List of Canadian military operations
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Since 1947, the Canadian Forces have completed 72 international missions. More than 3,600 soldiers, sailors and Air Force personnel are deployed overseas on operational missions. On any given day, about 8,000 Canadian Forces
members Royal Canadian Air Force
, Royal Canadian Navy
, and Canadian Army (one-third of the Canadian deployable force) are preparing for, engaged in or are returning from an overseas mission.
Below is a list of all currently active and past Canadian Forces
operations both within Canada's borders and internationally.
Current Operations=
This section consists of Canadian Forces operations which are currently active, or conducted annually or on a periodic basis.
Past Operations=
This section consists of Canadian Forces
operations that are no longer active or on-going on a annual or periodic basis and are deemed complete.
operations that took place beyond Canada's borders. It includes peacekeeping operations as well as those through NATO and in participation with other allies.
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Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
members Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...
, Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
, and Canadian Army (one-third of the Canadian deployable force) are preparing for, engaged in or are returning from an overseas mission.
Below is a list of all currently active and past Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
operations both within Canada's borders and internationally.
Current Operations=
This section consists of Canadian Forces operations which are currently active, or conducted annually or on a periodic basis.
Domestic
- Operation BOXTOP (Biannual replenishment operation for CFS AlertCFS AlertCanadian Forces Station Alert, also CFS Alert, is a Canadian Forces signals intelligence intercept facility located in Alert, Nunavut on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, at ....
) - Operation DRIFTNET (Support of Fisheries and Oceans CanadaFisheries and Oceans CanadaFisheries and Oceans Canada, frequently referred to as DFO , is the department within the government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters...
to halt illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing) - Operation LAMA (Code name for CFCanadian ForcesThe Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
support to civil authorities for hurricane recovery efforts anywhere in Canada) - Operation NUNALIVUT (Annual major sovereignty and security operation in Canada's High Arctic)
- Operation PALACI (Assistance to Parks CanadaParks CanadaParks Canada , also known as the Parks Canada Agency , is an agency of the Government of Canada mandated to protect and present nationally significant natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative...
to stop avalanches in Rogers PassRogers PassRogers Pass is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. The pass is a shortcut across the "Big Bend" of the Columbia River from Revelstoke on the west to Donald, near Golden, on the east...
keeping the Highway 1Trans-Canada HighwayThe Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...
and CP rail links clear) - Operation POSEIDON (CFCanadian ForcesThe Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
support to Canada Border Services AgencyCanada Border Services AgencyThe Canada Border Services Agency is a federal law enforcement agency that is responsible for border enforcement, immigration enforcement and customs services....
and RCMPRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
for counter-illegal migrant operations on West Coast)
Americas and Caribbean
- Operation CARIBBE (Canada CommandCanada CommandCanada Command is one of the seven commands of the Canadian Forces. Stood up on February 1, 2006, it is responsible for all domestic operations and national security missions; as an operational command, it works closely with the environment commands Canada Command (CANADACOM) (in French :...
counter narcotics operation) - Operation FOUNDATION (Canada's liaison team at the headquarters of US Central Command)
- Operation HAMLET (Canada's participation in the United States Stabilization Mission in HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
)
Africa
- Operation CALUMET (Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula)
- Operation CROCODILE (Support to the UN peace-support mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Operation SAFARI (Canada's contribution of military observers to the UN peace-support mission in southern Sudan)
- Operation SATURNOperation SaturnOperation Saturn, revised as Operation Little Saturn, was a Red Army operation on the Eastern Front of World War II that led to battles in the northern Caucasus and Donets Basin regions of the Soviet Union from December 1942 to February 1943....
(Support to the United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
-African UnionAfrican UnionThe African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...
mission in DarfurDarfurDarfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
) - Operation SCULPTURE (Participation in the British-led military advisory and training mission in Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneSierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
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Europe, Balkans and Mediterranean
- Operation KOBOLD (Canadian team serving with the NATO force in KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
) - Operation SNOWGOOSE (Contribution to UNFICYP, the U.N. force in Cyprus)
Southwest Asia and Middle East
- Operation ATHENAOperation ATHENAOperation Athena is the Canadian Forces contribution to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.-Overview:Operation Athena was a two phase Canadian Forces mission...
(Canadian contingent in with the International Security Assistance ForceInternational Security Assistance ForceThe International Security Assistance Force is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 by Resolution 1386 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement...
