Promotable Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force Members by Rank, 1997-2025

From 1997 to 2025, this dataset tracks the total number of promotable members within the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force, categorized by rank. It is published by National Defence's Military Personnel Command as part of Open Government initiatives. The data is available in CSV and XLSX formats and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing promotion pipeline trends over time based on the 1997-2025 time series.
• Modeling rank distribution and promotable personnel counts within the Canadian Armed Forces.
• Forecasting future human resource needs based on historical promotable member data.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range from 1997 to 2025.
• Published by an official government source, National Defence, under open government principles.
• Available in multiple accessible formats (CSV, XLSX).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Defence | Défense nationale, Military Personnel Command (MPC).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal personnel and promotion records.

Time Range

1997 to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 18:02:00.402649; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada.