Past Operations

Southwest Asia | South Asia | East Asia | Americas
Africa | At Sea | Middle East | Europe

Southwest Asia
Operation ATHENA (Afghanistan) July 17 2003 - December 1, 2011
Operation ARGUS Strategic Advisory Team Afghanistan (SAT-A)
September 2005 - August 2008
Operation ARCHER (Afghanistan) February - July 31, 2006
Operation PLATEAU CF's humanitarian aid response to the earthquake that struck South Asia on October 8, 2005.
October 14 - December 04, 2005
Operation ACCIUS UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
November 2002 - June 2005
Operation APOLLO Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the international campaign against terrorism.
Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) region
October 2001 - October 2003
Operation TORRENT Canadian Forces (CF) humanitarian assistance to an earthquake in Turkey.
August 1999 - September 1999
 
South Asia
Operation STRUCTURE Ampara, Sri Lanka
December 2004 - March 2005
Operation TOUCAN Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
October 1999 - April 2001
Cambodian Mine Action Centre Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to mine-removal operations in Cambodia.
1993 - June 30, 2000
 
East Asia
The United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to UNCMAC in South Korea.
July 1953 - June 2000
 
Americas
Operation JAGUAR Canada’s contribution of military aviation and search-and-rescue capability to support the Jamaica Defence Force
02 July - 25 November 2011
Operation HESTIA (Haiti) January 13 - April 1 2010
Operation TATOU (Trinidad and Tobago) November 27 - 29 2009
Operation HORATIO

Canadian Forces participation in the Government of Canada humanitarian assistance effort in the Republic of Haiti
September 10 - 27, 2008
Operation UNISON 2005 Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the Government of Canada response to the U.S. relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Katrina
September 02 - October 07, 2005
Operation HALO Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
March - August 2004
Operation CENTRAL Canadian Forces (CF) humanitarian assistance to a hurricane in Central America.
Honduras
November 1998 - December 1998
Operation CONSTABLE Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
July 1997 - November 1997
 
Africa
Operation SAFARI (Sudan)

15 June 2004 - July 9 2011
Operation AUGURAL Canada’s military contribution to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS)
July 2005 - February 29 2008
Operation REPTILE

UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
November 1999 - July 2005

Operation SOLITUDE Canadian Forces Military Advisor and Senior Military Liaison Officer to the Special Representative of the Secretary General in West Africa (SRSG West Africa)
March 2003 - March 2004
Operation LIANE Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations (UN) Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
September - November 2003
Operation CARAVAN Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
June - July 2003
Operation ADDITION Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
August 2000 - June 2003
Operation ECLIPSE

Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
November 2000 - June, 2001
Operation PRUDENCE

Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
April 1998 - November 1999
 
At Sea
Task Force Vancouver Canadian Forces' participation in Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR, the NATO counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean Sea.
26 October 2001 - 10 January 2012
Operation MOBILE February 2011 - October 2011
Operation SEXTANT (Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean) January 2006 - June 2009
Operation ALTAIR (Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea) January 2004 - September 2008
Operation SIRIUS Canadian Forces' participation in the NATO Campaign Against Terrorism
October - December 2004, February - March 2005, November-December 2005
Operation MEGAPHONE Canadian Forces boarding of the GTS Katie.
Atlantic Ocean
July - August, 2000
Operation AUGMENTATION Canada’s participation from 1999 to 2001 in the coalition fleet enforcing U.N. sanctions against Iraq in the Persian Gulf
June 1999 - October 2001
Operation DETERMINATION Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the multinational force stationed in the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) area to compel Iraq to comply with United Nations inspection agreements.
Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) Area
February - May 1998
 
Middle East
Operation MOBILE February 2011 - October 2011
Operation IOLAUS United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
October 2004 - July 2007
Operation LION

CF support to DFAIT - Lebanon and Cyprus
July 18, 2006 – September 3, 2006
Operation DANACA UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) Golan Heights
May 31 1974 - March 23, 2006
Operation RECORD Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM)
May 1991 - August 15, 2001
 
Europe
Operation MOBILE February 2011 - October 2011
Operation IGNITION (Iceland) March 28 - May 2 2011
Operation BRONZE
(Bosnia & Herzegovina)		 December 2004 - March 2010
Operation BOREAS European Union Force (EUFOR) - Bosnia-Herzegovina
December 2004 - March 2007
Operation PALLADIUM (Bosnia & Herzegovina) NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR)
December 1995 - December 2004
Operation FORAGE

Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the NATO operation ESSENTIAL HARVEST in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.
August 2001 - September 2002
Operation QUADRANT Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to international missions in Kosovo .
June 1999 - September 2002
Operation CHAPERON Canadian Forces Military Observer to the United Nations Military Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
Croatia
February 1996 - September 2001
Operation ARTISAN Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the Rinas Airfield Rehabilitation Project in Tirana, Albania.
August 2000 - August 2001
Operation ECHO Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) and Kosovo Force (KFOR)
Italy
June 1998 - December 21, 2000
Operation KINETIC Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to KFOR, the NATO peacekeeping force that operated in Kosovo and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
 June 1999 - June 2000
Operation HARMONY Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
Balkan Region
February 1992 - December 1995
Operation NIJMEGEN (Annually in the Netherlands)

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