Active 1993-Present Branch Intelligence Role Combat Intelligence | Country Canada Type Army Part of 4th Canadian Division | |
7 Intelligence Company (abbreviated 7 Int Coy) is a Canadian Forces Primary Reserve Intelligence Branch unit based in Ottawa. It is part of the 4th Canadian Division's 33 Canadian Brigade Group. The Intelligence Officers and Operators of the unit reside in the National Capital Region. They deploy on domestic and foreign operations, and are primarily responsible for tactical, or combat intelligence.
History
Ottawa's reserve intelligence unit, originally named 2 Intelligence Platoon, was established 18 February, 1993 by the Treasury Board as a support unit for the Special Service Force, in Canadian Forces Base Petawawa. The unit was transferred to 1st Canadian Division in 1994 and then to 4th Canadian Division (then called Land Force Central Area) on 8 April, 1995. The unit was officially renamed 7 Intelligence Company on 18 July, 2013.
Unit members have provided support to operations domestically during the Red River floods of 1997 and the Ontario-Quebec ice storm of 1998. Members have also deployed on overseas operations in Afghanistan, and the former Yugoslavia, among others.