The formation is composed of Army Reserve units within the province of Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Most of the soldiers within the brigade serve part time in units or sub-units stationed in their communities.

As the Canadian Army generates task-specific units for employment on expeditionary and domestic operations under the command of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, 41 CBG, as a force generator, is tasked with the following: There are two constants in the organization of the institution that is the Canadian Army, the "Army Headquarters" and the "Units".

For effective and efficient intermediate command and control, formations such as corps, areas, divisions, districts, brigades and brigade groups were routinely organized, redesignated, reorganized, or disbanded as required.

41 Canadian Brigade Group is but the latest incarnation of the following fifteen Militia formations that have commanded the Alberta-based Army Reserve units since 1910: