Past Operations

• Operations Database - Directorate of History and Heritage

OP HORATIO
Canadian Forces participation in the Government of Canada humanitarian assistance effort in the Republic of Haiti
September 10 - 27, 2008

OP ARGUS
Strategic Advisory Team Afghanistan (SAT‑A)

OP AUGURAL
Canada’s military contribution to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS)
July 2005 - February 29 2008

OP SEXTANT
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 -
July 20 - Dec 18 2007

OP IOLAUS
United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
October 2004 - July 2007

OP BOREAS
European Union Force (EUFOR) - Bosnia-Herzegovina
December 2004 - March 2007

Operation ALTAIR
CF Contribution to the International Campaign Against Terrorism

OP SEXTANT
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 -
Exercise BRILLIANT MARINER 2006,
Exercise STEADFAST JAGUAR 2006

Operation LION
CF support to DFAIT - Lebanon and Cyprus

Operation ARCHER
February - July 31, 2006

Operation DANACA
UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) Golan Heights
May 31 1974 - March 23, 2006

Operation PLATEAU
CF's humanitarian aid response to the earthquake that struck South Asia on October 8, 2005.
October 14 - December 04, 2005

Operation UNISON 2005
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the Government of Canada response to the U.S. relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
September 02 - October 07, 2005

Operation ATHENA
August 2003 - October 2005

Operation REPTILE
UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL)
November 1999 - July 2005

Operation ACCIUS
UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
November 2002 - June 2005

Operation SIRIUS
Canadian Forces' participation in the NATO Campaign Against Terrorism
October - December 2004, February - March 2005, November-December 2005

Operation STRUCTURE
Ampara, Sri Lanka
December 2004 - March 2005

Operation PALLADIUM
NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR)
December 1995 - December 2004

Operation HALO
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH)
March - August 2004

Operation ALTAIR
CF Contribution to the International Campaign Against Terrorism
Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) Region
January 2004 - July 2004

Operation SOLITUDE
Canadian Forces Military Advisor and Senior Military Liaison Officer to the Special Representative of the Secretary General in West Africa (SRSG West Africa )
March 2003 - March 2004

Operation LIANE
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations (UN) Mission in Liberia (UNMIL )
September - November 2003

Operation APOLLO
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the international campaign against terrorism.
Afghanistan and the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) region
October 2001 - October 2003

Operation CARAVAN
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the French-led Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
June - July 2003

Operation ADDITION
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
August 2000 - June 2003

Operation FUSION
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to Operation CONCORDIA , the European Union (EU) mission in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)
April - May 2003

Operation FORAGE
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the NATO operation ESSENTIAL HARVEST in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia .
August 2001 - September 2002

Operation QUADRANT
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to international missions in Kosovo .
June 1999 - September 2002

Operation CHAPERON
Canadian Forces Military Observer to the United Nations Military Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP)
Croatia
February 1996 - September 2001

Operation ARTISAN
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the Rinas Airfield Rehabilitation Project in Tirana, Albania.
August 2000 - August 2001

Operation RECORD
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM) .
May 1991 - August 15, 2001

Operation ECLIPSE
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)
November 2000 - June, 2001

Operation TOUCAN
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)
October 1999 - April 2001

Operation ECHO
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR) and Kosovo Force (KFOR)
Italy
June 1998 - December 21, 2000

Operation MEGAPHONE
Canadian Forces boarding of the GTS Katie .
Atlantic Ocean
July - August, 2000

Operation AUGMENTATION
Canada’s participation from 1999 to 2001 in the coalition fleet enforcing U.N. sanctions against Iraq in the Persian Gulf
June 1999 - October 2001

Operation KINETIC
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to KFOR, the NATO peacekeeping force that operated in Kosovo and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM )
 June 1999 - June 2000

The United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission (UNCMAC) Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to UNCMAC in South Korea.
July 1953 - June 2000

Cambodian Mine Action Centre
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to mine-removal operations in Cambodia.
1993 - June 30, 2000

Operation PRUDENCE
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA)
April 1998 - November 1999

Operation TORRENT
Canadian Forces (CF) humanitarian assistance to an earthquake in Turkey.
August 1999 - September 1999

Operation CENTRAL
Canadian Forces (CF) humanitarian assistance to a hurricane in Central America.
Honduras
November 1998 - December 1998

Operation DETERMINATION
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the multinational force stationed in the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) area to compel Iraq to comply with United Nations inspection agreements.
Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf) Area
February - May 1998

Operation CONSTABLE
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Transition Mission in Haiti (UNTMIH)
July 1997 - November 1997

Operation HARMONY
Canadian Forces (CF) contribution to the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR)
Balkan Region
February 1992 - December 1995