Current Operations

More than 2,800 Canadian soldiers, sailors and Air Force personnel are deployed overseas on operational missions. On any given day, about 8,000 Canadian Forces members - one third of our deployable force - are preparing for, engaged in or returning from an overseas mission.

Page last updated: May/26/2011

These figures represent the number of personnel authorized for each deployed task force.

Southwest Asia      

Joint Task Force Afghanistan Operation ACCIUS Canada's participation in the U.N. Advisory Mission in Afghanistan 2,922

Operation ARCHER Canada's participation in the Afghanistan phase of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

Operation ATHENA The Canadian contingent in ISAF        

Americas      

Task Force Tampa Operation FOUNDATION Canada's liaison team at the headquarters of U.S. Central Command 7

Task Force Port-au-Prince Operation HAMLET Canada's participation in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti 10

Africa

Task Force Freetown Operation SCULPTURE Canada’s participation in the British-led military advisory and training mission in Sierra Leone 8

Task Force Darfur Operation SATURN Canada’s support to the U.N.-African Union mission in Darfur 2

Task Force Democratic Republic of the Congo Operation CROCODILE Canada’s support to the U.N. peace-support mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo 11

Task Force Sudan Operation SAFARI Canada’s contribution of military observers to the U.N. peace-support mission in southern Sudan 30        

At sea      

Task Force Charlottetown / Libeccio / Naples Operation MOBILE Canadian Forces' participation in the multinational response to the continuing crisis in Libya 580

Task Force SAIPH Operation SAIPH Canada’s periodic participation in counter-terrorism operations in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, and counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa 5        

Middle East      

Task Force El Gorah Operation CALUMET Canada’s contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Peninsula 28

Task Force Golan Heights Operation GLADIUS Canada’s contribution to UNDOF, the U.N. mission on the border between Israel and Syria 2

Task Force Jerusalem Operation PROTEUS The Canadian team working with the Office of the U.S. Security Coordinator to build security capacity in the Palestinian Authority 18

Task Force Middle East Operation JADE Canadian military observers serving with the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, the U.N.’s oldest peace-support mission 7        

Europe      

Task Force Cyprus Operation SNOWGOOSE Canada’s contribution to UNFICYP, the U.N. force in Cyprus 1

Task Force Pristina Operation KOBOLD The Canadian team serving with KFOR, the NATO force in Kosovo 5

To learn more about any of these operations click here to visit the Department of National Defence website at...http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/operations/current_ops_e.asp

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