709 Toronto Signals
Royal Canadian Army Cadets
709 Toronto Signals, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps (709 RCACC), is one of the hundreds of Army Cadet Corps in Canada that are part of the Canadian Cadet Organizations (CCO), a national youth programme operated by the Department of National Defence (DND). Like the Canadian Armed Forces, the CCO has the same elemental formations, but focused upon youth training known as the Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, the Royal Canadian Air Cadets and the Junior Canadian Rangers. Our national programme is for youth aged 12 to 18 years. To operate and fund the CCO programmes, DND partners with the Navy League of Canada, Army Cadet League of Canada and the Air Cadet League of Canada.
Some Highlights Of What We Do:
- Three or four times a year we conduct Field Training Exercises (FTX) where Cadets participate in weekend training in conservation areas and military training centres in central Ontario. Cadets learn navigation, field craft skills, build improvised shelters, erect tents and ‘two-person hooches’ using shelters halves;
- Support the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 75 during the annual Poppy Campaign;
- Honour those who have served Canada by participating in Remembrance Day Ceremonies;
- Sports activities and competitions;
- Range training and competitions;
- Special tours and visits to places like Casa Loma, museums, CFB Borden, the Royal Canadian Military Institute, and the Canadian Forces Staff College, to name a few;
- Adventure days that include:
- Treetop Trekking;
- Bowling;
- Snowshoeing;
- Skiing;
- Snow-Tubing;
- GPS Navigation;
- Orienteering;
- Join thousands of other Canadians at annual Remembrance Day Ceremonies to honour those women and men who have served Canada throughout the years;
- Opportunities for international travel during March Break. For example, in 2018 we travelled to Fort Drum from 9-15 March with 100 Cadets and staff (of which 24 Cadets were from 709). The Cadets had a great time visiting the 10th Mountain Division and seeing the great displays they provided for us.
- Amateur Radio Training
Located in central Toronto, in the Eglinton Avenue West and Dufferin Street neighbourhood, we welcome youth from all communities who have a desire to join a youth programme that will provide them with a variety of challenges and fun. 709 Toronto Signals has approximately 100 Cadet members, and trains on Wednesday evenings at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, located at 636 Glenholme Avenue, Toronto.
