36 Canadian Brigade Group Explained

Unit Name:36 Canadian Brigade Group
Dates:1992–present
Country:Canada
Branch:Canadian Army
Command Structure:5th Canadian Division
Type:Headquarters
Identification Symbol 4:36 CBG
Identification Symbol 4 Label:Abbreviation
Commander1:Colonel L.S. Gallant
Commander1 Label:Current commander
Commander2 Label:Honorary Colonel
Commander3 Label:Colonel-in-Chief
Commander5:Chief Warrant Officer E.P. Smith
Commander5 Label:Regimental sergeant-major
Ceremonial Chief Label:Colonel-in-Chief
Motto:Latin: Atlanticus fortis (Atlantic strength)[1]
Garrison:Halifax, Nova Scotia
Identification Symbol Label:NATO Map Symbol[2]

36 Canadian Brigade Group (French: 36<sup>e</sup> Groupe-brigade du Canada) is a reserve component brigade of the Canadian Army, which Commands reserve units in 5th Canadian Division for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. It was created in 1992 by merging the Nova Scotia Militia District and the Prince Edward Island Militia District.

Brigade units

36 Canadian Brigade Group Halifax, Nova Scotia
36 Canadian Brigade Group Headquarters Halifax, Nova Scotia
Armoured Halifax, Nova Scotia
Reconnaissance Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Artillery Halifax, Nova Scotia
Artillery Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Combat Engineer Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia
Signals Halifax and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia and Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Light infantry Halifax, Nova Scotia
Light infantry Aldershot, Middleton, Windsor, and Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
Light infantry Truro, Springhill and Pictou, Nova Scotia
Light infantry Sydney, Nova Scotia
36 Service Battalion Logistics Halifax, Sydney and Aldershot, Nova Scotia
36 Canadian Brigade Group BandMusicHalifax, Nova Scotia

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 36 Canadian Brigade Group . Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges . Canadian Heraldic Authority . 6 November 2012.
  2. Book: Canadian Forces . B-GL-331-003/FP-001 Military Symbols for Land Operations . 15 May 2000 . Department of National Defence . 4, 24–25.