Search and Rescue Operations
How the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) supports search and rescue (SAR) operations across regions of Canada.
SAR operations in the CAF
A partnered response
Role and organizational structure of the CAF in national SAR operations
CAF structure for SAR
How the CAF supports SAR operations across regions of Canada
Regional SAR coordination
Western Canada
Covering British Columbia, the Yukon, and part of the Pacific Ocean
Central Canada
Covering the Prairies, Ontario, the Northwest Territories, most of Nunavut, western Quebec, and portions of the Great Lakes and Arctic Ocean
Eastern Canada
Covering the Atlantic provinces, eastern Quebec, southern Baffin Island, and part of the Atlantic Ocean
Northern Canada
Responding to SAR operations in Canada's North