Canada First Defence Strategy

DND/CF Economic Impact

CFB Kingston

There were 3,430 regular military, 198 reserve A and B forces, 10 reserve C forces, and 1,246 civilian workers at CFB Kingston at the end of December 2005. These numbers include 1,190 regular military, 4 reserve A and B forces and 601 civilian workers at RMC.

Present Functions

The current functions of CFB Kingston are to provide to support to:

  • Land Force Central Area HQ,
  • 1 Wing Kingston,
  • schools and colleges, including the Royal Military College.
Operational & Support Units
  • Canadian Forces Joint Operations Group,
  • CF Joint Headquarters,
  • CF Joint Nuclear Biological Chemical Defence Company,
  • CF Joint Signals Regiment,
  • Canadian Forces Joint Support Group,
  • Land Force Doctrine and Training System,
  • Land Force Doctrine and Training System Headquarters,
  • Fort Frontenac,
  • Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College,
  • Peace Support Training Centre,
  • Directorate of Army Training,
  • Directorate of Land Synthetic Environments,
  • The Army Lessons Learned Centre,
  • 2 Electronic Warfare Squadron,
  • Director General Land Capability Development,
  • Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts,
  • Directorate of Army Doctrine,
  • 70 Comm Group Headquarters,
  • 1 Wing Headquarters,
  • Canadian Defence Academy,
  • Royal Military College of Canada,
  • CF School of Communications and Electronics,
  • CF School of Military Intelligence,
  • CF Recruiting Centre Detachment Kingston,
  • CF Crypto Maintenance Unit,
  • CF National Counter Intelligence Unit - Kingston,
  • 1 Dental Unit - Detachment Kingston,
  • 33 Health Services Operational and Training Unit - Kingston,
  • MPO 305 Vimy Post Office,
  • Civilian Human Resources Office,
  • Kingston Garrison Learning and Career Centre,
  • Dispute Resolution Centre,
  • Area Support Unit Kingston,
  • 2 Area Support Group Signal Squadron Detachment Kingston.
Population Impact
(Regular Force
members and dependants)
Local Spending Impact
Estimated Local
Spending Impacts
(Direct & Indirect)
Estimated Direct Employment
Estimated Indirect Employment
8,371
$285,347,000
$450,064,000
4,935
720

Note: All figures Fiscal Year 2004-2005