From 1997 to 2025, this dataset tracks the number of Anglophone and Francophone members in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force, categorized by Officers and Non-Commissioned Members. It is published by the Military Personnel Command of National Defence in line with Open Government principles. The data is provided as a CSV file.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in Francophone and Anglophone representation based on the linguistic demographic categories.
- Track changes in the composition of Officers versus Non-Commissioned Members over the 28-year period.
- Monitor the evolution of the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force size based on the annual counts.
Strengths
- Covers a 28-year time range from 1997 to 2025.
- Provides counts for four distinct personnel categories: Francophone Officers, Anglophone Officers, Francophone NCMs, and Anglophone NCMs.
- Published by an official government source (Military Personnel Command, National Defence).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description notes data may appear differently in other reports, indicating potential consistency issues.
Provenance
- Source
- Military Personnel Command (MPC), National Defence | Défense nationale
- Time Range
- 1997 to 2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-29.
- Geography
- Canada