This post lists the units of  the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) on 1st September 1939. The post is divided into three parts as listed below.

PART I - Order of Battle

PART II - Stations

PART III - Aircraft

ABBREVIATIONS

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Alta - Alberta

BC - British Columbia

Man - Manitoba

NS - Nova Scotia

Ont - Ontario

Que - Quebec

Sask - Saskatchewan

Sqn - Squadron

PART I - Order of Battle

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Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont

Air Training Command, Toronto, Ont

No 110 "City of Toronto" (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Weston, Ont (Avro 626, Fawn I and Tiger Moth)

No 114 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, London, Ont (no aircraft)

No 119 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Hamilton, Ont (Fawn I and

Tiger Moth)

Eastern Air Command, Halifax, NS

No 2 (Army Co-operation) Sqn, Saint John, NB (Atlas I)

No 3 (Fighter) Sqn, Halifax, NS (Wapiti IIA)

No 5 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS (Stranraer)

No 8 (General Purpose) Sqn, Sydney River Base, North Sydney, NS (Delta

II)

No 116 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Halifax, NS (no aircraft)

No 117 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Saint John, NB (no aircraft)

Western Air Command, Vancouver, BC

No 1 (Fighter) Sqn, Calgary, Alta (Hurricane I)

No 4 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Jericho Beach, BC (Stranraer and

Vedette VA)

No 6 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn, Jericho Beach, BC (Shark II and III)

No 111 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Sea

Island, BC (Avro 626, Moth, Tiger Moth and )Tutor

No 112 (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Winnipeg, Man

(Avro 626, Moth and Tutor)

No 113 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Calgary, Alta (no aircraft)

No 120 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Regina, Sask (Tiger Moth)

No 7 (General Purpose) Sqn, Rockcliffe, Ont (Fairchild 71 and Pacemaker)

No 115 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Montreal, Que (Fawn I and II)

No 118 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Montreal, Que (Moth)

No 121 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Quebec City, Que (no aircraft)

PART II. Stations

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ALBERTA: Calgary

No 1 (Fighter) Sqn (Hurricane I)

No 113 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (no aircraft)

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Jericho Beach

No 4 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Stranraer and Vedette VA)

No 6 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn (Shark II and III)

Sea Island: No 111 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air

Force (Avro 626, Moth, Tiger Moth and )Tutor

Vancouver: Western Air Command

MANITOBA: Winnipeg: No 112 (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force,

(Avro 626, Moth and Tutor)

NEW BRUNSWICK: Saint John

No 2 (Army Co-operation) Sqn (Atlas I)

No 117 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (no

aircraft)

NOVA SCOTIA

Dartmouth: No 5 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn (Stranraer)

Halifax

Eastern Air Command

No 3 (Fighter) Sqn (Wapiti IIA)

No 116 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (no aircraft)

Sydney River Base, North Sydney: No 8 (General Purpose) Sqn (Delta II)

ONTARIO

Hamilton: No 119 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (Fawn I and Tiger Moth)

London: No 114 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (no aircraft)

Ottawa: Air Force Headquarters

Rockcliffe: No 7 (General Purpose) Sqn (Fairchild 71 and Pacemaker)

Toronto: Air Training Command

Weston: No 110 "City of Toronto" (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air

Force, (Avro 626, Fawn I and Tiger Moth)

QUEBEC

Montreal

No 115 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (Fawn I and II)

No 118 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (Moth)

Quebec City: No 121 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (no aircraft)

SASKATCHEWAN

Regina: No 120 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force (Tiger Moth)

PART III. AIRCRAFT

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Atlas Mk I, Armstrong Whitworth: No 2 (Army Co-operation) Sqn, Saint John, NB

Avro 626

No 110 "City of Toronto" (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force,

Weston, Ont

No 111 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Sea

Island, BC

No 112 (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Winnipeg, Man

Delta Mk II, Northrop: No 8 (General Purpose) Sqn, Sydney River Base, North

Sydney, NS

Fairchild 71: No 7 (General Purpose) Sqn, Rockcliffe, Ont

Fawn, Fleet

Mk I, Model 7B

No 110 "City of Toronto" (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Weston, Ont

No 115 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Montreal, Que

No 119 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Hamilton, Ont

Mk II, Model 7C

No 115 (Fighter) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Montreal, Que

Hurricane Mk I, Hawker: No 1 (Fighter) Sqn, Calgary, Alta

Moth, deHavilland 60

No 111 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Sea

Island, BC

No 112 (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Winnipeg, Man

No 118 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Montreal, Que

Pacemaker, Bellanca: No 7 (General Purpose) Sqn, Rockcliffe, Ont

Shark Mk II and Mk III, Blackburn: No 6 (Torpedo Bomber) Sqn, Jericho Beach, BC

Stranraer, Supermarine

No 4 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Jericho Beach, BC

No 5 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Dartmouth, NS

Tiger Moth, deHavilland D.H. 82A

No 110 "City of Toronto" (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force,

Weston, Ont

No 111 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Sea

Island, BC

No 119 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Hamilton, Ont

No 120 (Bomber) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Regina, Sask

Tutor, Avro 621

No 111 (Coast Artillery Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Sea

Island, BC

No 112 (Army Co-operation) Sqn Auxiliary Active Air Force, Winnipeg, Man

Vedette Mk VA, Canadian Vickers: No 4 (General Reconnaissance) Sqn, Jericho

Beach, BC

Wapiti Mk IIA, Westland: No 3 (Fighter) Sqn, Halifax, NS