Canadian Armed Forces

Summary

Canadian Armed Forces is an armed forces^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,623 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Canadian Armed Forces is in the country of Canada^[3].
• Canadian Armed Forces's image is recorded as Badge of the Canadian Armed Forces.png^[4].
• Canadian Armed Forces's instance of is recorded as armed forces^[5].
• Canadian Armed Forces's flag image is recorded as Flag of the Canadian Forces.svg^[6].
• Canadian Armed Forces's coat of arms image is recorded as Badge of the Canadian Armed Forces.png^[7].
• Canadian Armed Forces's headquarters location is recorded as National Defence Headquarters^[8].
• Canadian Armed Forces's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122955076^[9].
• Canadian Armed Forces's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 147664183^[10].
• Canadian Armed Forces's GND ID is recorded as 5279672-3^[11].
• Canadian Armed Forces's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79034381^[12].
• Canadian Armed Forces's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 131952351^[13].
• Canadian Armed Forces's IdRef ID is recorded as 035535865^[14].
• Canadian Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Royal Canadian Navy^[15].
• Canadian Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Canadian Special Operations Forces Command^[16].
• Canadian Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Canadian Army^[17].
• Canadian Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Royal Canadian Air Force^[18].
• Canadian Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Canadian Joint Operations Command^[19].
• Canadian Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Canadian Forces Intelligence Command^[20].
• Canadian Armed Forces's child organization or unit is recorded as Canadian Joint Forces Command^[21].
• Canadian Armed Forces's Commons category is recorded as Military of Canada^[22].
• Canadian Armed Forces's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36440668^[23].
• Canadian Armed Forces's foundational text is recorded as National Defence Act^[24].
• Canadian Armed Forces's has part is recorded as Royal Canadian Navy^[25].
• Canadian Armed Forces's has part is recorded as Canadian Army^[26].
• Canadian Armed Forces's has part is recorded as Royal Canadian Air Force^[27].

Body

Founding

+1968-02-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Canadian Armed Forces^[28].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Forces armées canadiennes'}^[29] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Canadian Armed Forces'}^[30]. Short names include {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'FAC'}^[31] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CAF'}^[32].

Operations

Canadian Armed Forces's headquarters location is recorded as National Defence Headquarters^[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Government of Canada^[33]. Subsidiaries include Royal Canadian Navy^[15], a navy^[34], in Canada^[35], founded in 1910^[36], headquartered in National Defence Headquarters^[37]; Canadian Special Operations Forces Command^[16], a command^[38], in Canada^[39], founded in 2006^[40], headquartered in National Defence Headquarters^[41]; Canadian Army^[17], an army^[42], in Canada^[43], founded in 1867^[44], headquartered in Carling Campus^[45]; Royal Canadian Air Force^[18], an air force^[46], in Canada^[47], founded in 1920^[48], headquartered in National Defence Headquarters^[49]; Canadian Joint Operations Command^[19], a military branch^[50], in Canada^[51], founded in 2012^[52]; and Canadian Forces Intelligence Command^[20], an Intelligence Command^[53], in Canada^[54], founded in 2013^[55].

Why It Matters

Canadian Armed Forces ranks in the top 6% of armed_forces entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,623 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[56] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[57]