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The Canadian Coast Guard is the coast guard of Canada. Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues in Canadian waters, such as navigation aids and icebreaking, marine pollution response, and support for other Canadian government initiatives. The Coast Guard operates 119 vessels of varying sizes and 23 helicopters, along with a variety of smaller craft. The CCG is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, and is a special operating agency within Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
CCGS Cap Aupaluk assisting the Royal Canadian Air Force in a training exercise
The Canadian government vessel CGS Stanley escorting two vessels, 1910.
CCGS John A. Macdonald off Burnett Inlet, 1963
View of HMCS Protector facing east, 1943. The naval base later became the first site for the Canadian Coast Guard College.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the national police service of Canada. The RCMP is an agency of the Government of Canada; it also delivers police services under contract to 11 provinces and territories, over 150 municipalities, and 600 Indigenous communities. The RCMP is commonly known as the Mounties in English.
1973–2023 guidon of the RCMP
Several RCMP members involved in the hunt for Albert Johnson, 1931.
A member of the emergency response team in training in 2010. The tactical unit was formed in 1977.
RCMP security detail at the gates of 24 Sussex Drive, 2008. The Personal Protection Group was created in 1995.