Canada
Total Military Force
Active: 52,300
Reserves: 36,900
Army (19,300)
1 Task Force HQ
3 Mechanized Infantry Brigade with 1 Armed Regiment, 3 Infantry Battalions, 1 Artillery, 1 Engineering Regiment, 1 Reconnaissance Squadron
1 Independent Special Engineering Regiment
1 Commando Unit (Joint Task Force-2)
Navy (9,000)
Bases: Ottawa, (National), Halifax (Atlantic), Esquimalt (Pacific)
Air Force (13,500)
Flight Hours: 210
Forces Abroad and Foreign Forces
UN
SFOR II (Bosnia): 1,600
UNFICYP (Cyprus): 1
MONUC (Congo): 8
MFO (Egypt): 29
UNMEE (Ethiopia/Eritrea): 6 observers
UNTSO (Middle East): 8 observers
UNAMSIL (Sierra Leone): 5 observers
UNDOF (Syria/Israel): 190
KFOR (Serbia & Montenegro): 800
The following forces are currently stationed in the Canada:
UK: 557
Paramilitary (9,350)
Canadian Coast Guard: 4,700
Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans: 4,650
Strategic Force
Canada is not known to have or be pursuing nuclear weapon capabilities.
| Canada * |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| GDP |
704bn |
732bn |
|
| Defense Exp |
8.6bn |
8.2bn |
|
| Defense Bdgt |
7.4bn |
7.6bn |
9.1bn |
* All figures in US dollars.
Links:
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
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