Canadian Armed Forces 26 Percent Below Target Strength: Document

Published on April 10, 2024

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is 26 percent below target readiness levels, according to a Department of National Defence briefing note. The CAF is able to recruit just 7,600 new members per year on average and current force strength is at 63,000 people—well below the target of 71,500, says the note published last December and obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. Of the 63,000 members currently enrolled only 52,707 are fully trained, the document noted. A report entitled “Evaluation Of Ready Air And Space Forces,” published in March of 2023, said that recruitment within the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was of particular concern, and that “the RCAF is experiencing a personnel crisis linked to both recruitment and retention.”...

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