Canadian Forces Intelligence Command

Canadian Forces Intelligence Command (CFINTCOM;^[2] French: Commandement du renseignement des Forces canadiennes, COMRENSFC) is the organization that centralizes all intelligence collection and assessment capabilities of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Canadian Forces Intelligence Command
Commandement du renseignement des Forces canadiennes
Active	2013–present
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Armed Forces
Type	Military intelligence Command
Role	Intelligence collection and assessment
Garrison/HQ	Ottawa
Mottos	Scientia est vis (Latin for 'From knowledge, strength')[1]
Website	canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/organizational-structure/canadian-forces-intelligence-command.html
Commanders
Commander	Major-General Dave Abboud

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.^[3][4][5] The Commander of CFINTCOM is a Major General (MGen) or Rear Admiral (RAdm) and is concurrently appointed as the Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), 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. ^[6][7]

In April 2020, Canadian media reported that CFINTCOM's Medical Intelligence Cell (MEDINT) collected information related to the COVID-19 pandemic when the outbreak started at Wuhan.^[8]

Commanders

Rank	Name	Element	Command Start
MGen	Christian Rousseau	Canadian Army	July 2010[9]
MGen	Paul Wynnyk	Canadian Army	July 2014[10][11]
RAdm	Scott Bishop	Royal Canadian Navy	June 2016[12]
MGen	Michael Wright	Canadian Army	June 2021[13]
MGen	Dave Abboud	Canadian Army	July 2024[14][6]

Formation

The main formation within the command is the Canadian Forces Intelligence Group (CF Int Gp), which consists of the following units:^[5]

• Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre (CFJIC)
• Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit (CFNCIU)
• Joint Meteorological Centre (JMC)
• Mapping and Charting Establishment (MCE)
• Canadian Forces School of Military Intelligence (CFSMI)
• Joint Task Force X (JTF X)^[15][16]
• Medical Intelligence Cell^[8]