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The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton is a rescue coordination centre operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian Coast Guard.
JRCC Trenton is responsible for coordinating the Search and Rescue response to air and marine incidents within the Trenton Search and Rescue Region. This region covers the majority of the onshore, offshore and territorial waters in the Canadian Arctic including the entirety of the Northwest Territories and most of Nunavut except for the southern half of Baffin Island which is part of Halifax SRR. It also includes the western half of Quebec and the entirety of the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. This area measures 11 million km of which approximately 30% is water.
As a secondary role, JRCC Trenton coordinates requests by other levels of government for federal SAR resources. These secondary request are commonly made for humanitarian reasons that fall within provincial or municipal jurisdiction.