Canadian Forces National Investigation Service - Organization

Organization

The CFNIS HQ is located in Ottawa, ON and services are provided through six regional offices and a specialized support detachment.

• Atlantic Region, based in CFB Halifax, NS, with responsibility for the four Atlantic provinces;
• Eastern Region, based in CFB Valcartier, QC, with responsibility for the province of Quebec and Nunavut;
• Central Region, based in Ottawa, ON, with responsibility for the Eastern portion of the province of Ontario and the rest of the world outside of Canada when required;
• Borden Detachment, based in CFB Borden, ON, with responsibility for the Western portion of the province of Ontario;
• Western Region, based in CFB Edmonton, AB, with responsibility for the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory;
• Pacific Region, based in CFB Esquimalt, BC, with responsibility for the province of British Colombia; and
• Support Detachment, servicing all regions with specialized investigative services including:
  • The Support Detachment, based in Ottawa, ON, consists of the Surveillance Team, the National Drug Enforcement Team, the Criminal Intelligence Section and Integrated Technological Crime Unit and the Polygraph Section. The Support Detachment provides support in these fields to all regional CFNIS detachments as well as the Canadian Forces Military Police as a whole.

On a major CF deployments, a detachment of the CFNIS may be established on a temporary basis. Currently, the Joint-Task Force Afghanistan Detachment, based at Kandahar Air Field, has responsibility for the JTF Afghanistan Area of Operations.

While the CFNIS Regional Detachments are located on or near Canadian Forces Bases, the CFNIS personnel work independently from the normal military chain of command. They receive direction and report directly to the CO CFNIS.