Connaught Cadet Training Centre

Through the 1970s and into the early 1990s, cadets on shooting courses attended various regional camps across the country including Pat Bay, Vernon, and Victoria, BC; Winnipeg, MB; Calgary, AB; Dundurn, SK amongst others.

[2] The aim of this three-week-long course is to provide cadets with the fundamentals of air rifle marksmanship, building upon what has been experienced at the Corps training level.

[3] This unique six week course develops a specialist with the attitude, skills and subject matter knowledge required to participate in competitive fullbore marksmanship as an individual competitor.

Course cadets are provided with the necessary theoretical, technical, and practical skills required to participate as a large-bore 7.62mm rifle competitor.

Course cadets are provided with the necessary theoretical, technical, and practical skills required to participate as a large-bore 7.62mm rifle competitor.

In order to be eligible, cadets must be medically and physically fit, must be 16 by the start of the exchange, have no participation limitations which may preclude them from participating in intense level adventure training activities in remote locations overseas and in high altitudes, have achieved minimum the Bronze Level of the Cadet Fitness Assessment Incentive Level, be motivated to pursue outdoor leadership and adventure training activities, and must have completed Gold Star training.

Cadets on the Fullbore Marksman Phase I Course mark targets in the butts at Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre (CRPTC), in Ottawa , Ontario
Cadets on the Fullbore Marksman Phase II Course on Alpha Range at Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre (CRPTC), in Ottawa , Ontario
Sunset after a hot summer day at Connaught Ranges.
Cadets from Delta Company on Battalion Parade.