Canadian Forces Base Wainwright

About the Base

Canadian Forces Base Wainwright is one of the busiest Army bases in Canada. It is home to the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre and the Land Force Western Area Training Centre, and it is the preferred training ground for the Army’s field force units based in Edmonton.

The base is located in Alberta, 210 kilometres east of Edmonton and 110 kilometres southwest of Lloydminster. The Town of Wainwright sits immediately to the north of the base. Members of the base reside in several of the surrounding communities, but there is also a distinct residential community for the families of the serving military members located on the base proper.

In order to preserve the heritage and history associated with the base, Canadian Force Base Wainwright maintains, at non-public expense, a bison herd of approximately 50 animals and pastures them in a protected part of the range and training area.

Services

Canadian Forces Base Wainwright is composed of a headquarters and six principal sub-organizations:

• Base Operations
• Logistics Support Company
• Base Maintenance
• Base Construction Engineering
• Base Administration
• Base Comptroller

Canadian Forces Base Wainwright plays a key role in facilitating the delivery of support by other units and organizations located on the garrison that are responsible to provide unique and/or additional support and services, and the unit acts as the principal point of contact between the Canadian Forces and the general public in east-central Alberta. Canadian Forces Base Wainwright regularly generates and trains selected members of the unit for deployments on international operations.

Units

• 742 Communications Squadron DET Wainwright,
• Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre,
• 1 Field Ambulance DET Wainwright,
• 1 Dental Unit DET Wainwright,
• Area Support Unit Wainwright,
• 1 Wing Det CMTC.

Personnel Support Programs

The Canadian Forces Community Gateway is a series of linked websites (one for every base and wing) that provides a common national view of all local base/wing Non-Public Property (NPP) programs and activities including publicly-funded programs delivered through NPP. These are just some of the services available on the Community Gateway site:

• Fitness and Sports
• Messes
• Recreation and Leisure
• Health Programs
• Family Services
• CANEX
• SISIP Financial Services