Counterterrorism

Since October 2001, Canada has deployed 22 warships and 23,750 Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel in the international campaign against terrorism. Canadian ship-borne helicopters, patrol, and transport aircraft, have flown more than 5,500 sorties and at least 25,000 hours of mission flights.

Canada has deployed approximately 18,000 soldiers in Afghanistan. Since 2002, 139 members of the Canadian Forces, as well as a civilian political director from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, have lost their lives in Afghanistan.

Canada's military has made and continues to make a significant contribution to the international campaign against terrorism:

Canada has 2,600 personnel in Afghanistan:

Canadian Special Forces

Task Force Afghanistan
2,500 Canadian troops

• Multi-National Brigade Commander (Brig-Gen David Fraser)
• Brigade Headquarters
• 900-member Battle Group (Task Force Orion)
• Engineer Squadron
• Artillery Battery
• Armoured Reconnaisance Squadron
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Unit
• Medical personnel(Kandahar Hospital)

Provincial Reconstruction Team – Kandahar

Strategic Advisory Team to Afghan Government

*Additional personnel with Combined Forces Command, International Security Assistance Force (NATO) and Afghan National Army training

• Canada has deployed 23,750 military personnel in the War on Terror since October 2001.
• Canada was the first US ally to deploy to the Northern Arabian Sea/Persian Gulf after 9/11.
• A Canadian Lieutenant-General (Rick Hillier) commanded NATO's 6,500 International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops in Kabul in 2004.
• 22 Canadian Warships have been deployed to date in the War on Terror.
• Canada has deployed UAVs, CC-150 Polaris Strategic Airlift, CC-130 Hercules Tactical Airlift, CP-140 Aurora Maritime Patrol aircraft, and CH-124 Sea King Maritime Helicopters to the War on Terror.
• The United States Government has awarded 30 US Bronze Stars to Canadian service personnel in the War on Terror.
• Canada's Special Forces unit, JTF2, was jointly awarded the Presidential Unit Citation with other allied Special Forces units which formed a coalition special operations task force in Afghanistan (Oct 2001- April 2002). The United States Presidential Unit Citation is awarded to units of the Armed Forces of the United States and allied nations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy.

Canadian Forces Operations in Afghanistan

The Canadian Forces' Contribution to the International Campaign Against Terrorism

Development Assistance, Defence and Diplomacy in Afghanistan

March 14, 2002 — "We know the Canadians have put troops on the ground in Afghanistan and they have performed brilliantly." — George W. Bush, President of the United States