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

Team Eagle Beaver finished second place in the semi-truck pull event.

Article by Capt Kyle Ho, RPOU(W) Program O

On 20 September 2024, Canadian Force Base (CFB) Winnipeg hosted the highly anticipated Great Canadian Workplace Charitable Challenge (GCWCC) Plane Pull, a unique event that brings together teams for a…

RPOU(W) RSM, CWO Eric Barney, RPOU (W) Wx (Production/Works Control) Monia DeLafontaine, RPOU(W) CO, LCol Johnathan Hallett Photo supplied by RPOU (W) Wainwright

Article by By: Lt Sebastien Morin, Operations Officer, RPOU (W) Wainwright

Recently, Lieutenant-Colonel Johnathan Hallett, the Commanding Officer of Real Property Operations Unit (West) (RPOU-W), visited the Real Property Operations…

Posing in front of Britcon Royal Engineer Office at Wolseley Barracks joined by Engineer Major Sawatski, serving with the Lebanon Task Force, and Engineer LCol Marc Comeau, who on the request of his father, Real who was with 1 Cdo throughout the ‘74 action, was instrumental in initiating and organizing the tour.

Over a six-day period in early November, five Engineer veterans and a serving engineer officer joined by 100 other veterans and family members, participated in a pilgrimage to the island of Cyprus to mark the 60th Anniversary of the initial deployment of the…

Capt Lisa White and Lt(N) Keith Diakiw

Article By: Capt Kyle Ho, RPOU(W) Program Officer*

In the ongoing journey toward Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, the stories of Indigenous people serve as powerful reminders of resilience, strength, and the need for healing. Capt Lisa…

Coral Harbour Hook

Article submitted by Col David Burke, CD (Ret'd)

This is a brief story of the Coral Harbour Hook, a presentation trophy made by Sapper officers who served in the Canadian Airborne Regiment (CAR). In July 1977, 1 AB Fd Sqn was removed from the…

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  • Please fill out all empty fields in the form. In the meal section, please click the checkbox next to ONE main entrée of choice. The chicken is a halal option, and the curried vegetable strudel is a vegetarian…
The Monument to Canadian Fallen in Ottawa

Bill Black looks at list of Royal Canadian Navy personnel who lost their lives in Korea. Three were killed in action by enemy gunfire, four were lost overboard and two died in an air crash. The Monument to Canadian Fallen in Canada’s capital of Ottawa was cast in Korea…

WO Patrice Vincent - Cpl Nathan Cirillo 20 Oct 2014

On 20 October 2014, WO Patrice Vincent was targeted in a lone wolf terror hit-and-run attack in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Two days later, Cpl Nathan Cirillo was gunned down while on guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. In both cases, the murderer was an ISIS…