Structure
The group's national headquarters (CF H Svcs Gp HQ) is located in the former National Defence Medical Centre in Ottawa, Ontario. It has two subordinate regional headquarters 1 Health Services Group with its headquarters located in Edmonton, Alberta (responsible for all health services units from Thunder Bay, Ontario to the west coast) and 4 Health Services Group with its headquarters in Montreal, Quebec (responsible for all health services units in the remainder of Ontario to the east coast.
A number of national elements report directly to CF H Svcs Gp HQ and not to either of the regional headquarters including:
- Canadian Forces Health Services Training Centre
- Canadian Forces Environmental Medicine Establishment
- Canadian Forces Health Services Centre Ottawa
- Central Medical Equipment Depot
- 1 Canadian Field Hospital
- 1 Canadian Field Hospital Reserve Detachment (formerly known as the Canadian Forces Health Services Primary Reserve List) - change effective 1 January 2012
- 1 Dental Unit
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