attached to 17 Wing at CFB Winnipeg

[edit] Closed

RCAF Station Frobisher Bay - built as USAF airfield and closed 1957; now Iqaluit Airport
RCAF Station Resolution Island - Pinetree Line station used by USAF 1954-1961; unmanned North Warning System radar site 1991-present
RCAF Station Resolute Bay - former USAF airstrip - now Resolute Bay Airport
RCAF Station Whitehorse - refueling station closed in 1968; now Lobird Trailer Court