Marital Status of Canadian Non-Commissioned Military Members, 1997-2025

Marital Status for Non-Commissioned Members provides counts and percentages of marital status types for Regular Forces personnel from 1997 to 2025. The dataset originates from the Chief of Military Personnel (CMP) annual report, which oversees personnel management for the Canadian Armed Forces. It was published by National Defence and last updated on the open_canada platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in marital status distribution among non-commissioned members over time.
• Model workforce stability and family support needs based on demographic profiles.
• Benchmark personnel statistics for military human resources planning and reporting.

Strengths

• Covers a 29-year time series from 1997 to 2025.
• Sourced from the official Chief of Military Personnel annual report.
• Includes both count and percentage metrics for analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and institutional bias inherent to its single military source.

Provenance

Source

Chief of Military Personnel (CMP), National Defence / Défense nationale

Collection Method

Likely compiled from administrative personnel records for the CMP annual report.

Time Range

1997 to 2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 14:41:53.237850; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada (Canadian Armed Forces)