41 Combat Engineer Regiment (41 CER, French: ) is an Army Reserve (militia) unit of the
Canadian Military Engineers
The Canadian Military Engineers (CME; french: links=no, Génie militaire canadien) is the military engineering personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. The members of the branch that wear army uniform comprise the Corps of Royal Canadian Eng ...
/Royal Canadian Engineers (RCE) in
Alberta
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, Canada. The unit consists of:
* Regimental Headquarters (RHQ),
* 25 Engineer Squadron (25 Engr Sqn) in
Edmonton
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anc ...
,
* 33 Engineer Squadron (33 Engr Sqn) in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...
, and
* Administration Squadron (Admin Sqn).
The unit parades on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays at the Lieutenant-Colonel Philip L. Debney Armoury in Edmonton and at the General Sir Arthur Currie Building in Calgary. 41 CER is allocated to
41 Canadian Brigade Group, which in turn is part of
3rd Canadian Division
The 3rd Canadian Division is a formation of the Canadian Army responsible for the command and mobilization of all army units in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, as well as all units extending westwards from th ...
.
History
41 Combat Engineer Regiment was stood up on 6 September 2008 at a parade at
the Military Museums in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...
. The parade officially disbanded and amalgamated 8 Field Engineer Regiment and 33 Field Engineer Squadron. Amalgamation meant the