List of Canadian military operations

North America

• Operation Caribbe – Multinational campaign against illicit trafficking by transnational organized crime in the Caribbean basin and the eastern Pacific Ocean.^[1][2]
• Operation Driftnet – In support of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Multinational efforts to control driftnetting and other forms of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing in the North Pacific Ocean.^[1][3]
• Operation Lentus – Contingency plan that outlines the joint response to provide support for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (HADR) to provincial and territorial authorities in the case of a major natural disaster that overwhelms their capacity to respond.^[1][4]
• Operation Limpid – Routine domestic surveillance of Canadian air, maritime, land, space, and cyber domains as well as presence in Canada's aerial, maritime and land approaches in order to detect, deter, prevent, pre-empt and defeat threats aimed at Canada or Canadian interests.^[1][5]
• Operation Nanook – To assert Canada's sovereignty over its northernmost regions, to enhance the Canadian Armed Forces' ability to operate in Arctic conditions, to improve coordination in whole-of-government operations, and to maintain interoperability with mission partners for maximum effectiveness in response to safety and security issues in the North.^[1][6]
• Operation Nevus – To perform essential preventive and corrective maintenance on the High Arctic Data Communications System (HADCS) located on Ellesmere Island.^[1][7]
• Operation Nunalivut – To assert Canada's sovereignty over its northernmost regions, to demonstrate the ability to operate in the harsh winter environment in remote areas of the High Arctic, and to enhance its capability to respond to any situation in the Canada's North.^[1][8]
• Operation Nunakput – To assert Canada's sovereignty over its northernmost regions, to enhance the Canadian Armed Forces' ability to operate in Arctic conditions, to improve coordination and cooperation in whole-of-government operations, and to maintain interoperability with mission partners for maximum effectiveness in response to safety and security issues in the North.^[1][9]
• Operation Palaci – Contribution to Parks Canada's avalanche-control program in Rogers Pass. To prevent uncontrolled, naturally occurring avalanches, and thus prevent blockage of the essential road and rail links between coastal British Columbia and the rest of Canada.^[1][10]
• Operation Sabot – Marijuana-eradication program conducted annually with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.^[1][11]

Abroad

Domestic

• Operation Abacus (Y2K preparation)
• Operation Assistance (Red River Flood, 1997)
• Operation Cadence (Security for the 2010 G8 and G20 summits held in Ontario)
• Operation Canopy
• Operation Grizzly (G8 Security in 2002)
• Operation HURRICANE
• Operation Force (Assistance for 2011 Ontario Forest Fires)
• Operation Lotus (Assistance for the 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River Floods)
• Operation Lustre (2011 Manitoba Floods)
• Operation Octal
• Operation Persistence (Swissair Flight 111)
• Operation Peregrine (BC Forest Fires 2003)
• Operation Podium (Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games)
• Operation Preamble
• Operation Reconfiguration (1999 Migration of CF most C&C systems from Banyan to Windows prior to Y2K)
• Operation Recuperation (Ice Storm of 1998)
• Operation Pyramid (Victoria, BC Heavy snowfall (1m) 1996)
• Operation Salon (Oka Crisis in Oka, Quebec)
• CAF Operation Unique (1989–1991 Protection of CFB Goose Bay against protesters from NATO low flying operations)
• Operation Provision (2015—2016 Syrian Refugee Crisis)

International

This section covers past Canadian Forces operations that took place beyond Canada's borders. It includes peacekeeping operations as well as those through NATO and in participation with other allies.