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{{Short description|Canadian Army formation}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2020}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 2nd Canadian Division<br/>2nd Canadian Infantry Division | native_name = {{lang|fr|2<sup>e</sup> Division du Canada}} | image = 2nd Canadian Division formation patch.svg | caption = 2nd Canadian Infantry Division [[formation patch]] | dates = {{plainlist| * 1915–1919 * 1939–1945 * 2013–present }} | country = {{flag|Canada}} | branch = [[File:Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg|20px]] [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]]<br />{{army|Canada}} | type = [[Infantry]] | role = | size = 3 [[brigade group]]s | command_structure = {{army|Canada}} | garrison = [[CFB Valcartier]] | commander1 = Brigadier-général [[J.R.S. Boivin, OMM, MSC, CD]] | ceremonial_chief = | colonel_of_the_regiment = | nickname = | patron = | motto = | colors = | march = | mascot = | battles = {{Tree list}} * '''First World War''' ** [[Battle of the Somme|Somme]] ** [[Battle of Vimy Ridge|Vimy Ridge]] ** [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]] ** [[Second Battle of Mons|2nd Mons]] * '''Second World War''' **[[Allied occupation of Iceland]] ** [[Operation Jubilee|Dieppe Raid]] ** [[Operation Atlantic|Caen]] ** [[Battle of Verrières Ridge|Verrières Ridge]] ** [[Operation Totalize|Cintheaux]] ** [[Operation Tractable|Falaise]] ** [[Battle of the Scheldt|The Scheldt]] ** [[Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine|Siegfried Line campaign]] ** [[Operation Veritable]] ** [[Battle of Groningen]] {{tree list/end}} | notable_commanders = [[Sam Steele]]<br>[[Richard Turner (Canadian Army officer)|Richard Turner]]<br/>[[Henry Edward Burstall]]<br/>[[Victor Odlum]]<br/>[[John Hamilton Roberts]]<br/>[[Guy Simonds]]<br/>[[E. L. M. Burns]]<br/>[[Charles Foulkes (Canadian Army general)|Charles Foulkes]]<br/>[[Bruce Matthews (General)|Bruce Matthews]] | anniversaries = }} The '''2nd Canadian Division''' (2 Cdn Div; {{langx|fr|'''2<sup>e</sup> Division du Canada'''}}) is a formation of the [[Canadian Army]] in the province of [[Quebec]], Canada. The present command was created 2013 when '''Land Force Quebec Area''' was re-designated. The main unit housed in this division is the [[Royal 22nd Regiment]] based at [[CFB Valcartier]] near [[Quebec City]], which is the largest regiment in the [[Canadian Army]]. The division draws its historical lineage from formations that existed during the [[First World War|First]] and [[Second World War]]s.
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