With over 1600, and an authorized strength of up to 2500, the Medical Reserve provides essential health services support to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) at units and clinics, at home and abroad. Many of these reservists have full-time careers outside the CAF in a wide range of civilian health care professions, including medicine, nursing and social work, while others are full-time students or members of other trades or professions. Reservists are typically employed in Primary Reserve units located in 14 cities across Canada or 1 Canadian Field Hospital Detachment Ottawa or Edmonton or wherever there is a group of specialist staff.
Note: All reserve medical units are units of the Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) Group assigned to either 1 Health Services Group (1 HSG) located in Edmonton or 4 Health Services Group (4 HSG)
Primary Reserve units
- CF Health Services Primary Reserve List, Ottawa
- 11 Field Ambulance, Victoria
- 12 Field Ambulance, Vancouver
- 15 Field Ambulance, Edmonton, Calgary
- 16 Field Ambulance, Regina
- 17 Field Ambulance, Winnipeg
- 18 Field Ambulance, Thunder Bay
- 23 Field Ambulance, Hamilton, London, Windsor
- 25 Field Ambulance, Toronto
- 28 Field Ambulance, Ottawa
- 33 Field Ambulance, Halifax
- 35 Field Ambulance, Sydney, St. John’s, Saint John
- 51e Ambulance de campagne, Montréal
- 52e Ambulance de campagne, Sherbrooke
- 55e Ambulance de campagne, Ville de Québec
