From 1997 to 2025, this dataset tracks the number of Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members by rank. It is published by Military Personnel Command (MPC) of National Defence to support open government principles. MPC notes that data may appear differently in other historic or future reports.
Use Cases
- Analyze long-term trends in military rank distribution based on the 1997-2025 time series
- Model personnel attrition and promotion rates based on annual counts by rank
- Benchmark military staffing levels against other public sector organizations based on the reported figures
- Study the evolution of the Canadian Armed Forces' organizational structure based on rank data
Strengths
- Provides a 28-year time series from 1997 to 2025
- Data is released by the authoritative Military Personnel Command (MPC) of National Defence
- File format is CSV, which is widely accessible
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- National Defence | Défense nationale
- Time Range
- 1997 to 2025
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-29 19:01:53.070724; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Canada