49th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (49th Fd Regt) is a Primary Reserve unit of 33 Canadian Brigade Group (33 CBG) located in Sault Ste. Marie. The role of which is to train artillery unit members to provide indirect fire in the support of Army operations augmenting Canada's Regular Force both domestically and on expeditionary operations.
Primarily, new members work one evening a week and one or two weekends a month during the school year (Sept – May). Within their first few years of service, new members must also be available to attend full-time courses during the summer (Jul-Aug) where technical skills are acquired for employment on operations and training during the part-time training year.