) - Operation ATTENTION (NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan)
- Operation GLADIUS (Contribution to UNDOF, the UN mission on the border between IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and SyriaSyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.... - Operation JADE (Canadian military observers serving with the United Nations Truce Supervision OrganizationUnited Nations Truce Supervision OrganizationThe United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is an organization founded on 29 May 1948 for peacekeeping in the Middle East. Its primary task was providing the military command structure to the peace keeping forces in the Middle East to enable the peace keepers to observe and maintain the...
) - Operation PROTEUS (Canadian team working with the Office of US Security Coordinator to build security in the Palestinian Authority)
- Operation SAIPH (Periodic participation in counter-terrorism operations in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, and counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa)
Past Operations=
This section consists of Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
operations that are no longer active or on-going on a annual or periodic basis and are deemed complete.
Domestic
- Operation ABACUSOperation AbacusIn 2000, Operation Abacus was the Canadian military operation that had troops standing by to restore vital services if the year 2000 caused disruption to computer systems....
(Y2K preparation) - Operation ASSISTANCE (Red River Flood, 1997)
- Operation CADENCE (Security for the 2010 G8 and G20 summits held in Ontario)
- Operation CANOPY
- Operation GRIZZLY (G8 Security in 2002)
- Operation HURRICANEOperation Hurricane (Canada)Operation Hurricane is an annual month-long technical maintenance mission conducted by Canadian Forces personnel in the Canadian Arctic.Each summer, since 1982, Canadian military technicians and support personnel have been deployed by helicopters to repair and resupply the otherwise unattended High...
- Operation FORGE (Assistance for 2011 Ontario Forest Fires)
- Operation LOTUS (Assistance for the 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River Floods2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River FloodsThe 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River Floods are a currently ongoing series of water level increases that began during the end of April 2011 and caused a subsequent overflow of the Richelieu River in Canada and Lake Champlain in the United States. The floods have affected about 3,000 homes in...
) - Operation LUSTREOperation LustreOperation Lustre was an action during World War II, involving the dispatch of British, Australian, New Zealand and Polish troops from Egypt to Greece in March and April 1941, in response to the failed Italian invasion and the looming threat of German intervention, revealed through Ultra.It was seen...
(2011 Manitoba Floods) - Operation OCTAL
- Operation PERSISTENCE (Swissair Flight 111Swissair Flight 111Swissair Flight 111 was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland...
) - Operation PEREGRINEOperation PEREGRINEOperation PEREGRINE was a domestic Canadian military operation that took place between August 3 and September 16, 2003.In early August 2003, British Columbia was overwhelmed by over 800 separate forest fires. Provincial fire services were stretched to the breaking point, and tens of thousands of...
(BC Forest Fires 2003) - Operation PODIUM (Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games)
- Operation PREAMBLE
- Operation RECUPERATION (Ice Storm of 1998)
- Operation SALONOka CrisisThe Oka Crisis was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada which began on July 11, 1990 and lasted until September 26, 1990. At least one person died as a result...
(Oka CrisisOka CrisisThe Oka Crisis was a land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec, Canada which began on July 11, 1990 and lasted until September 26, 1990. At least one person died as a result...
in Oka, QuebecOka, Quebec-References:...
)
International
This section covers past Canadian ForcesCanadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
operations that took place beyond Canada's borders. It includes peacekeeping operations as well as those through NATO and in participation with other allies.
Americas and Caribbean
- Operation ABALONE (Provide medical treatment and assist with public health concerns on the island of St. Vincent in 1979)
- Operation BANDIT (Evacuate Canadians in 1988 from Haiti following aborted elections in HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
in 1987) - Operation CADENCE (Monitor the border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti in 1994)
- Operation CAULDRONOperation CauldronOperation Cauldron was a series of secret biological warfare trials undertaken by the British government in 1952. Scientists from Porton Down and the Royal Navy were involved in releasing biological agents, including pneumonic and bubonic plague and brucellosis and testing the effects of the...
