NDDN Committee Report
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APPENDIX A: CANADIAN ARMED FORCES COMPOSITION AS OF FEBRUARY 2018
Regular Force and Primary Reserve Force
Rank |
Strength |
Men No. |
Men % |
Women No. |
Women % |
Indigenous Peoples No. |
Indigenous Peoples % |
Visible Minorities No. |
Visible Minorities % |
|
Officers |
General/ Admiral |
1 |
1 |
100.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Officers |
Lieutenant-General/ Vice-Admiral |
11 |
10 |
90.9 |
1 |
9.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Officers |
Major-General/ Rear-Admiral |
33 |
32 |
96.9 |
1 |
3.1 |
0 |
0.0 |
1 |
3.1 |
Officers |
Brigadier-General/ Commodore |
84 |
75 |
89.3 |
9 |
10.7 |
1 |
1.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
Officers |
Colonel/ Captain (Navy) |
406 |
377 |
92.9 |
29 |
7.1 |
5 |
1.2 |
10 |
2.5 |
Officers |
Lieutenant-Colonel/ Commander |
1,679 |
1,468 |
87.4 |
211 |
12.6 |
22 |
1.3 |
54 |
3.2 |
Officers |
Major/ Lieutenant-Commander |
4,632 |
3,819 |
82.4 |
813 |
17.6 |
72 |
1.6 |
232 |
5.0 |
Officers |
Captain/ Lieutenant (Navy) |
8,302 |
6,741 |
81.2 |
1,561 |
18.8 |
149 |
1.8 |
825 |
9.9 |
Officers |
Lieutenant/ Sub-Lieutenant |
1,685 |
1,289 |
76.5 |
396 |
23.5 |
47 |
2.7 |
200 |
11.8 |
Officers |
Second Lieutenant/ Acting Sub-Lieutenant |
2,051 |
1,729 |
84.3 |
322 |
15.7 |
33 |
1.6 |
400 |
19.5 |
Officers |
Officer Cadet/ Naval Cadet |
2,462 |
1,966 |
79.9 |
496 |
20.1 |
66 |
2.7 |
388 |
15.8 |
Non- Commissioned Members |
Chief Warrant Officer/ Chief Petty Officer 1st Class |
769 |
712 |
92.6 |
57 |
7.4 |
14 |
1.8 |
16 |
2.1 |
Non- Commissioned Members |
Master Warrant Officer/ Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class |
2,594 |
2,346 |
90.4 |
248 |
9.6 |
63 |
2.4 |
72 |
2.8 |
Non- Commissioned Members |
Warrant Officer/ Petty Officer 1st Class |
4,874 |
4,238 |
86.9 |
636 |
13.1 |
115 |
2.4 |
135 |
2.8 |
Non- Commissioned Members |
Sergeant/ Petty Officer 2nd Class |
9,433 |
7,885 |
83.6 |
1,548 |
16.4 |
237 |
2.5 |
438 |
4.6 |
Non- Commissioned Members |
Master Corporal/ Master Seaman |
11,505 |
9,728 |
84.6 |
1,777 |
15.4 |
290 |
2.5 |
684 |
5.9 |
Non- Commissioned Members |
Corporal/ Leading Seaman |
25,088 |
21,677 |
86.4 |
3,411 |
13.6 |
834 |
3.3 |
2,314 |
9.2 |
Non- Commissioned Members |
Private/ Aviator/ Seaman |
18,344 |
15,436 |
84.2 |
2,908 |
15.8 |
618 |
3.4 |
1,800 |
9.8 |
Totals |
93,953 |
79,529 |
84.6 |
14,424 |
15.4 |
2,566 |
2.7 |
7,569 |
8.1 |
Source: Table created using numbers obtained from Lindsay Rodman, Modernizing the Military Perrsonnel System: Lessons from the Force of the Future, Canadian Global Affairs Institute, May 2018, p. 5.