Canadian Armed Forces

The Canadian Armed Forces are the unified military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air commands referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army and the Royal... Wikipedia

  • Current form:  February 01, 1968
  • Service branches:  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Air Force website of agency test->
  • Headquarters:  National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario
  • Commander-in-Chief:  Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, Represented by, Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada
  • Prime Minister:  Mark Carney
  • Minister of National Defence:  David McGuinty
  • Military age:  16–60 years old
  • Conscription:  No
  • Active personnel:  approx. 63,500 (2024)
  • Reserve personnel:  approx. 23,000 (2024)
  • Deployed personnel:  approx. 3,000
  • Budget:  US$27.2 billion (2023), (ranked 16th)
  • Percent of GDP:  1.3% (2023)
  • Domestic suppliers:  List L-3 Communications MAS, Bombardier Aerospace, CAE, Meggitt Training Systems Canada, Colt Canada, Textron Systems Canada, Kongsberg Protech Systems Canada, Rheinmetall Defence Canada, Irving Shipbuilding Inc, General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, Raytheon Canada Limited, Seaspan Marine Corporation, Thales Canada, Boeing Canada
  • Foreign suppliers:  List
  • History:  Military history of Canada List of engagements Fenian Raids, Wolseley Expedition, North-West Rebellion, Second Boer War, World War I, Russian Civil War, World War II, Cold War, Korean War, October Crisis, Gulf War, Oka Crisis, Bosnian War, Somali Civil War, Kosovo War, Afghanistan War, 2011 Libyan Civil War, Operation Serval, War against the Islamic State, Operation Unifier, aid to Ukrainian Armed Forces 2015-present
  • Ranks:  Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo