Joint Task Force North (JTFN)
Situated in Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, Canadian Armed Forces Northern Area (CFNA) was formed on 15 May 1970 to assist in maintaining Canadian sovereignty and to support Canadian Armed Forces activities in the North. In February 2006 CFNA became JTFN. In January 2009 JTFN formalized the separation of the Commander’s Joint Staff and support elements in the North resulting in the creation of Area Support Unit (North).
JTFN will contribute to the defence of Canada by providing a Canadian Armed Forces presence in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It is an immense area, covering almost four million square kilometres of land (roughly 40% of Canada’s land mass). We stand as the image of the CAF in the North. As a group of highly professional and dedicated service personnel, we take great pride in our ability to accomplish our mission under the most severe weather conditions Canada has to offer. JTFN HQ is a joint headquarters capable of coordinating, supporting and conducting operations in the most unique theatre in Canada.
The Team North complement includes approximately 300 military and civilian personnel. The units within the JTFN area are: JTFN HQ Yellowknife; HQ Detachment in Whitehorse; and HQ Detachment in Iqaluit; (all, with the exception of Det Whitehorse and Det Iqaluit, are located in Yellowknife). Other units and detachments include; 440 Transport Squadron, 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, C Company of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Military Police Det YK, 1 Field Ambulance Det YK, ACCE(N) Det YK, 3 CDSG Det YK, 77 Line Regiment Det YK, Real Property Ops Det YK, Military Family Resource Centre, Chaplain Services, Canadian Forces Housing Agency and Personnel Support Program situated in Yellowknife. Due to the relatively small size of the organization, each individual is necessarily a specialist in his or her own field. In addition to their significant contribution to Canada's Northern Defence Policy, JTFN personnel are afforded the unique opportunity to explore and experience living in this exciting and rapidly developing part of our nation.
The unit sections are dispersed throughout Yellowknife and occupy areas within the Evans bldg, Greenstone bldg, Trinity Hangar, Kam Lake and Forward Operation Location in the vicinity of the Yellowknife airport.
Lot 50 -- the site of JTFN HQ -- is named "The Evans Block" and the HQ building is called "the Evans Building" in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel T.D.B. Evans, C.B., Commander of the Yukon Field Force, of 1898-1899, which was the first Canadian military unit in operation ‘North of 60’. The JTFN HQ motto Custos Borealis means Guardians of the North.
JTFN will contribute to the defence of Canada by providing a Canadian Armed Forces presence in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. It is an immense area, covering almost four million square kilometres of land (roughly 40% of Canada’s land mass). We stand as the image of the CAF in the North. As a group of highly professional and dedicated service personnel, we take great pride in our ability to accomplish our mission under the most severe weather conditions Canada has to offer. JTFN HQ is a joint headquarters capable of coordinating, supporting and conducting operations in the most unique theatre in Canada.
The Team North complement includes approximately 300 military and civilian personnel. The units within the JTFN area are: JTFN HQ Yellowknife; HQ Detachment in Whitehorse; and HQ Detachment in Iqaluit; (all, with the exception of Det Whitehorse and Det Iqaluit, are located in Yellowknife). Other units and detachments include; 440 Transport Squadron, 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, C Company of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment, Military Police Det YK, 1 Field Ambulance Det YK, ACCE(N) Det YK, 3 CDSG Det YK, 77 Line Regiment Det YK, Real Property Ops Det YK, Military Family Resource Centre, Chaplain Services, Canadian Forces Housing Agency and Personnel Support Program situated in Yellowknife. Due to the relatively small size of the organization, each individual is necessarily a specialist in his or her own field. In addition to their significant contribution to Canada's Northern Defence Policy, JTFN personnel are afforded the unique opportunity to explore and experience living in this exciting and rapidly developing part of our nation.
The unit sections are dispersed throughout Yellowknife and occupy areas within the Evans bldg, Greenstone bldg, Trinity Hangar, Kam Lake and Forward Operation Location in the vicinity of the Yellowknife airport.
Lot 50 -- the site of JTFN HQ -- is named "The Evans Block" and the HQ building is called "the Evans Building" in memory of Lieutenant-Colonel T.D.B. Evans, C.B., Commander of the Yukon Field Force, of 1898-1899, which was the first Canadian military unit in operation ‘North of 60’. The JTFN HQ motto Custos Borealis means Guardians of the North.
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