Canada - Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel, total

The value for Armed forces personnel, total in Canada was 72,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 88,000 in 1989 and a minimum value of 61,600 in 2002.

Definition: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.

See also:

Year Value
1985 83,000
1989 88,000
1990 87,000
1991 86,000
1992 82,000
1993 76,000
1994 75,000
1995 75,700
1996 79,800
1997 72,700
1998 69,950
1999 69,950
2000 68,500
2001 66,100
2002 61,600
2003 61,600
2004 71,000
2005 71,000
2006 64,000
2007 64,000
2008 64,000
2009 65,722
2010 65,700
2011 65,700
2012 66,000
2013 65,700
2014 70,200
2015 67,500
2016 67,500
2017 72,000
2018 72,400
2019 72,000

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)

Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) in Canada was 0.346 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 0.590 in 1990, while its lowest value was 0.336 in 2013.

Definition: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population.

Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.

See also:

Year Value
1990 0.590
1991 0.581
1992 0.554
1993 0.511
1994 0.499
1995 0.501
1996 0.523
1997 0.469
1998 0.444
1999 0.436
2000 0.420
2001 0.398
2002 0.361
2003 0.353
2004 0.402
2005 0.398
2006 0.355
2007 0.348
2008 0.343
2009 0.350
2010 0.346
2011 0.343
2012 0.342
2013 0.336
2014 0.358
2015 0.342
2016 0.338
2017 0.356
2018 0.355
2019 0.346

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Defense & arms trade