Canadian Special Operations Forces Command

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military formation special operations command

The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command is an elite formation of the Canadian Armed Forces responsible for high-readiness special operations missions such as counterterrorism, direct action, and special reconnaissance at home and abroad.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (operational control in some missions) 1
Commandement des Forces d’opérations spéciales du Canada 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation ⓘ
special operations command ⓘ
abbreviation CANSOFCOM ⓘ
branch Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Army

Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
commandStructure Canadian Joint Operations Command ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Joint Operations Command (operational coordination)
country Canada ⓘ
dateFormed 2006-02-01 ⓘ
engagement Operation Inherent Resolve ⓘ
surface form: Iraq War (post-2014 operations against ISIL)

Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ
Operation Impact ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

domestic counterterrorism operations in Canada ⓘ
garrison National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa ⓘ
hasUnit 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron ⓘ
Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit ⓘ
Canadian Special Operations Regiment ⓘ
Canadian Special Operations Training Centre ⓘ
Joint Task Force 2 ⓘ
Special Operations Forces Health Services ⓘ
headquartersLocation Ottawa ⓘ
surface form: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
motto Facta non verba ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation Deeds, not words ⓘ
nativeName Canadian Special Operations Forces Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commandement des Forces d’opérations spéciales du Canada
operatesIn Canada ⓘ
internationally ⓘ
partOf Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces
role counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
counterterrorism ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
foreign internal defense ⓘ
hostage rescue ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
special reconnaissance ⓘ
size approximately 2,500 personnel (including regular and reserve) ⓘ
specialization high-readiness operations ⓘ
strategic-level special operations ⓘ
subordinateTo Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff
type joint command ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CAF → hasComponent → Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ⓘ
Canadian Joint Operations Command → hasComponent → Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (operational control in some missions)
Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) → hasJurisdictionOver → Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ⓘ
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command → nativeName → Canadian Special Operations Forces Command self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commandement des Forces d’opérations spéciales du Canada
National Defence Headquarters → oversees → Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ⓘ
Canadian forces → specialOperationsComponent → Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian Forces