Land Force Quebec Area

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Land Force Quebec Area (LFQA) is responsible for all Canadian army operations and administration in the region within the province of Quebec. LFQA is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Contents 1 Regular forces 2 Reserve brigades 3 Abbreviations 4 See also

[edit] Regular forces

5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group		Valcartier
5e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada	Artillery	CFB Valcartier
12e Régiment blindé du Canada	Armoured Reconnaissance	Valcartier
5 Combat Engineer Regiment		Valcartier
1er Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment	Mechanized infantry	Valcartier
2e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment	Mechanized infantry	Quebec City
3e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment	Light infantry	Valcartier
5 Service Battalion		Valcartier
5 Military Police Platoon		Valcartier
5 Area Support Group		Montreal
CFB/ASU Valcartier
ASU Saint-Jean		Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
ASU Montréal
2 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group	Canadian Rangers	Richelain, Quebec

Also stationed at CFB Valcartier are 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadron and 5 Field Ambulance. Although these two units work closely with 5 CMBG, they are not officially part of the brigade group.

[edit] Reserve brigades

34 Canadian Brigade Group		Montreal
The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)	Armoured Reconnaissance	Montreal
Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)	Armoured Reconnaissance	Gatineau, Quebec
2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA	Artillery	Montreal
34 Combat Engineer Regiment	Combat Engineers	Westmount and Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
The Canadian Grenadier Guards	Dismounted infantry	Montreal
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Dismounted infantry	Montreal
4e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment (Châteauguay)	Dismounted infantry	Laval, Quebec
6e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment	Dismounted infantry	Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal	Dismounted infantry	Montreal
Le Régiment de Maisonneuve	Dismounted infantry	Montreal
The Royal Montreal Regiment	Dismounted infantry	Montreal (Westmount)
51 (Montréal) Service Battalion		Saint-Hubert
4 Platoon 4 Intelligence Company		Montreal
35 Canadian Brigade Group		Quebec City
Sherbrooke Hussars	Armoured Reconnaissance	Sherbrooke
12e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice)	Armoured	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
6e Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC	Artillery	Lévis, Quebec City and Montmagny, Quebec
62e Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC	Artillery	Shawinigan, Quebec
35 Combat Engineer Regiment	Combat Engineers	Quebec City
Les Voltigeurs de Québec	Dismounted infantry
Les Fusiliers du Saint-Laurent	Dismounted infantry	Rimouski, Rivière-du-Loup and Matane, Quebec
Le Régiment de la Chaudière	Dismounted infantry	Lévis, Beauceville and Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
Le Régiment du Saguenay	Dismounted infantry	Jonquière, Quebec
Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke	Dismounted infantry
5 Platoon 4 Intelligence Company		Quebec City
55 (Québec) Service Battalion

[edit] Abbreviations

• ARC: Artillerie royale du Canada
• ASU: Area Support Unit
• CFB: Canadian Forces Base
• RCA: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
• RCAC: Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

[edit] See also

• CF Land Force Command

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