Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford (also LFCATC Meaford) is a Canadian Forces Training Centre located in Grey County, near the town of Meaford, Ontario. A Canadian Forces Base or CFB (fr. ... Categories: Stub | Ontario counties and regions ... Meaford is a municipality in the Grey County area of Southern Ontario, Canada with a population of approximately 10,500. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status but is not fully co-official) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty...

LFCATC Meaford is located approximately twenty minutes east of Owen Sound on a peninsula extending into Georgian Bay. Relatively few military personnel are stationed at the training centre as it serves primarily for training regular force and reserve units attached to Land Force Command's Land Force Central Area. Owen Sound (44°34′N 80°56′W1; EST; 2001 population 21,431) is a city located on an inlet of Georgian Bay that is also called Owen Sound. ... Georgian Bay (French: baie Georgienne) is a large bay of Lake Huron, located in Ontario, Canada. ... Canadian Forces Land Force Command (LFC) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Forces. ... Land Force Central Area (LFCA) is responsible for all Canadian army operations and administration in the province of Ontario, from the Quebec border to the northern Lakehead region. ...

The training centre conducts year round courses for regular force personnel, while expanding dramatically during the summer months to accommodate a large number of courses for reserve personnel.

During the period of September-June LFCATC Meaford serves as the primary weekend training location for reserve unit exercises for units from the Greater Toronto Area and other locations across Southern Ontario. The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada. ...

The training centre's Regimental Sergeant Major is Chief Warrant Officer Surridge. Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) is an appointment held by Warrant Officers Class 1 (WO1) in the British Army, Royal Marines and many Commonwealth armies including the Australian Army and New Zealand Army, and by Chief Warrant Officers (CWO) in the Canadian Forces. ...

Known as one of the best Reserve training centers in Canada, just don't walk on the grass.