Welcome

Welcome to the Canadian Military Engineers Association (CMEA) website.

The CMEA is a dynamic association open to all members of the Canadian Military Engineer family.  Since its formation in 2000, it has grown to over 2500 members with more than 20 Chapters spread across the country. The Association continues to welcome new members from the rank of Sapper to Lieutenant General. The CME family includes all who currently serve with or support the Canadian Military Engineers, or have done so in the past. These pages present our objectives and accomplishments, our stories and your history, news and events and items of interest.

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  • Camp Borden Fire House

    During the First World War, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps set out to accelerate the training of Commonwealth pilots in Canada to meet the growing air needs for the European theatre. Pilots trained in Canada would ultimately fight over the battlefields of Europe, Asia, and Africa and above the adjoining seas. Canadians would eventually play a prominent part in this aerial conflict. On a wintry day in 1917, Lieutenant-Colonel Hoare of the Royal Flying Corps selected...