CFB Borden - Activities and Facilities

Activities and Facilities

Although originally an air force training base, CFB Borden is now a training base for several elements of the Canadian Forces:

  • 2 Canadian Air Division's (2 Cdn Air Div) primary lodger unit, 16 Wing, consists of two schools: Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE) and Air Command Academy (ACA).
  • The Canadian Army's (CA) Regular Force and reserve force army units use a number of training schools and large portions of the base's 22,300 acres (90 km2) training area for manoeuvres.
  • The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) uses the base for the Naval Reserve Training Division (NRTD), where naval reserve non-commissioned members undergo a nine-week Basic Military Qualification (BMQ) course.

In addition to these specific environmental element commands, CFB Borden houses a variety of other purple trades training facilities and headquarters within the Canadian Forces, including a fire-fighting school, Military Police (MP) school, a chaplaincy school, the Canadian Forces Recruiting Group, medical, dental and language schools, and supports local cadet and reserve units. The Toronto Police Service's Emergency Task Force also trains there occasionally.

CFB Borden hosts the Blackdown Cadet Training Centre, a facility established for training army cadets. This facility has also hosted air cadets and sea cadets since 2003, when the Borden Air Cadet Summer Training Centre was closed.

CFB Borden's residential area houses two golf courses, one nine-hole links style course (Anderson Park, par 36) and one regulation-sized golf course (Circled Pine Golf Course, par 72). Circled Pine Golf Course and Anderson Park Course opened in 1952 and 1917 respectively. The courses are open to the public and serving military.

The Base Borden Military Museum (combining four separate museums) has numerous items, equipment and vehicles from all eras of Canadian military history, including a large number of armoured vehicles and aircraft displayed outside in Worthington Park and around the headquarters area of the base.

In August 2010, the Canadian department of Defence announced a C$209 million series of projects to construct new facilities, and upgrade existing facilities, at CFB Borden.

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