List of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facilities in Canada

This article contains a List of Facilities of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in Canada. The BCATP was a major program for training Allied air crews during World War II that was administered by the Government of Canada, and commanded by the Royal Canadian Air Force with the assistance of a board of representatives from the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.[4]

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British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada
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Active	1939–1945
Country	Canada
Branch	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force
Role	Aircrew and groundcrew training
Part of	British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Aircraft	Airspeed Oxford Avro Anson Boeing Stearman Bristol Bolingbroke PBY Canso[1] Consolidated B-24 Liberator Consolidated PBY Catalina Cessna Crane Douglas Digby[2] De Havilland Tiger Moth Fairchild Argus[3] Fairchild Cornell Fairey Battle Fairey Swordfish Fleet Finch Fleet Fort Handley Page Halifax[4][5] Handley Page Hampden Hawker Hurricane Lockheed Hudson Noorduyn Norseman North American B-25 Mitchell North American Harvard North American Yale Northrop Nomad Stinson 105 Supermarine Walrus Westland Lysander
Engagements	World War II

Schools and facilities were set up at 231 locations across Canada.[6] Many of these facilities were airfields. In December 1939 the Canadian government identified 24 existing airfields that could be used, leaving 80 new ones to be built.[4] Classroom facilities with residences were commandeered from universities, colleges, and other provincial institutions. Basic training facilities were commandeered from private schools and municipal governments. These "borrowed" facilities were augmented with new construction as required.[note 1]