Canada

North America · Ottawa

Rank #31 of 173

63.5Strength score

Photos

Flickr - The U.S. Army - Jump over Mt. Rainier — Flickr - The U.S. Army - Jump over Mt. RainierThe U.S. Army · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

HMCS St. John's Gdynia — HMCS St. John's GdyniaŁukasz Golowanow & Maciek Hypś, Konflikty.pl · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons

Hannover Airport Royal Canadian Air Force Government of Canada Airbus CC-330 330002 (DSC03094) — Hannover Airport Royal Canadian Air Force Government of Canada Airbus CC-330 330002 (DSC03094)MarcelX42 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance88
Air power59
Manpower75
Land forces62
Naval power61
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $37.5B #16
Budget as % of GDP: 1.63% #91
Spending per person: $900 #29
GDP: $2.32T #10
Population: 41,651,653 #38

Manpower

Active personnel: 62,300 #64
Reserve personnel: 29,100 #31
Paramilitary: 0
Total personnel: 91,400 #57

Land forces

Tanks: 74 #39
Armoured vehicles: 1,028 #18
Self-propelled artillery: 0
Towed artillery: 154 #31
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 0

Air power

Total aircraft: 394 #29
Fighter jets: 95 #26
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: 41 #24
Helicopters: 149 #30
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 33 #39
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 4 #23
Destroyers: —
Frigates: 12 #9
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 17 #35

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

1United States98.7 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