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{{Short description|Military installation of the Canadian Armed Forces}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2023}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2009}}
[[File:5 Wing Goose Bay.jpg|thumb|300px|Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay]]
A '''Canadian Forces base''' or '''CFB''' ({{langx|fr|links=no|base des Forces canadiennes, BFC}}) is a military installation of the [[Canadian Armed 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''' ({{langx|fr|links=no|station des Forces canadiennes, 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.

==Current==
===Canadian Army===
Note: Primary lodger units at Canadian Forces bases used by the [[Canadian Army]] are regiments of the Canadian Army.

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[[Alberta]]:

* [[CFB Edmonton]]
* [[CFB Suffield]]
* [[CFB Wainwright]]

[[Manitoba]]:

* [[CFB Shilo]]

[[New Brunswick]]:

* [[CFB Gagetown]]

[[Ontario]]:

* [[CFB Kingston]]
* [[CFB Borden]]
* [[Garrison Petawawa]]

[[Quebec]]:

* [[CFB Montreal]]
* [[CFB Valcartier]]

===Royal Canadian Navy===
Note: Primary lodger units at Canadian Forces bases used by the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] are individual commissioned ships of the RCN.

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[[British Columbia]]:

* [[CFB Esquimalt]]
[[Nova Scotia]]:

* [[CFB Halifax]]
[[Newfoundland and Labrador]]

* [[CFS St. John's]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/corporate/our-organization/structure/marlant/units.html|title=MARLANT Units|first=National|last=Defence|date=19 April 2013|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>
[[Nunavut]]:
* [[Nanisivik Naval Facility|Naval Facility Nanisivik]]

===Royal Canadian Air Force===
Note: Primary lodger units at Canadian Forces bases used by the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] are wings of the RCAF.

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[[Alberta]]:

* [[CFB Cold Lake]]

[[British Columbia]]:

* [[CFB Comox]]

[[Manitoba]]:

* [[CFB Winnipeg]] ([[CFAD Dundurn]])

[[Newfoundland and Labrador]]:

* [[CFB Gander]]
* [[CFB Goose Bay]]

[[Nova Scotia]]:

* [[CFB Greenwood]]

[[Ontario]]:

* [[CFB Kingston]]
* [[CFB Borden]]
* [[CFB North Bay]]
* [[CFB Trenton]] ([[CFD Mountain View]])

[[Quebec]]:

* [[CFB Bagotville]]

[[Saskatchewan]]:

* [[CFB Moose Jaw]]
The RCAF supplies aircraft to [[Canadian Joint Operations Command]], which frequently operate from a chain of forward operating locations (FOLs) at various civilian airfields across northern Canada, capable of supporting RCAF operations. [[CF-18 Hornet]]s, [[CP-140 Aurora]]s 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===

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[[Northwest Territories]]

* [[CFNA HQ Yellowknife]]

[[Nunavut]]

* [[CFS Alert]]

Ontario

* [[Department of National Defence Headquarters (Canada)|Department of National Defence Headquarters]], Ottawa
* [[Carling Campus|NDHQ Carling]], Ottawa
* [[CFS Leitrim]], Ottawa
* [[Connaught National Army Cadet Summer Training Centre|Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre]] (CRPTC), Ottawa

Quebec
* [[Citadelle of Quebec]], Quebec
* [[Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School]] (CFLRS)

[[Yukon]]

* [[CFNA HQ Whitehorse]]

==Closed==
===Defunct bases===

Alberta:
* [[CFB Calgary]] (portion of property currently hosts [[41 Canadian Brigade Group]] Headquarters (Waters Building), [[41 Combat Engineer Regiment]] (Currie Building) and [[41 Service Battalion]] (Currie Building).
* [[CFB Penhold]]

British Columbia:
* [[CFB Chilliwack]] (portion of property currently hosts [[ASU Chilliwack]])

