Joint Task Force (North)
Force opérationnelle interarmées (Nord) (French)
Active1970–present
CountryCanada
Size300
Part ofCanadian Joint Operations Command
Garrison/HQYellowknife, Northwest Territories
Commanders
Current
commander		BGen J.P.P. Godbout, CD
Joint Task Force (North) HQ
The sign outside the Joint Task Force North HQ.

Joint Task Force (North) (French: Force opérationnelle interarmées (Nord)[1]) 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.

JTFN has received increasing national attention since 2009 with greater emphasis being made on Canada's claim to arctic sovereignty.[2] Each year, hundreds of Canadian soldiers participate in Operation Nanook, an annual display of sovereignty in Canada's northern latitudes.[3] 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[4][5]

Lodger units

Northern operations

References

  1. ↑ "Forces opérationnelles interarmées régionales". www.canada.ca. 20 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Smol, Robert (11 May 2009). "When will we get serious about Arctic defence?". CBC. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Operation Nanook". 27 March 2015. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  4. ↑ Defence, National (2013-02-20). "Detachments and Units". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  5. ↑ https://www.cafconnection.ca/getmedia/6ddf10c9-12d6-4b80-a176-c9ea715ce18d/Posting-Handbook-PMACST-2020_2.pdf.aspx
  6. ↑ Defence, National (2013-02-20). "Operation NANOOK". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  7. ↑ Defence, National (2013-06-10). "Operation NEVUS". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  8. ↑ Defence, National (2013-02-20). "Operation NUNAKPUT". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  9. ↑ Defence, National (2013-06-10). "Operation NUNALIVUT". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  10. ↑ Defence, National (2014-03-21). "Operation LIMPID". www.canada.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
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