(Canadian mission with United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH)United Nations Mission in HaitiFor the current UN mission to Haiti, see the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.The United Nations Mission in Haiti — a peacekeeping operation carried out by the United Nations between September 1993 and June 1996. The Mission was reestablished in April 2004, after a rebellion took...
in October 1993 - Operation CENTRAL (DARTDisaster Assistance Response TeamThe Disaster Assistance Response Team is a rapidly deployable team of 200 Canadian Forces personnel. It provides assistance to disaster-affected regions for up to 40 days. DART's headquarters is in Kingston, Ontario...
deployment to HondurasHondurasHonduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
following Hurricane MitchHurricane MitchHurricane Mitch was the most powerful hurricane and the most destructive of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph . The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season. Along with Hurricane Georges, Mitch...
in 1998) - Operation COMPLIMENT (Support to United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti (MIPONUH)
- Operation CONSTABLE (Support to United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH) from July to November 1997)
- Operation EAGLE ASSISTOperation Eagle AssistFollowing the attacks of September 11, 2001, Operation Eagle Assist began on October 9, 2001 after the North Atlantic Council's October 4 decision to operationalize Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, and ended on May 16, 2002...
- Operation FORWARD ACTION (Multi-national operations in support of sanctions against Haiti in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 841United Nations Security Council Resolution 841United Nations Security Council Resolution 841, adopted unanimously on June 16, 1993, after recognising the need for an urgent settlement to the situation in Haiti and the efforts of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali and the Secretary General of the Organization of...
from Oct 1993 to Sept 1994) - Operation HALOOperation HALOOperation Halo was the Canadian Forces contribution of ~500 personnel and 6 CH-146 Griffon helicopters to Haiti in March 2004 as part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti to assist in stabilizing the country following February's 2004 Haitian rebellion...
(Support to United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)United Nations Stabilization Mission in HaitiThe United Nations Stabilisation Mission In Haiti , also known as MINUSTAH, an acronym of the French translation, is a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti that has been in operation since 2004. The mission's military component is led by the Brazilian Army and the force commander is...
from June to August 2004) - Operation HERRITAGE (Electoral observers and security advisers for elections in Haiti in December 1990)
- Operation HESTIAOperation HestiaOperation Hestia is the name of the Canadian Forces humanitarian response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake which struck Haiti on 12 January, 2010. Operation Hestia is the military component of an interagency response that also involves Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and the Canadian...
(Response to 2010 Haiti earthquake2010 Haiti earthquakeThe 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
) - Operation HUGO
- Operation HUMBLE
- Operation JAGUAR (Contribution of military aviation and search-and-rescue capability to support the Jamaica Defence ForceJamaica Defence ForceThe Jamaica Defence Force is the combined military forces of Jamaica, consisting of an Army, Air Wing and Coast Guard. The JDF is based upon the British military model with organisation, training, weapons and traditions closely aligned with Commonwealth Realm countries...
)
- Operation MATCH (Contribution to United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador (ONUSAL) from 1991 to 1994)
- Operation MEGAPHONEOperation MegaphoneOperation Megaphone was the Canadian naval operation to board an American merchant ship in the Atlantic, in order to recover $223 million worth of military materiel being transported back to Canada at the conclusion of operations in Kosovo.-Background:...
- Operation NOBLE EAGLEOperation Noble EagleOperation Noble Eagle is the name given to military operations related to homelandsecurity and support to federal, state, and local agencies...
- Operation STABLE (Support to United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH) from June 1996 to July 1997)
- Operation STANDARD (Support to United Nations Support Mission in Haiti (UNSMIH) from June to September 1996)
- Operation SULTAN CF contribition to UN Observer Group in Central America)
- Operation SUPPORTOperation SUPPORTOperation SUPPORT is the name given to Canadian Forces activities directly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The CF had two immediate goals: to provide support for stranded aircrew and passengers from diverted commercial flights, and to increase emergency preparedness...
- Operation UNISON (Canadian support to the 2005 Hurricane KatrinaHurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
relief efforts in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) - Operation VISION (Canadian support to the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) in 1997)
- Operation QUARTZ (Canadian support to the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) from 1998 to 2000)
Africa
- Operation ADDITIONOperation AdditionOperation Addition was the name given to the Canadian contribution to United Nations peacekeeping forces in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It began in late 2000 with Operation Eclipse....
(Canadian contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and EritreaThe United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea was established by the United Nations Security Council in July 2000 to monitor a ceasefire in the border war that began in 1998 between Ethiopia and Eritrea....
from August 2000 to June 2003) - Operation AUGURAL Canadian contribution to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS)African Union Mission in SudanThe African Union Mission in Sudan was an African Union peacekeeping force operating primarily in the country's western region of Darfur with the aim of performing peacekeeping operations related to the Darfur conflict. Originally founded in 2004, with a force of 150 troops, by mid-2005, its...
from July 2005 to August 2008) - Operation CARAVANOperation CaravanOperation Caravan was a subsidiary of Operation Agreement under which four simultaneous raids were carried out against important Axis Lines of Communication positions....
