The RCAF would run the plan in Canada, but to satisfy RAF concerns, Robert Leckie, a senior RAF commander ( at the time in charge of RAF squadrons in Malta ) and a Canadian, was posted to Ottawa as Director of Training.

Commonwealth personnel under RAF operational control were pooled for operational practicality and many RNZAF airmen also served with Royal Australian Air Force or Royal Canadian Air Force Article XV squadrons.

These crews included RAF personnel of several different nationalities, as well as members of the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ), Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) and Royal New Zealand Air Force ( RNZAF ), who were frequently attached to RAF squadrons under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

Category: Canadian Forces aircraft squadrons

Category: Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons

However, it was not until spring 1918, that the Canadian government proposed forming a wing of eight squadrons for service with the Canadian Corps in France.

Rather than the proposed eight squadrons, the British Air Ministry formed two Canadian squadrons ( one bomber, one fighter ).

On 19 September 1918, the Canadian government authorized the creation of the Canadian Air Force ( CAF ) to take control of these two squadrons under the command of Canada's Lieutenant-Colonel W. A.

In June 1919 the British government cut funding to the squadrons, and in February 1920, the Canadian Air Force in Europe was disbanded, never having flown any operations.

There had been some thought that these two European squadrons would be the nucleus of a new Canadian air force Indeed, some members of the CAF believed they were to become members of a new permanent air force.

Bomber Command also gained two new groups during the war: the Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) squadrons were organised into No. 6 Group and the Pathfinder Force was expanded to form No. 8 ( Pathfinder ) Group from existing squadrons.

The headquarters for 1 Wing was relocated to CFB Kingston, however, the unit's 6 tactical helicopter squadrons flying the CH-146 Griffon were spread out at Canadian Forces bases across the country.

In February 1941 the first of the Canadian fighter squadrons arrived at Digby.

No. 1 ( Canadian ) Squadron and No. 2 ( Canadian ) Squadron immediately renumbered as No. 401 Squadron RAF and No. 402 Squadron RAF respectively ; both squadrons were equipped with Hurricanes.

The Canadian Digby wing was formed on 24 April 1941 when the station received three further squadrons, 409 Tactical Fighter Squadron flying Boulton Paul Defiants, No. 411 Squadron RCAF and No. 412 Squadron RAF both flying Supermarine Spitfires.

By the time the war ended on 8 May 1945, RAF Digby had been the wartime home to 30 RAF squadrons, 13 Canadian squadrons, 4 Polish squadrons, 2 Belgian squadrons and 1 Czech squadron.

* June 15 – The Royal Navy aircraft carriers HMS Eagle, HMS Illustrious, HMS Implacable, HMS Indefatigable, HMS Indomitable, HMS Perseus, and HMS Theseus, the Royal Canadian Navy aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent, and the Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney and 37 squadrons of Fleet Air Arm and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aircraft – including Fireflies, Sea Furies, Seafires, Attackers, Vampires, Skyraiders, Sea Hornets, Meteors, Avengers, Gannets, Wyverns, Sea Venoms, Sea Hawks, and Dragonflies – take part in the Coronation Review of the Fleet for Queen Elizabeth II.

The British and Canadian Liaison Officers, as well as Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, the American Red Cross, and similar interested organizations were informed from time to time as training aids were developed.

Anthropologists were recruited from England and the USA, setting the foundation for the unique Canadian style of anthropology.

Abugidas were long considered to be syllabaries or intermediate between syllabaries and alphabets, and the term " syllabics " is retained in the name of Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics.

Canadian scholar Richard Toporoski theorised in 1998 that " if, let us say, an alteration were to be made in the United Kingdom to the Act of Settlement 1701, providing for the succession of the Crown ... t is my opinion that the domestic constitutional law of Australia or Papua New Guinea, for example, would provide for the succession in those countries of the same person who became Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

While the British foreign affairs were in favour of support of the Canadian argument, the event resulted in what was thought of as a betrayal, leading to alienation of the British from the new nation of Canada.

This would make US cars more expensive and Canadian cars less so until their prices were similar.

Various local legends were compiled by J. W. Burns in a series of Canadian newspaper articles in the 1920s.

The other judges were John Toohey QC, a former Justice of the High Court of Australia who had worked on Aboriginal issues ( he replaced New Zealander Sir Edward Somers QC, who retired from the Inquiry in 2000 for personal reasons ), and Mr Justice William Hoyt QC, former Chief Justice of New Brunswick and a member of the Canadian Judicial Council.

Following the 1852 Telegraph Act, Canada's first permanent transatlantic telegraph link was a submarine cable built in 1866 between Ireland and Newfoundland. Telegrams were sent through networks built by Canadian Pacific and Canadian National.

The agreement was complicated by the fact that some Canadian destinations were served by only one of the two networks.

Canada became a kingdom in its own right on that date, but the British Parliament kept limited rights of political control over the new country that were shed by stages over the years until the last vestiges were surrendered in 1982 when the Constitution Act patriated the Canadian constitution.

