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  • CFB Uplands
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  • Canadian Forces Base Uplands (also CFB Uplands) is a Canadian Forces Base located in Ottawa, Ontario. Uplands was created in the 1960s as an Air Force base to fight the growing Cold War threat. Most of the physical land is now part of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, after being sold off in the 1990s. Today the Canadian Forces operate several military units and housing on the base, and it is formally known as "Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa) - Uplands Site."
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Built
  • 1961
Commander
  • Colonel W.J. McLean
Name
  • Canadian Forces Base Uplands
Type
  • Military
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  • Canada Ontario
Decommissioned
  • 1996
Occupants
  • Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Canada Reception Centre, The Central Band of the Canadian Forces, 30th Field Artillery Regiment, Canadian Forces Crypto Support Unit, No. 412 VIP Transport Squadron, Self Help Housing Organization, Canadian Forces Housing Agency
Operator
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  • CA-ON
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  • airport
Website
Owner
  • The Queen in Right of Canada
Location
  • Ottawa, Ontario
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  • Canadian Forces Base Uplands (also CFB Uplands) is a Canadian Forces Base located in Ottawa, Ontario. Uplands was created in the 1960s as an Air Force base to fight the growing Cold War threat. Most of the physical land is now part of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, after being sold off in the 1990s. Today the Canadian Forces operate several military units and housing on the base, and it is formally known as "Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa) - Uplands Site."