In order to live through a prolonged absence, we offer a support program intended for you and your family. Throughout the deployment or temporary duty, we assure you of our support.

Information package


Every spouse or next of kin going through a deployment will receive an information package including several interesting documents on the deployment situation (How to live through a prolonged absence better), important phone numbers, information on services at the Bagotville MFRC.

Choudoudous and Gorfou workshops


Choudoudou :     4 to 8 year olds

Gorfou         :     8 to 12 year olds

Mission expression: 12 to 17 year olds


The workshops are intended for children to adjust to the separation, help them to talk, express their sadness, their anger and/or their grief in an adequate manner.  


Support phone calls


Thanks to our team of volunteer, you will receive support calls that will meet your needs and for as long as the deployment takes place.


Internet Service

You have free access to the Internet at the Centre.


Special activities


Those activities are organized and scheduled according to the needs of the families. The activities can be information meetings, thematic meetings, social activities, or others, according to the needs.



Important phone numbers


Mission Information Line     1-800-866-4546



On January 21^st 2010, the Mission Information Line had the first recorded message update from Op Hestia in Port-au-Prince, Haïti. Maj Bernard Dionne recorded a message directed specifically for the families of recently deployed CF members, as he himself is a member of the Disaster Assistance Response Team (aka DART). He has promised to do regular updates in the message boxes 134 (English) and 234 (French) on the MIL. For families who are new to our system, they can simply dial 1-800-866-4546 and either follow the prompts to listen to the messages of their choice or simply press 134 or 234 after they hear the "Welcome to the MIL" message.


Deployment Support Centre    1-877-844-5607, option 3




Visit www.csdbagotville.com for more information on deployments.


If you know someone who is presently deployed and whose family has not been contacted, do not hesitate to call us so that he/she may receive the services to which he/she is entitled.