Joint Task Force (North) Explained

Unit Name:	Joint Task Force (North)
Dates:	1970–present
Country:	Canada
Size:	300
Command Structure:	Canadian Joint Operations Command
Current Commander:	BGen J.M.Y.D. (Dan) Rivière, CD^[1]
Garrison:	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Joint Task Force (North) (French: links=no|Force opérationnelle interarmées (Nord)^[2]) is responsible for all Canadian Armed Forces operations and administration in northern Canada, namely Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the waters of the Arctic Ocean (within Canada) and Hudson Bay. JTFN is headquartered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and is part of Canadian Joint Operations Command.

JTFN has received increasing national attention since 2009 with greater emphasis being made on Canada's claim to arctic sovereignty.^[3] Each year, hundreds of Canadian soldiers participate in Operation Nanook, an annual display of sovereignty in Canada's northern latitudes.^[4] The operation has been held annually since 2007.

Units within area of responsibility

Integral units

• Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters Yellowknife - Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
• Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters Detachment Nunavut - Iqaluit, Nunavut
• Joint Task Force (North) Headquarters Detachment Yukon - Whitehorse, Yukon^[5]

Lodger units

• 440 Transport Squadron (8 Wing Trenton)
• C Company (The Yellowknife Company) (The Loyal Edmonton Regiment)
• 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (3rd Canadian Division)
• Yellowknife MP detachment

Northern operations

• Operation Nanook^[6]
• Operation Nevus^[7]
• Operation Nunakput^[8]
• Operation Nunalivut^[9]
• Operation Limpid^[10]

External links

• Joint Task Force North official site

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Joint statement from Premier Pillai and Minister Mostyn on meeting with Brigadier-General Dan Rivière, Commander of the Joint Task Force North. 14 August 2023. 13 March 2024.
2. Web site: Forces opérationnelles interarmées régionales . www.canada.ca . 20 February 2013.
3. Web site: Smol . Robert . When will we get serious about Arctic defence? . CBC . 25 October 2022 . 11 May 2009.
4. Web site: Operation Nanook . 27 March 2015 . 2018-10-16.
5. Web site: Defence . National . 2013-02-20 . Detachments and Units . 2022-05-22 . www.canada.ca.
6. Web site: Defence . National . 2013-02-20 . Operation NANOOK . 2022-05-22 . www.canada.ca.
7. Web site: Defence . National . 2013-06-10 . Operation NEVUS . 2022-05-22 . www.canada.ca.
8. Web site: Defence . National . 2013-02-20 . Operation NUNAKPUT . 2022-05-22 . www.canada.ca.
9. Web site: Defence . National . 2013-06-10 . Operation NUNALIVUT . 2022-05-22 . www.canada.ca.
10. Web site: Defence . National . 2014-03-21 . Operation LIMPID . 2022-05-22 . www.canada.ca.