National Defence Headquarters (Canada)

The Major-General George R. Pearkes Building

National Defence Headquarters (NDHQ) (French: quartiers généraux de la Défense nationale (QGDN)) consists of the military headquarters for the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as hosts the majority of the civilian Department of National Defence (DND) staff. NDHQ comprises a collection of offices spread in buildings across the National Capital Region, although it is most commonly identified with the Major-General George R Pearkes Building on Colonel By Drive in Ottawa. By 2016, the various locations will begin to be consolidated at the Carling Campus on Carling Avenue.^[1]

Completed in 1974, the George R Pearkes Building was originally built for Transport Canada until a plan for a new NDHQ in LeBreton Flats was cancelled. Transport Canada instead moved to the newly completed Place de Ville Tower C (1972). The Carling Campus was originally Nortel's research and development site until it was purchased by the Federal Government in 2010.

Falling under the Minister of National Defence, NDHQ includes the office of the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), who is the senior military commander within the Canadian Armed Forces; and the Deputy Minister, who as the senior civil servant is in charge of the Department of National Defence.

Reporting to the CDS are the headquarters of all Canadian Armed Forces commands:
Reporting to the DM are several Assistant Deputy Ministers (ADM):
- ADM (Policy)
- ADM (Finance and Coorporate Services)
- ADM (Infrastructure and Environment)
- ADM (Information Management)
- ADM (Public Affairs)

References

↑ "NDHQ Carling Campus". Government of Canada. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

External links

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Canadian Forces bases and stations

Current

Army	CFB Borden CFB Edmonton CFB Gagetown CFB Kingston CFB Montreal Garrison Petawawa CFB Shilo CFB St. Hubert CFB Suffield CFB Valcartier CFB Wainwright 5 Cdn Div TC Detachment Aldershot 4 Cdn Div TC

Navy	CFB Esquimalt CFB Halifax CFS St. John's

Air Force	CFB Bagotville CFB Borden CFB Comox CFB Cold Lake CFB Gander CFB Goose Bay CFB Greenwood CFB Kingston CFB Moose Jaw CFB North Bay CFB Trenton CFD Mountain View CFB Winnipeg

All services	DND Headquarters CFS Alert CFS Leitrim CFNA HQ Whitehorse CFNA HQ Yellowknife

Defunct

Bases	CFB Calgary CFB Baden-Soellingen CFB Chatham CFB Chilliwack ASU Chilliwack CFB Clinton CFB Cornwallis CFB Downsview Denison Armoury CFB Griesbach CFB Lahr CFB London CFB Moncton CFB Ottawa CFB Penhold CFB Picton CFB Portage la Prairie CFB Rivers CFB Rockcliffe CFB Shearwater CFB St. Jean CFB Summerside CFB Toronto CFB Uplands CFB Winnipeg

Stations	CFS Aldergrove CFS Alsask CFS Armstrong CFS Baldy Hughes CFS Barrington CFS Beausejour CFS Beaverlodge CFS Bermuda CFS Carp CFS Chibougamau CFS Churchill CFS Cobourg CFS Coverdale CFS Dana CFS Debert CFS Falconbridge CFS Flin Flon CFS Foymount CFS Frobisher Bay CFS Gloucester CFS Gypsumville CFS Holberg CFS Kamloops RCAF Langar, UK CFS Ladner CFS Lac St. Denis CFS Lowther CFS Masset CFS Mill Cove CFS Moisie CFS Mont Apica CFS Moosonee RCAF North Luffenham, UK CFS Newport Corner CFS Ramore CFS Senneterre CFS Shelburne CFS Sioux Lookout CFS Sydney CFS Val-d'Or CFS Whitehorse CFS Yorkton

Temporary bases	Canada Dry One Canada Dry Two Camp Julien Camp Mirage

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