2nd Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier, Detachment Montreal,GUIDE DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ MILITAIRE/Military Community Guidebook
/ref> formerly known as and commonly referred to as Canadian Forces Base Montreal (also CFB Montreal or Longue-Pointe) is a Canadian Forces Base network located in

Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cit ...

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. The address of CFB Montreal is 6769

Notre-Dame Street Notre-Dame Street (officially in ) is a historic east–west street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It runs parallel to the Saint Lawrence River, from Lachine, Quebec, Lachine to the eastern tip of the Island of Montreal, island in Poi ...

History

In 1994, the Canadian Forces Bases (CFBs) in Montreal and Saint-Jean were merged to create a new entity, an expanded CFB Montreal that included the

Longue-Pointe Longue-Pointe () was a Montreal List of neighbourhoods in Montreal, neighbourhood now located in the borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The neighborhood was permanently divided by the construction of the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tu ...

, Saint-Hubert ( Saint-Hubert), CFB Saint-Jean,

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and Saint-Bruno sites. In 1998, the mergers culminated in the amalgamation of CFB Montreal and

CFB Valcartier 2nd Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier (2 CDSB Valcartier), formerly known as and commonly referred to as Canadian Forces Base Valcartier (CFB Valcartier), is a Canadian Forces base located in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Valc ...

into a new organization, 5 Area Support Group (now 2nd Canadian Division Support Group).2nd Canadian Division Support Group
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Physical description

CFB Montreal is delimited by sectors north and south accessible from streets

and Hochelaga. The north and south sectors of CFB Montreal occupy an area of square. Montreal CFB covers several sites: for example many armories welcome Primary Reserves to the site of Saint-Bruno or marine equipment trials in the LaSalle borough. On the Saint-Hubert site, 190 housing are available to military staff. The garrison is an important military base located in the heart of Montreal.Une base militaire en plein cur de Montréal
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Economic data

*CFB Montreal employs approximately 2,000 people, military and civilians. *A lot of merchandise valued at several billion dollars are stored at CFB Montreal. *CFB Montreal is the hub of the

Canadian Army The Canadian Army () is the command (military formation), command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also re ...

. *Local spending impact : $200,598,000. *Estimated local spending impacts (direct and indirect) : $223,210,000.

Units, formation and reserves forces

The base itself is home to a number of units, formations of both the Regular and Reserve forces, including: * 202 Workshop Depot (

Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers The Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) () is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CF) that provides army engineering maintenance support. All members of the corps wear army uniform. From the 1980s to ...

) * 25 CFSD (Canadian Forces Supply Depot) * Army Equipment Fielding Centre * 2nd Canadian Division ** Headquarters ** 4 Intelligence Company * 34 Canadian Brigade Group (Reserve) Headquarters, responsible for local units including: **

The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) (abbreviated as RCH) is an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Primary Reserve in the Canadian Armed Forces. It is one of the oldest cavalry regiments in North America, tracing a direct history to the Mon ...

(Reserve) (armoured) ** 2nd Field Artillery Regiment (Canada) (Artillery) ** The Canadian Grenadier Guards (Reserve) (light infantry) **

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada is a reserve infantry regiment in 34 Canadian Brigade Group, 2nd Canadian Division, of the Canadian Army. The regiment is at 2067, rue Bleury (2067, Bleury Street) in Montreal, Quebec, Canad ...

(Reserve) (light infantry) ** The Royal Montreal Regiment (Reserve) (light infantry) ** Le Régiment de Maisonneuve (Reserve) (light infantry) ** Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal (Reserve) (light infantry) ** 34 Combat Engineer Regiment (Reserve) (Engineers) * 5 MP Regiment detachment * Joint Task Force East

The CFB Montreal newspaper

The ''Journal Servir'' is the official newspaper of CFB Montreal. It covers the military community west of Quebec (CFB Montreal and CFB Saint-Jean). Every second Wednesday, some 3,300 copies are distributed free of charge to CFB Montreal, Saint-Jean and elsewhere in the region covered.

Building 42

Building 42, also called the Administration Building, is on the

Canadian Register of Historic Places The Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP; , ), also known as Canada's Historic Places, is an online directory of historic places in Canada which have been formally recognized for their heritage value by a federal, provincial, territorial ...

. The one-storey building faces

and was constructed in 1941. file:Black Watch Montreal 08.JPG, The Black Watch Armoury. file:Batiment 42 - Garnison Longue-Pointe - Montreal 02.jpg, Building 42.

References

External links

CFB Montreal
CFB Presentation — Canadian Forces Newspaper
CFB Montreal
''Servir'' newspapers — CFB Montreal official newspapers
CFB Montreal - Canadian Armed Forces
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