Into the late 1960s, nationally televised, multi-cultural concerts held in Ottawa were added, and the fête became known as Festival Canada ; after 1980 the Canadian government began to promote the celebrating of Dominion Day beyond the national capital, giving grants and aid to cities across the country to help fund local activities.

Conversely, these arguments were disputed by those who claimed Dominion was widely misunderstood, and conservatively inclined commenters saw the change as part of a much larger attempt by Liberals to " re-brand " or re-define Canadian history.

In 1976, jurisdiction over telecommunications services, most of which were then delivered by monopoly common carriers ( for example, telephone companies ), was transferred to it from the Canadian Transport Commission although the abbreviation CRTC remained the same.

All Italian-Canadians were denied RAI programming by RAI International's removal of its programming from the Canadian marketplace, a move intended to create a public outcry and a threat that Canadians would resort to using satellite viewing cards obtained via the US in order to watch RAI, even though these cards were either grey market or black market, according to different analyses ( see below ).

The CRTC contends that this low level of Canadian content, particularly when compared to the 35 % rule on local radio stations, was necessary because unlicenced U. S. receivers were already flooding into the country, so that enforcing a ban on these receivers would be nearly impossible ( see below ).

The first Canadian dictionaries of Canadian English were edited by Walter Spencer Avis and published by Gage Ltd.

The Beginner's Dictionary ( 1962 ), the Intermediate Dictionary ( 1964 ) and, finally, the Senior Dictionary ( 1967 ) were milestones in Canadian English lexicography.

The policies in the early years of Confederation were designed by Central Canadian interests, and they reflected the needs of that region.

CANDU reactors were first developed in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited ( AECL ), the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario ( now Ontario Power Generation ), Canadian General Electric ( now GE Canada ), and other companies.

Because many automatic belt system designs compliant with the US passive-restraint mandate did not meet the safety performance requirements of Canada — which were not weakened to accommodate automatic belts — vehicle models which had been eligible for easy importation in either direction across the US-Canada border when equipped with manual belts became ineligible for importation in either direction once the US variants got automatic belts and the Canadian versions retained manual belts.

Canadian corvette HMCS Rimouski, equipped with an active camouflage system in the form of diffused lighting with projectors beaming light dimly on to its hull to match the faint glow of the night sky, stealthily approached the submarine.

In addition, 435 Squadron is the only Canadian Forces Air Command squadron equipped and trained to conduct tactical air-to-air refueling of fighter aircraft.

No actual armoured unit was equipped with them although the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and Royal Canadian Regiment evaluated them.

The AVRE was designed after the Canadian defeat at Dieppe, and could also be equipped with numerous other attachments, such as mine flails, fascine rollers, explosive placers etc.

He spared no money, and let it be said to his credit, that the building was designed and built by Canadians, and is composed of and equipped with Canadian material and machinery.

In comparison to the U. S .- destined Allanté, the Canadian models differed little, aside from the kilometer-based instrument cluster, but were equipped with daytime running lamps and an engine block heater as standard equipment.

It was also believed that too much democracy was a contributing factor and the Canadian system was thus equipped with checks and balances such as the appointed Senate and powers of the British appointed Governor-General.

The Canadian Red Cross provided a large supply of warm gloves, woolen scarves, sea boot stockings, leather headgear lined with wool and fur, and woolen underwear, for the crew were ill equipped to face winter storms with their tropical gear.

Canadian Pacific Railway rostered 3, 257 steam locomotives acquired between 1881 and 1949, yet only 55 were equipped with boosters.

Later in the decade-long war, AIRCOM set up a purpose-specific air wing, Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing, equipped with several CH-146 Griffon and CH-147 Chinook helicopters, CC-130 Hercules and leased CU-170 Heron UAVs in support of the Canadian Forces and ISAF mission.

However, Canadian Monacos were equipped with Plymouth dashboards in 1965 and 1966.

Initially, British Regular Army and Canadian infantry divisions were equipped with three field artillery brigades each with three batteries of six 18-pounders ( for a total of 54 per division ), and a brigade of 4. 5 inch howitzers.

The otherwise virtually identical Canadian spec M5s were also available with black interiors as an option, however a limited number of US Models were also equipped with black interiors

From 1962 to 1972 under the NATO nuclear weapons sharing program, American B28s also equipped six Europe-based Canadian CF-104 squadrons known as the RCAF Nuclear Strike Force.

The Canadian Pacific locomotives were part of an earlier order for 710 equipped SD90MAC locomotives that was still in production when EMD switched over to the H-engine.

ELB was produced in both open-loop and closed-loop variants ; the open-loop systems produced exhaust clean enough for many vehicle variants so equipped to pass 1976 and 1977 US Federal emissions regulations, and Canadian emissions regulations through 1980, without a catalytic converter.

The SD50F was a Canadian cowl unit version equipped with a " Draper taper " ( inset section aft of cab for limited rear visibility ).

They were replaced by the CCMFO Canadian Rotary Wing Aviation Unit, equipped with nine CH135 Twin Hueys, staff officers and flight following.

Subsequently it also equipped Canadian, Australian, South African, Polish and Indian regiments, and after the war, it was also used by New Zealand.

It equipped a significant proportion of medium regiments, including half the Canadian ones.