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 21 Chapters and six affiliated Reserve units 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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06 Jan 25

News

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2024 marks the 121st birthday of the Canadian Military Engineers. The CMEA National Executive welcomes all our Chapters to share with us their plans to celebrate so that we can advertise them on our website and News Brief. Sharing your plans qualifies you for a…

 Ex SC – Cpl Johnson Phung (1CER) attempted to recovered from a disadvantaged position during one of their matches

Article by: Capt Kyle Ho, Real Property Operations Unit (West)

Exercise STRONG CONTENDER (Ex SC) is an annual exercise led by 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1CMBG) in Edmonton. It brings all units together with the purpose of…

Sapeur Camember

28 February 2024

Sapeur Camember was born on 29 February. He is a character in a comic book created in France by Georges Columb in 1896 and had only four birthdays over his career in the French Army.

Every four years, the newspaper,…

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The CMEA has learned the following will be released or will retire. We wish them well in their new endeavours:

  • After more than 29 years of loyal and dedicated service to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Military Engineer Branch, WO P.M.E. Brown, CD,…
UNFICYP Medal

The Government of Canada invites you to the commemorative ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Canadian Peacekeeping Operation in Cyprus.

Wednesday, 13 March 2024 at 11 h
The Peacekeeping Monument
The Reconciliation…
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The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs of the Republic of South Korea has announced the holding of the 2024 Youth Peace Camp for grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Korean War Veterans. The Youth Peace Camp is intended to pass down to future generations the bond…

Lt Leslie Miller who brought home the original acorns for today's oak trees at Vimy Ridge

16 February 2024

Thanks to the generous contributions of many military engineers from across our country, and the Canadian Military Engineers Association, the Engineer Oak for the Vimy Foundation Centennial Park in France is fully funded. The small team spearheading…

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We have been advised by the Korean Defence Attaché Office that the 2024 Revisit Korea Program is now open for Canadian applications for the following events:  

  • April: 6 persons (3 families) 
  • July: 4 persons (2 families)…
CFB Chilliwack Main Gate

This is the fourth of five articles by Lieutenant-Colonel Don Kennedy, CD (Ret'd) in which he related his personal and professional connections with the former home of the Engineers. More will follow.

We often receive notice of retirements and releases that do not come with biographies. These are listed below: Nous recevons souvent des avis de retraits et de sorties qui ne sont…