Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force Intake of Women, 1997-2025

Military Personnel Command provides this dataset on the intake of women into the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force. The data covers a 28-year period from 1997 to 2025 and is released under the Open Government principles. National Defence is the responsible organization, with the dataset last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in female recruitment based on the 1997-2025 time range mentioned in the description
• Model gender integration progress in the military based on intake data
• Assess the impact of policy changes on recruitment demographics over time

Strengths

• Data covers a 28-year period from 1997 to 2025
• Released by the authoritative Military Personnel Command of National Defence
• Available in CSV format for straightforward analysis

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The description notes data may appear differently in other reports, indicating potential representation inconsistencies

Provenance

Source

National Defence | Défense nationale

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official military personnel records.

Time Range

1997 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 18:12:23.584479

Geography

Canada