Canadian Forces Intelligence Command
Canadian Forces Intelligence Command is the organization that centralizes all intelligence collection and assessment capabilities of the Canadian Armed Forces.
History
CFINTCOM was formed in 2013 as a unified command that brought together the Canadian Armed Forces' defence intelligence units under a single Level 1 formation. The Commander of CFINTCOM is a Major General or Rear Admiral and is concurrently appointed as the Chief of Defence Intelligence, who serves as the functional authority for defence intelligence across the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, meaning the same officer heads both the CAF command and the broader DND/CAF defence intelligence enterprise.In April 2020, Canadian media reported that CFINTCOM's Medical Intelligence Cell collected information related to the COVID-19 pandemic when the outbreak started at Wuhan.
Formation
The main formation within the command is the Canadian Forces Intelligence Group, which consists of the following units:- Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre
- Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit
- Joint Meteorological Centre
- Mapping and Charting Establishment
- Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence
- Joint Task Force X
- Medical Intelligence Cell