Joint Panel Review

The Joint Panel Review is conducting an environmental assessment of the EnCana Shallow Gas Infill Development Project on CFB Suffield.

Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield is located in Southeastern Alberta, approximately 50 kilometres north of Medicine Hat and 250 kilometres southeast of Calgary.

The Base spans over 2690 square kilometers and is one of the largest live fire training areas in the western world. The area is "cattle country" with large ranches, some dry land farming, and extensive oil and gas field activity.

The population may be described as semi-rural in that much of the area's business is tied to “the land”, and population centres are widely scattered and relatively small.

The major local centre is Medicine Hat, a market and light industrial city with a population of approximately 60,000. The City and the Base have been superb neighbours for more than 50 years.

Mission
Our mission is to provide a world class Range and Training Area that enables Defence Research and Development Canada-Suffield, the British Army Training Unit Suffield and other potential users to achieve their mandates through effective stewardship of all the Range Training Areas infrastructure and equipment.

Role
Our role is to provide a world-class range and training area to meet the defence needs of Canada and our Allies now and into the future.

We enable the successful training and operations of Visiting Units and our two principal Lodger Organizations:

• Defence Research and Development Canada
  (DRDC-Suffield) and
  
• The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS)