The school’s mission is to deliver relevant, effective, and modernized training in order to produce well disciplined, technically sound, and operationally focussed non-commissioned members, officers, and civilian defence partners with a view to enable operational success.

The Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE) is a unit of 16 Wing, a lodger unit of Canadian Forces Base Borden and is operationally responsible to 2 Canadian Air Division.

Other schools included an Army Co-operation School, an Air Armament & Bombing School and a Technical Training School. When the air force became “royal” in 1924, the station was renamed RCAF Station Camp Borden.

Canadian Forces Base Borden (CFB Borden) is located approximately 100 kilometers north of Toronto, in the heart of Simcoe County, one of the major tourist areas in Ontario. The base is the largest training establishment in the CAF and is home to a variety of other military and Defence Team organizations.

Borden, Ontario Serving as the central training facility for all Canadian Armed Forces mechanical and electrical engineers, this 140,000 square foot building includes traditional classrooms alongside highly specialized workshops where students learn to maintain and repair a wide variety of equipment and vehicle types.

The Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE) is a Canadian Armed Forces training establishment for Aerospace Engineering Officers and Aircraft Technicians who serve with units of the Royal Canadian Air Force. CFSATE is a unit of 16 Wing, located at CFB Borden in central Ontario, Canada.

The centre is headquartered at the 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown, New Brunswick, and maintains schools at CFB Kingston, 8 Wing Trenton and CFB Borden in Ontario. Originally known as the Combat Arms School, it was formed at Camp (now CFB) Borden, Ontario, in 1965, moving to CFB Gagetown in the early 1970's.

There are two elementary schools on base and several in the surrounding area. Secondary students can attend the local Nottawasaga Pines High School, or other schools in the area. There are many businesses located at the CANEX Mall, including the CANEX Retail Store, Subway, Tim Hortons, barber shop, hair salon, tailor shop and a real estate office.

The Canadian Forces Fire and CBRN Academy (CFFCA) at CFB Borden provides training for military firefighters in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. (Royal Canadian Navy ships no longer carry CF firefighters. )

Dec 22, 2021 · View the full list of training establishments at CFB Borden and other CAF bases. The Military Personnel Generation Training Group trains and educates Canadian Armed Forces members in trades that support our Sea, Land and Air occupations.