Connaught National Army Cadet Training Centre

The Connaught National Army Cadet Training Centre or Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre is a small installation that is primarily used as a rifle range, found on Rifle Road, close to Carling Avenue in Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa. It is also the National Army Cadet Training Center, as most of its facilities, such as the shooting ranges, the mess hall, numerous obstacle courses, vast stockpiles of tents and military clothing (such as disused NATO parkas dating from the 1970's) and open ground are available for use by the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.

It acts as local headquarters to three cadet corps: one, the 319 Centurion, is a part of the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, another corps, the 706 Snowy Owl, is part of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, and the last one is the 2870 Royal Canadian Dragoons, which belongs to the Royal Canadian Army Cadets.

Summer Training

During the summer, Connaught is the site of most Marksmen camps for the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, as it is first and foremost a shooting range.

Courses offered there are:

• Cadet -- Basic Marksman (3 Weeks)
• Cadet Leader (CL) -- Marksman (6 Weeks)
• Cadet Leader Instructor (CLI) -- Marksman (7 Weeks)
• Introduction to Rifle Coaching Course (3 weeks) (air cadet)

Connaught is also the jump off point for most of the Army Cadet Internation Exchanges and the Army Cadet Parachutist Course.

Name

The name is a tribute to Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, who was a Governor General of Canada.