Manitoba:
* [[CFB Winnipeg]] (Kapyong Barracks)
* [[CFB Portage La Prairie]]
* [[CFB Rivers]]

New Brunswick:
* [[CFB Chatham]]
* [[CFB Moncton]] (portion of property currently hosts CFB Gagetown - Detachment Moncton)

Nova Scotia:
* [[CFB Cornwallis]]
* [[CFB Shearwater]] (Shearwater Heliport now part of CFB Halifax)

Ontario:
* [[CFB Clinton]]
* [[RCAF Station Centralia|CFB Centralia]]
* [[CFB Downsview]] (portion of property currently hosts [[ASU Toronto]])
* [[CFB London]] (Wolseley Barracks) (portion of property currently hosts [[ASU London]])
* [[CFB Picton]]
* [[CFB Rockcliffe]]
* [[CFB Uplands]]

Prince Edward Island:
* [[CFB Summerside]]

Quebec:
* [[CFB St. Hubert]]
* [[CFB St. Jean]] (now home to the CF Leadership and Recruit School, a lodger unit of CFB Montreal)

Other:
* [[CFB Baden-Soellingen]], [[Germany]]
* [[CFB Lahr]], Germany

===Defunct stations===

Alberta:
* [[CFS Beaverlodge]]

British Columbia:
* [[CFS Aldergrove]]
* [[CFS Baldy Hughes]]
* [[CFS Holberg]]
* [[CFS Kamloops]]
* [[Boundary Bay Airport|CFS Ladner]]
* [[CFS Masset]] (now a detachment of CFS Leitrim)

Manitoba:
* [[CFS Beausejour]]
* [[CFS Churchill]]
* [[CFS Flin Flon]]
* [[CFS Gypsumville]]

New Brunswick:
* [[CFS Coverdale]]
* [[CFS Renous]]
* [[CFS St. Margarets]]

Nova Scotia:
* [[CFS Barrington]]
* [[CFS Debert]]
* [[CFS Mill Cove]]
* [[CFS Newport Corner]]
* [[CFS Shelburne]]
* [[CFS Sydney]]

Newfoundland and Labrador:

* [[CFB Gander|CFS Gander]] (Now CFB Gander)
* [[CFB Goose Bay|CFS Goose Bay]] (Now CFB Goose Bay)
* [[CFS Saglek]]

Northwest Territories:
* [[CFS Inuvik]]

Nunavut:
* [[CFS Frobisher Bay]]

Ontario:
* [[CFS Armstrong]]
* [[CFS Carp]]
* [[CFS Cobourg]]
* [[CFS Falconbridge]]
* [[CFS Foymount]]
* [[CFS Gloucester]]
* [[CFS Lowther]]
* [[CFS Moosonee]]
* [[CFS Ramore]]
* [[CFS Sioux Lookout]]

Quebec:
* [[CFS Chibougamau]]
* [[CFS Moisie]]
* [[CFS Mont Apica]]
* [[CFS Lac St. Denis]]
* [[CFS Senneterre]]
* [[RCAF Station Parent]]
* [[CFS Val-d'Or]]

Saskatchewan:
* [[CFS Alsask]]
* [[CFS Dana]]
* [[CFS Yorkton]]

Yukon:
* [[CFS Whitehorse]]

Other:
* [[CFS Bermuda]], [[Bermuda]]
* [[CFB Baden–Soellingen]], [[Germany]]
* [[Canadian Forces Base Lahr|CFB Lahr]], [[Germany]]
* [[RCAF Station Marville]], [[France]]
* [[RCAF Station Grostenquin]], [[France]]
* [[Zweibrücken Air Base|RCAF Station Zweibrücken]], [[Germany]]

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 [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu|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.

==See also==
{{Portal|Canada}}
* [[List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations]]
* [[List of Royal Canadian Navy stations]]
* [[List of military installations in Newfoundland and Labrador]]

==References==
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{{Canadian Forces Bases}}

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