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Current Operations
More than 3,000 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.
Since 1947, the CF has completed 72 international operations. That figure does not include current operations, or the many CF operations carried out in Canada.
Here is a list of all current CF operations:
- CF International Operations as of 28 September 2006 -
| Mission | Approx. Pers. |
| CF Contribution to the International Campaign Against Terrorism Operation ALTAIR Arabian Gulf Region |
237 |
| The Canadian contribution to the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). OP ATHENA Afghanistan |
2,286 |
| Canadian Support to the National Training Centre, Combined Joint Task Force 76 (CJTF-76) and Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan (CSTC-A, formerly the Office of Security Cooperation - Afghanistan). OP ARCHER Afghanistan |
35 |
| Canadian Strategic Advisory Team providing support to the Afghan Government. OP ARGUS Afghanistan |
15 |
| OP FOUNDATION Tampa, Florida / Bahrain |
8 |
| United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) OP IOLAUS Iraq |
1 |
| Mission | Approx. Pers. |
| NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) OP BRONZE Bosnia-Herzegovina |
9 |
| European Union Force (EUFOR) OP BOREAS Bosnia-Herzegovina |
11 |
| Mission | Approx. Pers. |
| CF Contribution to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti Headquarters (MINUSTAH HQ) OP HAMLET Haiti |
4 |
| Mission | Approx. Pers. |
| United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) OP GLADIUS Golan Heights |
3 |
| Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) OP CALUMET Sinai |
28 |
| UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) OP JADE Jerusalem |
7 |
| OP PROTEUS Jerusalem |
3 |
| UN Forces in Cyprus (UNFICYP) OP SNOWGOOSE Cyprus |
1 |
| Mission | Approx. Pers. |
| UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) OP CROCODILE Democratic Republic of the Congo |
9 |
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| International Military Advisory Training Team (IMATT) OP SCULPTURE Sierra Leone |
11 |
| Mission | Approx. Pers. |
| Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 - Exercise BRILLIANT MARINER 2006, Exercise STEADFAST JAGUAR 2006 OP SEXTANT |
309 |
| Total | 3,021 |
