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Canadian Rangers, the Glossary

The Canadian Rangers (Rangers canadiens) are a sub-component of the Canadian Army under the Canadian Armed Forces reserves that provides a limited military presence in regions of Canada where stationing conventional Army units would not be practical or economically viable.^[1]

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Military units and formations of Northern Canada
Paramilitary organizations based in Canada
Regiments of Canada
Reserve forces of Canada

Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a light utility vehicle (LUV), a quad bike or quad (if it has four wheels), as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, has a seat that is straddled by the operator, and has handlebars.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Australian Army Reserve

The Australian Army Reserve is a collective name given to the reserve units of the Australian Army.

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Łutselk'e

Łutselkʼe (Dëne Sųłıné Yatıé:; "place of the łutsel", the cisco, a type of small fish), also spelt Łutsël Kʼé, is a "designated authority" in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

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Baseball cap

A baseball cap is a type of soft hat with a rounded crown and a stiff bill projecting in front.

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Bolt action

Bolt-action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by directly manipulating the bolt via a bolt handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the firearm (as most users are right-handed).

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Bren light machine gun

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Bridge River

The Bridge River is an approximately long river in southern British Columbia.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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British Columbia Coast

The British Columbia Coast, popularly referred to as the BC Coast or simply the Coast, is a geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Browning Hi-Power

The Browning Hi-Power is a single-action, semi-automatic pistol available in the 9×19mm Parabellum and.40 S&W calibers.

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CADPAT

Canadian Disruptive Pattern (CADPAT; dessin de camouflage canadien, DcamC) is the computer-generated digital camouflage pattern developed for use by the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Canadian American Strategic Review

The Canadian American Strategic Review was an influential Canadian think-tank that comments on Canadian Defence and sovereignty issues.

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Canadian Armed Forces

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; Forces armées canadiennes, FAC) are the unified military forces of Canada, including land, sea, and air commands referred to as the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Canadian Army

The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. Canadian Rangers and Canadian Army are military units and formations of Canada in World War II.

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Canadian Forces Northern Area Headquarters Yellowknife

Canadian Forces Northern Area Headquarters (CFNA HQ) Yellowknife is a Canadian Forces unit located in the city of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

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Carcross

Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, (Nadashaa Héeni) is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake.

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Catherine, Princess of Wales

Catherine, Princess of Wales (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982), is a member of the British royal family.

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CBC News

CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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CFB Borden

Canadian Forces Base Borden (also CFB Borden, French: Base des Forces canadiennes Borden or BFC Borden), formerly RCAF Station Camp Borden, is a large Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.

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CFB Esquimalt

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.

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CFB Gagetown

5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Gagetown, is a large Canadian Forces Base covering an area over, located in southwestern New Brunswick.

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Chainsaw

A chainsaw (or chain saw) is a portable handheld power saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar.

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Charles III

Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Colt Canada

Colt Canada (formerly called Diemaco) is the Canadian division of American firearms manufacturer Colt located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

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Colt Canada C19

The Colt Canada C19 is a licence-built, Finnish-designed Tikka T3 CTR bolt-action rifle modified for the Canadian Rangers.

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Combat boot

Combat or tactical boots are military boots designed to be worn by soldiers during combat or combat training, as opposed to during parades and other ceremonial duties.

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Combat Training Centre

The Combat Training Centre (Centre d'instruction au combat) is responsible for the individual training of Canadian Army soldiers and officers in military occupational classifications that are controlled by the Canadian Army. The centre is headquartered at the 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, and maintains schools at CFB Kingston, 8 Wing Trenton and CFB Borden in Ontario.

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Command hierarchy

A command hierarchy is a group of people who carry out orders based on others' authority within the group.

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Commander of the Canadian Army

The Commander of the Canadian Army (commandant de l'Armée canadienne) is the institutional head of the Canadian Army.

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Cyrus Wesley Peck

Cyrus Wesley Peck & Bar (26 April 1871 – 27 September 1956) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Dawson City

Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a city in the Canadian territory of Yukon.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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First Nations in Canada

First Nations (Premières Nations) is a term used to identify Indigenous peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis.

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Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)

Fort Saint-Jean is a fort in the Canadian province of Quebec located on the Richelieu River.

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Fraser Valley

The Fraser Valley is a geographical region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington State.

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Freedom of the City

The Freedom of the City (or Borough in some parts of the UK) is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the community, or upon a visiting celebrity or dignitary.

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Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately south of Gander Bay, south of Twillingate and east of Grand Falls-Windsor.

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Jocelyn Paul

Lieutenant-General Jocelyn Paul, (born January 3, 1964) is a senior Canadian Forces officer who served as commander of the Canadian Army and Chief of the Army Staff from June 16, 2022 until July 13, 2024.

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Junior Canadian Rangers

Junior Canadian Rangers are part of the Canadian Cadet Organizations and are linked to the Canadian Rangers.

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Kugaaruk

Kugaaruk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ Kuugaarjuk or ᑰᒑᕐᕈᒃ Kuugaarruk; English: "little stream") (also called Arviligjuaqy, meaning "the great bowhead whale habitat"), formerly known as Pelly Bay until 3 December 1999, is located on the shore of Pelly Bay, just off the Gulf of Boothia, Simpson Peninsula, Kitikmeot, in Canada's Nunavut territory.

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Lee–Enfield

The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century, and was the standard service rifle of the British Armed Forces from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957.

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Lever action

The toggle-link action used in the iconic Winchester Model 1873 rifle, one of the most famous lever-action firearms A lever action is a type of action for repeating firearms that uses a manually operated cocking handle located around the trigger guard area (often incorporating it) that pivots forward to move the bolt via internal linkages, which will feed and extract cartridges into and out of the chamber, and cock the firing pin mechanism.

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Lieutenant-general (Canada)

Lieutenant-general (LGen) is a Canadian Forces rank used by commissioned officers of the Canadian Army or Royal Canadian Air Force.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country.

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Métis

The Métis are an Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces.

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Monarchy of Canada

The monarchy of Canada is Canada's form of government embodied by the Canadian sovereign and head of state.

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NATO Joint Military Symbology

NATO Joint Military Symbology is the NATO standard for military map symbols.

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NORFORCE

The NORFORCE (North-West Mobile Force) is an infantry regiment of the Australian Army Reserve. Canadian Rangers and NORFORCE are army reconnaissance units and formations.

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North Haven, Connecticut

North Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut on the outskirts of New Haven, Connecticut.

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North Warning System

The North Warning System (NWS, Système d'alerte du nord) is a joint United States and Canadian early-warning radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America.

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Northern Canada

Northern Canada (Nord du Canada), colloquially the North or the Territories, is the vast northernmost region of Canada, variously defined by geography and politics.

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Nosler

Nosler, Inc. is an American manufacturing company based in Bend, Oregon, known for producing ammunition and handloading components and specializing in high-performance hollow-point and soft-point hunting bullets.

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Operation Hurricane (Canada)

Operation Hurricane is an annual month-long technical maintenance mission conducted by Canadian Forces personnel in the Canadian Arctic.

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Ottawa Citizen

The Ottawa Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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Pilbara Regiment

The Pilbara Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Australian Army Reserve and is one of three Regional Force Surveillance Units employed in surveillance and reconnaissance of the remote areas of northern Australia. Canadian Rangers and Pilbara Regiment are army reconnaissance units and formations.

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Polar bear

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas.

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984) is a member of the British royal family.

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Queen Camilla

Camilla (born Camilla Rosemary Shand, later Parker Bowles, 17 July 1947) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms as the wife of King Charles III.

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Regional Force Surveillance Units

The Regional Force Surveillance Units (RFSUs) are specialised infantry units of the Australian Army Reserve responsible for patrolling northern Australia. Canadian Rangers and Regional Force Surveillance Units are army reconnaissance units and formations.

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Rideau Hall

Rideau Hall (officially Government House) is the official residence in Ottawa of both the governor general of Canada and the Canadian monarch.

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Royal Danish Navy

The Royal Danish Navy (Søværnet) is the sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force.

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SAKO

Sako Ltd (natively) is a Finnish firearm and ammunition manufacturer located in Riihimäki, Tavastia Proper in southern Finland.

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Salluit

Salluit (ᓴᓪᓗᐃᑦ, "the thin ones") is the second northernmost Inuit community in Quebec, Canada, located on Sugluk Inlet close to the Hudson Strait and was formerly known as Sugluk.

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Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a province in Western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota).

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Sirius Dog Sled Patrol

The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol (Slædepatruljen Sirius), known informally as Siriuspatruljen (the Sirius Patrol) and formerly known as North-East Greenland Sledge Patrol and Resolute Dog Sled Patrol, is an elite Danish naval unit.

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Sled dog

A sled dog is a dog trained and used to pull a land vehicle in harness, most commonly a sled over snow.

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Snowmobile

A snowmobile, also known as a snowmachine, motor sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow.

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Stainless steel

Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion.

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Survival skills

Survival skills are techniques used to sustain life in any type of natural environment or built environment.

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Sweatshirt

A sweatshirt is a long-sleeved pullover shirt or jacket fashioned out of thick, usually cotton, cloth material.

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Tikka T3

The Tikka T3 is a series of bolt-action rifles manufactured by Sako under their Tikka brand in Riihimäki, Finland since 2003.

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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Watercraft

A watercraft or waterborne vessel is any vehicle designed for travel across or through water bodies, such as a boat, ship, hovercraft, submersible or submarine.

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Webley Revolver

The Webley Revolver (also known as the Webley Top-Break Revolver or Webley Self-Extracting Revolver) was, in various designations, a standard issue service revolver for the armed forces of the United Kingdom, and countries of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations, from 1887 to 1970.

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Western Canada

Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada–United States border namely (from west to east) British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

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William, Prince of Wales

William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne.

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Winchester Model 1894

The Winchester Model 1894 rifle (also known as the Winchester 94 or Model 94) is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and popular hunting rifles of all time.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Yukon

Yukon (formerly called the Yukon Territory and referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories.

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.30-30 Winchester

The.30-30 Winchester / 7.8x51mmR (officially named the.30 Winchester Center Fire or.30 WCF) cartridge was first marketed for the Winchester Model 1894 lever-action rifle in 1895.

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.308 Winchester

The.308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally.

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1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group

No. 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group is a patrol group of the Canadian Rangers.

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2nd Canadian Division

The 2nd Canadian Division (2 Cdn Div; 2e Division du Canada) is a formation of the Canadian Army in the province of Quebec, Canada. Canadian Rangers and 2nd Canadian Division are military units and formations of Canada in World War II.

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3rd Canadian Division

The 3rd Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of all army units in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as all units extending westwards from the city of Thunder Bay. Canadian Rangers and 3rd Canadian Division are military units and formations of Canada in World War II.

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4th Canadian Division

The 4th Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army. Canadian Rangers and 4th Canadian Division are military units and formations of Canada in World War II.

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51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment

The 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment (51 FNQR) is an Australian Army Reserve Regional Force Surveillance Unit headquartered at Porton Barracks in Cairns. Canadian Rangers and 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment are army reconnaissance units and formations.

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5th Canadian Division

The 5th Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of most army units in the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador; as well as some units in Kingston, Ontario. Canadian Rangers and 5th Canadian Division are military units and formations of Canada in World War II.

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