Comd JTFP is responsible for all Canadian Forces operations (such as search and rescue or disaster aid) in British Columbia and its adjacent territorial waters.

This officer commands Canadian Fleet Pacific (CANFLTPAC), and is responsible for the operation and readiness of all warships, auxiliaries and support vessels.

Whiskey 601 is the regularly used name for an often used naval weapons exercise area off the west coast of Canada.

The RCAF unit 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron is part of 12 Wing Shearwater but is headquartered at Patricia Bay near CFB Esquimalt and works closely with MARPAC.

After World War II to prior to Unification in 1968 the RCN's Pacific Command assignments:[2]