(Contribution to the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational ForceOperation ArtemisOperation Artemis was a short-term European Union-led military mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.In the beginning of 2003 United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or MONUC, observer teams present in that country since 1999 monitored serious combats and human rights...
in BuniaBuniaBunia is a city in Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the headquarters of Ituri Interim Administration in the Ituri region of Orientale Province....
, Democratic Republic of Congo from June to July 2003 - Operation CONSONANCE (United Nations Operation in Mozambique (ONUMOZ)United Nations Operation in MozambiqueThe United Nations Operations in Mozambique was established in October 1992 under Security Council Resolution 797 on the basis of a report submitted by the Secretary-General....
) - Operation DELIVERANCEOperation DeliveranceOperation Deliverance was a Canadian Forces peace keeping military operation in Somalia and formed part of the United Nations peacekeeping deployment to that country...
- Operation ECLIPSE (Contribution to United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and EritreaThe United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea was established by the United Nations Security Council in July 2000 to monitor a ceasefire in the border war that began in 1998 between Ethiopia and Eritrea....
from November 2000 to June 2001) - Operation LANCE (United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda (UNOMUR)United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-RwandaThe United Nations Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda was a peacekeeping mission established by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 846 and lasted from June 1993 to September 1994. Its mission was "to monitor the border between Uganda and Rwanda and verify that no military assistance was...
- Operation LIANE (Contribution to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)United Nations Mission in LiberiaThe United Nations Mission in Liberia is a peace-keeping force established in September 2003 to monitor a ceasefire agreement in Liberia following the resignation of President Charles Taylor and the conclusion of the Second Liberian Civil War....
from September to November 2003) - Operation MATADOROperation MatadorOperation Matador may refer to:*Operation Matador , a proposed plan to counter any Imperial Japanese perceived threat to British Malaya*Operation Matador , a Burma campaign operation during World War II...
(UN Transition Assistance GroupUnited Nations Transition Assistance GroupThe United Nations Transition Assistance Group was a United Nations peacekeeping force deployed from April 1989 to March 1990 in Namibia to monitor the peace process and elections there. Namibia had been occupied by South Africa since 1915, first under a League of Nations mandate and later...
in NamibiaNamibiaNamibia, officially the Republic of Namibia , is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. It gained independence from South Africa on 21 March... - Operation MOBILEOperation MobileOperation Mobile was the name given to Canadian Forces activities in the 2011 military intervention in Libya. The United States' counterpart to this was Operation Odyssey Dawn, the French counterpart was Opération Harmattan and the British counterpart was Operation Ellamy...
(Canadian contribution to Operation Unified ProtectorOperation Unified ProtectorOperation Unified Protector was an NATO operation enforcing United Nations Security Council resolutions 1970 and 1973 concerning the 2011 Libyan civil war and adopted on 17 February and 17 March respectively...
and the 2011 Libyan conflict) - Operation MODULE
- Operation PASTELOperation PastelDuring World War II, Operation Pastel was the deception plan scheduled to protect Operation Olympic, the planned invasion of southern Japan. Pastel would have falsely portrayed a threat of an American-led invasion against ports in China via attacks on Taiwan....
- Operation PRUDENCE (Contribution to the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA))
- Operation PYTHONOperation PythonOperation Python, a follow up to Operation Trident, was a code name of a naval attack launched on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi by the Indian Navy during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971...
(CF participation in the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western SaharaUnited Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western SaharaMINURSO is the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara. The name is a French acronym for "Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au Sahara Occidental" — United Nations Mission for the organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara.-Purpose of the mission:MINURSO...
) - Operation RELIEF
- Operation REPTILE (Canadian peacekeeping contribution to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)United Nations Mission in Sierra LeoneThe United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Sierra Leone from 1999 to 2005. It was created by the United Nations Security Council in October 1999 to help with the implementation of the Lomé Peace Accord, an agreement intended to end the Sierra Leonean...
from November 1999 to July 2005) - Operation SOLITUDE
Europe, Balkans and Mediterranean
- Operation ALLIANCE
- Operation ARTISAN
- Operation BOLSTER, Former Republic of YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
- Operation BOREAS
- Operation BRONZE (Deployment of teams of Canadian Forces members serving in key positions at NATO Headquarters Sarajevo from 2004 to 2010)
- Operation CAVALIER (Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
) - Operation CHAPERON (Canadian contribution to United Nations Military Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) from February 1996 to September 2001)
- Operation ECHOOperation EchoOperation Echo was the codename given by the Canadian military for its activities in Bosnia in support of the NATO operation Joint Forge in 1998.Canada sent air forces to Aviano, Italy to enforce a no-fly zone over the Balkans ....
Canadian CF-18 deployment to Italy in support of the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) and Kosovo Force (KFOR) from June 1998 to December 2000) - Operation FUSION (Canadian support to the European Union'sEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
Operation CONCORDIAEUFOR ConcordiaEUFOR Concordia is the name of the peacekeeping mission of the European Union in the Republic of Macedonia. The EU took over from NATO's operation Allied Harmony and deployed around 300 troops to provide security to EU and OSCE monitors overseeing the implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement....
in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from April 1 2003 to May 12 2003) - Operation HARMONYOperation HarmonyOperation HARMONY was the name given to the Canadian participation in the United Nations Protection Force in Croatia and Bosnia in 1992....
(Support to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)United Nations Protection ForceThe United Nations Protection Force ', was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav wars. It existed between the beginning of UN involvement in February 1992, and its restructuring into other forces in March 1995...
in CroatiaCroatiaCroatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
) - Operation KINETICOperation KineticOperation Kinetic was the name given to the deployment of 1,400 Canadian soldiers to Kosovo as part of the overall NATO effort in 1999 to stabilize the region....
(Contribution to KFOR, the NATO peacekeeping force that operated in KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from June 1999 to June 2000) - Operation MANDARIN
- Operation PALLADIUM (Contribution to the NATO Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina from December 1995 to December 2004)
- Operation QUADRANT (Canada's overall participation in international missions in KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
) - Operation SEXTANT (Canadian Naval contribution to Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 from January 2006 to June 2009)
- Operation SIRIUS (Support to NATO coalition campaign against terrorism mission known as Operation Active EndeavourOperation Active EndeavourOperation Active Endeavour is a maritime operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It operates in the Mediterranean Sea and is designed to prevent the movement of terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. It has also collateral benefits in enhanced security of shipping in general...
) - Operation SPEAKER
- Operation TORRENT (DARTDisaster Assistance Response TeamThe Disaster Assistance Response Team is a rapidly deployable team of 200 Canadian Forces personnel. It provides assistance to disaster-affected regions for up to 40 days. DART's headquarters is in Kingston, Ontario...
deployment to TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
after the 1999 İzmit earthquake1999 Izmit earthquakeThe 1999 İzmit earthquake was a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northwestern Turkey on August 17, 1999, at about 3:02am local time. The event lasted for 37 seconds, killing around 17,000 people and leaving approximately half a million people homeless...
) - NATO Operation Sharpguard
- NATO Operation Allied Force
- NATO Operation Joint Guardian
Southeast Asia
- Operation MARQUIS (United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC))
- Operation STRUCTUREOperation STRUCTUREOperation Structure was the Canadian Forces humanitarian aid response to the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia on December 26, 2004. The operation carried out by the Disaster Assistance Response Team was deployed on January 2 and ended on February 19, 2005....
(DARTDisaster Assistance Response TeamThe Disaster Assistance Response Team is a rapidly deployable team of 200 Canadian Forces personnel. It provides assistance to disaster-affected regions for up to 40 days. DART's headquarters is in Kingston, Ontario...
deployment to Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
after the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake2004 Indian Ocean earthquakeThe 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
) - Operation TOUCANOperation TOUCANOperation TOUCAN was a Canadian military operation in East Timor. In 1999, the Canadian military deployed approximately 600 personnel as part of INTERFET, the International Force in East Timor....
(Peacekeeping support to the International Force in East Timor and United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)United Nations Transitional Administration in East TimorThe United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor provided an interim civil administration and a peacekeeping mission in the territory of East Timor, from its establishment on October 25, 1999 until its independence on May 20, 2002 following the outcome of the East Timor Special...
from October 1999 to April 2001)
Southwest Asia and Middle East
- Operation ACCIUSOperation ACCIUSOperation Accius is the Canadian military's contribution to the civilian-led United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan . On November 28, 2002, the Minister of National Defence John McCallum announced that a senior Canadian Forces officer by the name of Lieutenant Colonel David Ross would be...
