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Military deployments Canada, in 6 editions.
The entry for Canada published Military deployments in 6 editions of 36, from 2020 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Military deployments in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 5
- the first edition with it
- 2020
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military deployments” (2020 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- 540 Latvia (NATO);
- up to 200 Ukraine;
- up to 850 Middle East (multiple missions, including support to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and NATO assistance mission Iraq; reduced considerably in 2020 because of COVID 19) (2020)
540 Latvia (NATO); up to 200 Ukraine; up to 850 Middle East (multiple missions, including support to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and NATO assistance mission Iraq; reduced considerably in 2020 because of COVID 19) (2020)
- up to 530 Latvia (NATO);
- up to 200 Ukraine;
- up to 850 Middle East (multiple missions, including support to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and NATO assistance mission Iraq) (2021)
540 up to 530 Latvia (NATO); up to 200 Ukraine; up to 850 Middle East (multiple missions, including support to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and NATO assistance mission Iraq; reduced considerably in 2020 because of COVID 19) (2020) Iraq) (2021)
the CAF has nearly 1,400 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including up to 650 troops in Latvia and 140 in Romania (2022)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
Rewritten: too little of the 2021 text remains to mark the changes.
the CAF has nearly 1,400 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including up to 650 troops in Latvia and 140 in Romania (2022)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
the CAF has approximately 1,000 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including a ground task force in Latvia (2023)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
the CAF has nearly 1,400 approximately 1,000 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including up to 650 troops a ground task force in Latvia and 140 in Romania (2022) (2023)
note: in response to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, some NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment to the battlegroups deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe
- the CAF has approximately 1,000 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including a ground task force in Latvia;
- it also contributes smaller numbers of air, ground, and naval forces to a variety of other NATO and international missions (2024)
note: in 2024, Canada announced plans to have a full 2,000-person brigade deployed to Latvia by 2026
the CAF has approximately 1,000 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in the European theater, including a ground task force in Latvia (2023) Latvia; it also contributes smaller numbers of air, ground, and naval forces to
note: in responseRussia’s 2022 invasion a variety of Ukraine, some other NATO countries, including Canada, have sent additional troops and equipment international missions (2024)
note: in 2024, Canada announced plans to the battlegroups have a full 2,000-person brigade deployed in NATO territory in eastern Europe to Latvia by 2026
approximately 2,000 Latvia (NATO); the CAF also has air and naval assets supporting NATO missions (2025)
note: in 2024, Canada announced plans to have a full 2,000-person brigade deployed to Latvia by 2026
the CAF has approximately 1,000 military personnel forward deployed for NATO air, land, and sea missions in 2,000 Latvia (NATO); the European theater, including a ground task force in Latvia; it CAF also contributes smaller numbers of air, ground, has air and naval forces to a variety of other assets supporting NATO and international missions (2024) (2025)
note: in 2024, Canada announced plans to have a full 2,000-person brigade deployed to Latvia by 2026
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Canada: Military deployments.” The World Factbook, 2020–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/canada/military-deployments.