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Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt) is Canada's Pacific Coast naval base and home port to Maritime Forces Pacific and Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters. As of 2018, 4,411 military personnel and 2,762 civilians work at CFB Esquimalt.




Geography


The base occupies approximately 41 km2 (10,000 acres) at the southern tip of Vancouver Island on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the municipality of Esquimalt, adjacent to the western limit of the provincial capital, Victoria.




Facilities


CFB Esquimalt comprises facilities that include Naden (formerly HMCS Naden), His Majesty's Canadian (HMC) Dockyard Esquimalt, Fleet Maintenance Facility – Cape Breton (FMF CB), a Fire Fighting and Damage Control School, the Naval Officer Training Centre (NOTC) Venture, and extensive housing including 716 personnel married quarters at nine sites such as Belmont Park, WorkPoint, and Royal Roads.
The present dockyard and dry dock, known as HMC Dockyard Esquimalt, dates to the Royal Navy's Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard (1842–1905) and was the Royal Navy's Pacific Station until 1911. Today it serves as the Canadian Naval Headquarters in the Pacific.




Operational and support units


Major units of the base are:

Maritime Forces Pacific
Naval Security Team
Joint Task Force Pacific
Campus Pacific
Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific)
443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron
Canadian Forces Health Services Centre (Pacific)
Naval Provost Marshal (Pacific)
5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
The Canadian Scottish Regiment
11 Service Battalion
4th Canadian Rangers Patrol Group
Acoustic Data Analysis Centre
Regional Cadets (Pacific)




Historic site



Due to their significance in Canadian naval history, four sites at CFB Esquimalt (the Dockyard, the former Royal Navy Hospital, the Veterans' Cemetery, and the Cole Island Magazine) have been designated the Esquimalt Naval Sites National Historic Site of Canada.




Ships





In March 2013, CFB Esquimalt services the following ships assigned to Canadian Fleet Pacific

Halifax-class patrol frigates
HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331)
HMCS Regina (FFH 334)
HMCS Calgary (FFH 335)
HMCS Winnipeg (FFH 338)
HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341)
Kingston-class coastal defence vessels
HMCS Nanaimo (MM 702)
HMCS Edmonton (MM 703)
HMCS Whitehorse (MM 705)
HMCS Yellowknife (MM 706)
HMCS Saskatoon (MM 709)
HMCS Brandon (MM 710)
Victoria-class patrol submarines
HMCS Victoria (SSK 876)
HMCS Corner Brook (SSK 878)
HMCS Chicoutimi (SSK 879)
Auxiliary vessels
CFAV Tillicum (YTM 555), tugboat
Fire-class fireboat
CFAV Firebrand (YTR 562), fireboat
Ville-class tugs
CFAV Lawrenceville (YTL 590), tugboat
CFAV Parksville (YTL 591), tugboat
Glen-class tugs
CFAV Glendyne (YTB 640), tugboat
CFAV Glendale (YTB 641), tugboat
Orca-class patrol craft training tender
Orca (PCT 55)
Raven (PCT 56)
Caribou (PCT 57)
Renard (PCT 58)
Wolf (PCT 59)
Grizzly (PCT 60)
Cougar (PCT 61)
Moose (PCT 62)




Architecture



CFB Esquimalt contains several recognized and classified federal heritage buildings on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings.

Colwood Site
Guard House Building 38 Recognized – 2002
Belmont Road Main Gatehouse BEL 13 Recognized – 2000
Cow Barn / Dairy RR6 Recognized – 2000
Gatehouse Lodge RR8 Recognized – 2000
Grant Block, Building 24 Recognized – 1990
Gymnasium RR22 Recognized – 2000
Hatley Castle Classified – 1986
Nixon Block RR24A Recognized – 2000
Stable / Garage RR4 Recognized – 2000
Swimming Pool RR22A Recognized – 2000
Dockyard
Admiral's Residence, former Naval Storekeeper's Residence, Building D101 Classified – 1991
Aldergrove Building DY 199 Recognized – 2001
Bickford Tower, Building D118 Recognized – 1988
Clothing / Receiving Stores, Building D211 Recognized – 1991
Cordage / Furniture Stores, Building D80 Recognized – 1991
Dry Dock Pumphouse, Building D175 Recognized – 1991
Electrical Shop Building DY 141 Recognized – 2001
Engineer's Residence, Building D1 Recognized – 1991
Factory, Building 51 Recognized – 1991
Guard House Building D214 Recognized – 1991
Main Office, Building D70 Recognized – 1991
Oil Stores Building D83 Recognized – 1991
Ordnance Stores, Building D77 Recognized – 1991
Pump House, Graving Dock No. 1 Recognized – 1991
Royal Navy Prison, Building D26 Recognized – 1991
Rum / Salt Meats Stores, Building D75-D76 Recognized – 1991
Sail Loft / Oil Stores, Building D109 Recognized – 1991
Shipwrights' Shed / Spar Shed, Building D113 Recognized – 1991
Stone Frigate Building D38 Recognized – 1991
Transformer House, Graving Dock No. 11 Recognized – 1991
Veterans' Cemetery Chapel Recognized – 1996
Warehouse Building D85 Recognized – 1986
Fleet Maintenance Facility Cape Breton, Buildings D250 & D252 Recognized – 1991; Final Construction Completed – 2020
Naden
Administration Block, Building 37 Recognized – 1990
Administration Office, former Offices of the Officer-in-Charge, Building 5 Recognized – 1991
Catholic Chapel, Building 35 Recognized – 1990
Communications School, Building 67 Recognized – 1991
Drill Hall Building 33-33A-33B Recognized – 1991
Gunnery School, former Building 50 Recognized – 1991
Nelles Block, Building 34 Recognized – 1994
Officer's Ward / Base Museum, Building 20 Recognized – 1990
Protestant Chapel Building 39 Recognized – 1990
Radar Training Building 92A Recognized – 2006
Stores / Museum Warehouse, Building 29 Recognized – 1990
Torpedo School, former Building 2 Recognized – 1991
Trades Training Building 92 Recognized – 2006
Signal Hill
Armament Artificer's and Sergeant's Quarters, former Building 522 Recognized – 1991
Gun Emplacement, Building 578 Recognized – 1990
Private Married Quarters, former Building 523 Recognized – 1991
Reserve Ordnance Stores, former Building 508 Recognized – 1991
Work Point Barracks
Administration Building 1020 Recognized – 1991
Artillery Barracks, Building 1075 Recognized – 1991
Barracks Building 1004 Recognized – 1991
Work Point Guard House Recognized – 2011
The Institute for Stained Glass in Canada has documented the stained glass at the Multi-Faith Naval Chapel and the stained glass at the Old Naval and Garrison Church (1866), now known as St Paul's Anglican.




Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum



CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum is at HMCS Naden. Building 20 (c. 1891), part of Naden Museum Square is a Municipal Heritage Property. Building 37 (c. 1889) part of the Naden Museum Square is also a Municipal Heritage Property and is also on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. HMCS Naden was named after the Dominion Government Ship Naden, which was commissioned as a tender for the Royal Naval College of Canada from 1918 to 1922 for training in sail. The museum is affiliated with: Canadian Museums Association (CMA), Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), Organization of Military Museums of Canada (OMMC) and Virtual Museum of Canada.




Other facilities


CFB Esquimalt operates a bus service to provide intra-base transportation.
The Lookout is the base newspaper, which covers local, national and international news with specific interest to Navy and Canadian Forces members and family issues.
Other properties that are part of CFB Esquimalt include the Albert Head training area near Albert Head, Metchosin, located approximately 30 km (19 mi) by road southwest of downtown Victoria. It occupies approximately 88 hectares (220 acres), four of which are developed as training facilities. Fort Albert Head was established in the late 1800s along with Fort Rodd Hill and other installations, to provide shore defence for the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Victoria Harbour. The training area is used for Regular and Reserve Force training throughout the year and was previously home to the Regional Cadet Instructor School (Pacific) that trained Canadian Forces Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC) Branch that deliver the cadet program. Albert Head currently houses the British Columbia Patrol Company of the 4th Canadian Rangers Patrol Group, training facilities for the Naval Tactical Operations Group, as well as a cadet summer training centre: Albert Head CTC. Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental Test Range at Nanoose Bay is also part of CFB Esquimalt. The facility provides non-explosive technical testing of sonobuoys, torpedoes and other equipment. Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot (CFAD) Rocky Point store excess ammunition for Maritime Forces Pacific and provides maintenance for missiles and torpedoes. The grounds are also used for by Albert Head CTC for survival training. Naval Radio Section Aldergrove in the Fraser Valley houses transmitting and receiving equipment for long-distance communications. Also, the CFB Esquimalt Base Fire Hall & Emergency Response Centre was founded to provide services to CFB Esquimalt and the civil community in the way of fire intervention and emergency response.




Economic facts


CFB Esquimalt contributes about $760 million (in 2023)into the local community annually.
CFB Esquimalt is the largest community employer.
CFB Esquimalt provides 7,866 jobs in the community.
CFB Esquimalt spends locally 770,847,000 dollars annually.




See also



Naval Operations Branch




= Historical background

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Royal Roads Military College 1940–1995




References






External links



Maritime Pacific Command infopage on CFB Esquimalt
Esquimalt Naval Sites National Historic Site of Canada. Directory of Federal Heritage Designations. Parks Canada.
CFB Esquimalt – Joint Task Force Pacific Headquarters
The Look out – CFB Esquimalt newspaper

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