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Canadian Forces Base Toronto (also CFB Toronto) is a former Canadian Forces base that operated at the site of Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario.The airfield is currently referred to as the 'YZD district' for residential and commercial redevelopment by Northcrest Developments since purchasing property rights of the site on 17 August 2024, following Bombardier's relocation to a new facility ...
Rivière Saint-Maurice (Aviation Maurice) Water Aerodrome; Roberval (Air Saguenay) Water Aerodrome; CFB St. Hubert; Sainte-Agnès-de-Dundee Aerodrome; Sainte-Julienne Aerodrome; Sainte-Lucie-de-Beauregard Aerodrome; Aérodrome Saint-Louis; Senneterre Airport; Stanhope Airport; Témiscaming/Lac Kipawa Water Aerodrome; Victoria STOLport
The base was renamed Canadian Forces Base Toronto (Downsview) in 1968 and retained this name until its closure in 1996. From 1998, the property was administered by a civilian Crown corporation , officially known as Parc Downsview Park , which co-managed the airfield with Bombardier Aerospace (the successor to de Havilland Canada).
DRDC Toronto and its forebears have made major contributions to knowledge and equipment which has not only aided the Canadian Forces in the completion of their missions, but has had a significant impact in the civilian sector both in Canada and worldwide. [citation needed]
On September 21, 2011 Toronto Councillor Maria Augimeri proposed a motion that "City Council call on the Federal Government to recognize the contributions of Canadian aerospace and aviation innovation; grant the Canadian Air and Space Museum (CASM) located on the site of the former military base in Downsview, a long-term reprieve and provide ...
Canadian Forces Base North Bay, also CFB North Bay, is an air force base located at the City of North Bay, Ontario about 350 km (220 mi) north of Toronto.The base is subordinate to 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is the centre for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) operations in Canada, under the Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters, also in Winnipeg.
In August 1971, Ontario planners came to similar conclusions, stating that a Pickering airport would prevent the creation of two planned towns called Brock and Audley, destroy an area designated as a provincial agricultural and recreational preserve, and "have a major influence on the operation of Toronto International". [48]
Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison III Armoury, commonly known as Denison Armoury, is a Canadian Armed Forces facility located at 1 Yukon Lane in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is in the northeastern corner of Downsview Airport , just west of the W.R. Allen Expressway ( Allen Road ) on Sheppard Avenue West.