(Contribution of two senior Canadian Forces officers to the Military Advisory Unit of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) from November 2002 to June 2005) - Operation ALTAIROperation ALTAIROperation ALTAIR is the Canadian Forces maritime contribution to the U.S.-led coalition anti-terrorist campaign known as Operation Enduring Freedom . Operation ALTAIR mainly consists of single ship deployments. HMCS Toronto , a Halifax-class patrol frigate with an embarked helicopter detachment,...
(Canada’s contribution of warships in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in the Persian GulfPersian GulfThe Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
and the Arabian SeaArabian SeaThe Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by the Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui in northeastern Somalia and Kanyakumari in India...
from Jan 2004 to Oct 2008) - Operation ANGORA (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)United Nations Interim Force in LebanonThe United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, or UNIFIL, was created by the United Nations, with the adoption of Security Council Resolution 425 and 426 on 19 March 1978, to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon which Israel had invaded five days prior, restore international peace and security,...
) - Operation APOLLOOperation APOLLOOperation APOLLO was the codename for an operation conducted by Canadian Forces in support of the United States in its military operations in Afghanistan. The operation took place from October 2001 to October 2003...
(Operations in support of the United States in its military operations in Afghanistan. The operation took place from October 2001 to October 2003) - Operation ARGUSOperation ArgusOperation Argus was a series of nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted during August and September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean by the United States's Defense Nuclear Agency, in conjunction with the Explorer 4 space mission. Operation Argus was conducted between the...
(Strategic Advisory Team Afghanistan (SAT‑A) from September 2005 to August 2008) - Operation ARCHEROperation ArcherOperation Archer is the Canadian Forces contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. It began in July 2005 with the deployment of a 220 member "theater activation team" to Kandahar....
(Since July 2005 to July 2006, Canada’s participation in Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in Afghanistan has been conducted under Op ARCHER) - Operation ASSIST
- Operation AUGMENTATION (Canadian naval deployments in support of enforcing United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
sanctions against Iraq in the Persian Gulf from June 1999 to October 2001) - Operation DANACA (Canadian contribution to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights from 31 May 1974 to 23 March 2006)
- Operation DETERMINATION
- Operation FORUM (United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)United Nations Special CommissionUnited Nations Special Commission was an inspection regime created by the United Nations to ensure Iraq's compliance with policies concerning Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction after the Gulf War...
) - Operation FRICTIONOperation FRICTIONOperation FRICTION was a Canadian military operation that saw the contribution of 4,500 Canadian Forces personnel to the 1991 Gulf War. The US components, by far the largest, were Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm....
- Operation IOLAUSOperation IOLAUSOperation Iolaus is the codename for the October 2, 2004 deployment of a Canadian Forces Attaché in conjunction with U.N. operations in the gulf region. CF senior officer Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Smith would serve with the United Nations as an advisor for the Special Representative of the...
- Operation KEEPING GOODWILL
- Operation LION (Assistance the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to facilitate the departure of Canadians from Lebanon)
- Operation PLATEAU (DARTDisaster Assistance Response TeamThe Disaster Assistance Response Team is a rapidly deployable team of 200 Canadian Forces personnel. It provides assistance to disaster-affected regions for up to 40 days. DART's headquarters is in Kingston, Ontario...
deployment so Muzaffarabad regionMuzaffarabadMuzaffarabad is the capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located in Muzaffarabad District on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers...
of PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
after the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake2005 Kashmir earthquakeThe 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005...
) - Operation RECORD (Canadian support to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM) from May 1991 to August 2001)
- Operation SCALPELOperation SCALPELOperation SCALPEL was the Canadian Forces military operation contribution of a field hospital during the Gulf War.-External links:*...
- Operation SCIMITAR
- Operation VAGABOND (United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer GroupThe United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group was a United Nations commission created during the Iran–Iraq War by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 619 of August 9, 1988.-Mission statement:...
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See also=
- Canadian military victoriesCanadian military victories- 17th century :*Iroquois War *Iroquois Wars *Hudson Bay expedition *Battle of Fort Albany*Battle of Quebec *Battle of La Prairie*Capture of York Factory*Action of 14 July 1696*Siege of Pemaquid *Avalon Peninsula Campaign...
- List of conflicts in Canada
- List of Canadian Peacekeeping Missions
- List of Canadian battles during World War I
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