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Canadian Armed Forces

Canadian Armed Forces
Forces armées canadiennes
Canadian Forces emblem.svg
Badge of the Canadian Armed Forces
Current form 1 February 1968 – present
Service branches  Canadian Army
 Royal Canadian Navy
 Royal Canadian Air Force
Headquarters National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario
Website www.forces.gc.ca
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief Queen Elizabeth II
represented by
Governor General David Johnston
Head of Government Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Minister of National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan
Chief of the Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance
Manpower
Military age 16–60 years old
Conscription No
Available for
military service
8,031,266 males, age 17–49,
7,755,550 females, age 17–49
Fit for
military service
6,633,472 males, age 17–49,
6,389,669 females, age 17–49
Active personnel 68,250 (31 March 2011)
Reserve personnel 27,000 (Paid Primary)
5,000 (Rangers)
Deployed personnel 2000+
Expenditures
Budget C$18.6 billion, (2016–2017)
Percent of GDP 0.9%
Industry
Domestic suppliers L-3 Communications MAS
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
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First World War
Russian Civil War
Second World War
Cold War
Korean War
October Crisis
Gulf War
Bosnian War
Oka Crisis
Kosovo War
Afghanistan War
Iraq War
Somali Civil War
2011 Libyan Civil War
Operation Serval
2014 military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Ranks Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; French: Forces armées canadiennes, FAC), or Canadian Forces (CF) (French: Forces canadiennes, FC), are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."

This unified institution consists of sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Personnel may belong to either the Regular Force or the Reserve Force, which has four sub-components: the Primary Reserve, Supplementary Reserve, Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service, and the Canadian Rangers. Under the National Defence Act, the Canadian Armed Forces are an entity separate and distinct from the Department of National Defence (the federal government department responsible for administration and formation of defence policy), which also exists as the civilian support system for the Forces.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces is the reigning Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor General of Canada. The Canadian Armed Forces is led by the Chief of the Defence Staff, who is advised and assisted by the Armed Forces Council.


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