GI Joe Canada

Background
The Canadian GI Joe team was formed in 1990, in response to the growing threat posed by Cobra. Canada had already been threatened by the presence of a Red Shadows base in the 1980s, which was destroyed by Beaver of Action Force, and the use of the country as a staging post for the sale of Terror Drome parts by Cobra years later. However, 1990 saw the formation of a dedicated group of Cobra operatives in the country, known as 'Cobra North'. The Canadian Joe team was formed soon after the arrival of Black Ice, leader of Cobra North, in Canada. Initially, the team was a small cadre, but grew into a larger unit as Cobra North also grew.

The unit swiftly distinguished itself by capturing Black Ice's right-hand man Shiver, in a joint operation with the US Joes. This was followed by the newly arrived Backstop defeating Cobra North's new H.A.T.E. tanks with the newly created 'Dead Eye' tank, a modified Armadillo. Soon after, the Canadian Joes captured four of the surviving H.A.T.E. tanks and began modifying them for use against Cobra. After the arrival of several new members, the unit was called in to quell a prison riot which led to Shiver - who had been in solitary confinement for several months - defecting and proving his bona fides by infiltrating Cobra North's HQ and stealing the newly arrived Hailstorm jet and flying it out of the base. The Canadians then thwarted a plot by Cobra scientist Dr. Andre Dietrich to use a bio-weapon dubbed the Osiris Egg. That operation claimed the life of Gray Jay of the Joes, who sacrificed himself to save his team-mates from infection. Shortly after, the group saved hostages from Cobra North at an oil refinery in Alberta.

In 1995, the team assisted US forces in fighting the Red Shadows during the attack on Washington D.C., defending the Pentagon from an attack before moving into the city itself to fight Red Shadow units attacking the White House.

Key Personnel
Joe Canuck - team leader

Moosejaw - second in command

Backstop - Former GI Joe operative, armour vehicle operator

Shiver - Cobra North defector

Stories
GI Joe Canada appears in:

War of the Red Shadows

Ice War

Steel Raptors