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Toronto has not seen Canada’s military on the streets since the city was hit by a monstrous snowstorm 21 years ago.

Residents may see them again Monday.

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Don’t be alarmed, insists the Department of National Defence (DND).It’s not a deployment — just the military gearing up to help if they’re needed.

“Members of the public will see a larger number of military personnel and vehicles on the roads between the Greater Toronto Area and Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden (near Barrie), starting on Monday April 6, 2020,” Lt. Nadine Abou Rjeily said in a statement.

“As part of the whole-of-government approach to fighting COVID-19, hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces members from Joint Task Force Central (JTFC) will be moving from their various units across the province of Ontario to CFB Borden,” said the statement. “In Borden, these forces will be forming a task force that will be centrally prepositioned on the base and kept ready to respond to future requests for assistance from the Government of Canada in the fight against COVID-19.”