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Introduction - Canada: | Location - Canada: | People - Canada: | Government - Canada: | Economy - Canada: | Communications - Canada: | Transportation - Canada: | Military - Canada: | Military branches | Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command, Maritime Command, Air Command, Canada Command (homeland security) (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 16-34 years of age for voluntary military service; women comprise approximately 11% of Canadas armed forces (2006) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 16-49: 8,216,510
females age 16-49: 8,034,939 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 16-49: 6,740,490
females age 16-49: 6,580,868 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 223,821
females age 16-49: 212,900 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.1% (2005 est.) | | Disputes international | managed maritime boundary disputes with the US at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and around the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; US works closely with Canada to intensify security measures to monitor and control legal and illegal personnel, transport, and commodities across the international border; sovereignty dispute with Denmark over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |