Walter Natynczyk, announced that the Canadian Forces would once again stand up the 1st Canadian Division at Kingston, Ontario. The role of 1st Canadian Division upon reactivation was to provide the Canadian Forces with a rapidly deployable joint command and control capacity in order to allow for a comprehensive approach to operations. As planning for the revitalised Division progressed, the HQ was tasked at very short notice to deploy to Malta as a Joint Task Force Headquarters on Operation MOBILE to coordinate the evacuation of Canadians and other civilians from Libya – an extremely successful mission where personnel from both Canada and other nations were evacuated. 1st Cdn Div HQ officially was stood up on 7 October 2010 at Kingston, with Defence Minister Peter MacKay acting as the reviewing officer.[10] Headquarters 1st Canadian Division is part of the Canadian Army administratively and remains at Canadian Forces Base Kingston using existing infrastructure and base support. Major-General David Fraser, former Commandant of the Canadian Forces College in Toronto and the first Canadian commander of the Multi-National Brigade (Regional Command (South)) in Afghanistan, was designated as the first commander of the newly reactivated 1st Canadian Division. On 1 April 2015, 1st Canadian Division was transferred from the Canadian Army to Canadian Joint Operations Command. See also First Canadian Army (World War II) References Citations Bibliography (2012) The Old Red Patch, Department of National Defence External links 1st Canadian Division at www.canadiansoldiers.com Canadian Army News, 19 May 2010 1st Canadian Infantry Division Units War Diaries of the Division on the Archives Canada website. 01 01 Division 01 Division Military units and formations established in 1914 Military units and formations disestablished in 1919 Military units and formations established in 1939 Military units and formations disestablished in 1945 Military units and formations established in 1954 Military units and formations disestablished in 1958 Military units and formations established in 1989 Military units and formations disestablished in 1999 Military units and formations established in 2010 1914 establishments in Canada 1914 establishments in Ontario 1919 disestablishments in Canada 1939 establishments in Canada Military units and formations of Canada in World War II Canada Division 01