Joint_Task_Force_North_(Canada)

Joint Task Force (North)

Joint Task Force (North)

Military unit

Joint Task Force (North) (French: Force opérationnelle interarmées (Nord)[2]) is responsible for all Canadian Armed Forces operations and administration in northern Canada, namely Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the waters of the Arctic Ocean (within Canada) and Hudson Bay. JTFN is headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and is part of Canadian Joint Operations Command.

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Joint Task Force (North) HQ
The sign outside the Joint Task Force North HQ.

JTFN has received increasing national attention since 2009 with greater emphasis being made on Canada's claim to arctic sovereignty.[3] Each year, hundreds of Canadian soldiers participate in Operation Nanook, an annual display of sovereignty in Canada's northern latitudes.[4] The operation has been held annually since 2007.


Units within area of responsibility

Integral units

  • Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters Yellowknife - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
  • Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters Detachment Nunavut - Iqaluit, Nunavut
  • Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters Detachment Yukon - Whitehorse, Yukon[5]

Lodger units

Northern operations

References

  1. [1]
    "Joint statement from Premier Pillai and Minister Mostyn on meeting with Brigadier-General Dan Rivière, Commander of the Joint Task Force North". 14 August 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Forces opérationnelles interarmées régionales". www.canada.ca. 20 February 2013.
  3. [3]
    Smol, Robert (11 May 2009). "When will we get serious about Arctic defence?". CBC. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Operation Nanook". 27 March 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  5. [5]
    Defence, National (20 February 2013). "Detachments and Units". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. [6]
    Defence, National (20 February 2013). "Operation NANOOK". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  7. [7]
    Defence, National (10 June 2013). "Operation NEVUS". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  8. [8]
    Defence, National (20 February 2013). "Operation NUNAKPUT". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  9. [9]
    Defence, National (10 June 2013). "Operation NUNALIVUT". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  10. [10]
    Defence, National (21 March 2014). "Operation LIMPID". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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