History UsefulNotes / CanucksWithChinooks

* Canadian special forces boast three of the top five longest-ranged confirmed kills via sniper rifle, including the top spot (as of the time of this writing) at 3,450 meters, a shot which took ten seconds to hit the target and had to be adjusted for the ''curvature of the Earth''.

* In the later volumes of ''LightNovel/OthersidePicnic'', it's revealed that one of Toriko Nishina's parents was a member of Canadian Joint Task Force 2, and she's the one who teaches Toriko how to use guns and other combat techniques.

The Canadian Forces, as they are known today, were formed by the unification of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, and Canadian Army into a single command structure in 1968 to save on non-essential costs like overlapping training, supply and administrative structures. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces#Since_unification This had elicited some resistance]] from Canadian soldiers, but over time, they accepted it -- mostly. The unified administration and training ultimately worked out after initial teething troubles, but the idea of trying to create a single service identity and uniform with no distinction between army, navy and air force never really caught on with the troops. Gradually, the services reasserted some of their former identities, with Maritime Command regaining the use of naval rank titles after a few years, followed by the readoption of separate dress uniforms for the (still lower-case) army, navy and air force in [[TheEighties the 1980s]] (though the new Distinct Environmental Uniforms were more of a {{palette swap}} of the Unification uniform with some differences in detail rather than a return to the services' former uniforms).

The Canadian Forces, as they are known today, were formed by the unification of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, and Canadian Army into a single command structure in 1968 to save on non-essential costs like overlapping training, supply and administrative structures. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Forces#Unification_and_beyond This had elicited some resistance]] from Canadian soldiers, but over time, they accepted it -- mostly. The unified administration and training ultimately worked out after initial teething troubles, but the idea of trying to create a single service identity and uniform with no distinction between army, navy and air force never really caught on with the troops. Gradually, the services reasserted some of their former identities, with Maritime Command regaining the use of naval rank titles after a few years, followed by the readoption of separate dress uniforms for the (still lower-case) army, navy and air force in [[TheEighties the 1980s]] (though the new Distinct Environmental Uniforms were more of a {{palette swap}} of the Unification uniform with some differences in detail rather than a return to the services' former uniforms).

* Canada was the first country to adapt the [[CoolGuns/BattleRifles FN FAL]] Battle Rifle. They had developed their variant referred to as the [=C1A1=] Battle Rifle. (Which was copied into the British and Australian [=L1A1=] Self-Loading Rifle.) Like the [=L1A1=], it was designed with imperial measurements instead of metric measurements. It can only fire in semi-automatic and it can be fed stripper clips. They also developed the [=C2A1=], which was used by the Canadian Navy that can fire in full-auto. It was replaced with the Colt C7, which was a Colt AR-15 made under a license.

Since the British monarch is also the Canadian monarch, King Charles III is also (technically) the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces. However, since Canada is a sovereign nation, the Governor General -- who is the Queen's representative -- carries out most royal duties in her name. In practice, both are no more than figureheads, and all military decision making either goes to Parliament or the Department of National Defence.

Since the British monarch is also the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II is also (technically) the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces. However, since Canada is a sovereign nation, the Governor General -- who is the Queen's representative -- carries out most royal duties in her name. In practice, both are no more than figureheads, and all military decision making either goes to Parliament or the Department of National Defence.

** ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019'' features a Canadian special forces operator named Talon for the Coalition faction as parts of its Season 2 DLC lineup. The same DLC also adds Mil-Sim skins that were modelled after JTF2 uniforms.

* The Canadian forces had their campaign in ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty 3'' and ''Call of Duty: Roads to Victory''.
* Canadian soldiers are mentioned in ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'', mostly serving in Task-Force 141 along with their allies in UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}. There are even a few seen in-game, though none are major characters. They also apparently lent support to the U.S. during the Russian invasion, but that was all off-screen.

* In the later volumes of ''LightNovel/UrasekaiPicnic'', it's revealed that one of Toriko Nishina's parents was a member of Canadian Joint Task Force 2, and she's the one who teaches Toriko how to use guns and other combat techniques.

* The Canadian military entry into UsefulNotes/WorldWarII is generally considered the start of true Canadian independence. While Confederation actually occurred in the late 19th century, Canada was still beholden to Britain, such that when Britain declared war in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, Canada was automatically at war as well. World War Two, however, had Canada enter the war independently, with Parliament specifically debating and declaring war several days ''after'' Britain (their actual entrance into the war was never really doubted, though). As only nations can declare formal war on other nations, it was the biggest step towards independence since Confederation, and Canada has generally been considered its own nation ever since.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda Operation Anaconda]] in 2002 had the record for the longest combat killed was broken by Canadian sniper Rob Furlong at 2,440 meters (1.51 miles), exceeding the previous record set by Carlos Hathcock.\

By the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], the terms "Canadian Navy," "Canadian Army" and "Canadian Air Force" started creeping into semi-official use for recruiting posters, websites and such, in place of the official Maritime Command, Land Forces Command and Air Command (which had never been popular with servicepeople or gained much recognition with the public). Then in August 2011, the names of the elemental commands were changed back to the Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Canadian Navy, and Canadian Army.[[note]]In case anyone is wondering why it's not the Royal Canadian Army: The tradition in Britain and other Commonwealth countries has always been for royal titles in the army to be awarded to individual units (e.g. the Royal Canadian Dragoons), most of which remained unchanged after unification. It also leaves room for persons other than the monarch to engage in the sponsorship process, most famously members of the Royal Family and (in Commonwealth Realms) viceregal officials (thus Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and the Governor-General's Horse Guards).[[/note]] Reactions were just as mixed as after unification: the return to tradition led some to rejoice, while others complained that it reinforces Canada's connection to the British monarchy (which is seen as being detrimental to national identity). Either way, most civilians don't really care, accountants are annoyed at having to spend huge sums of money on new uniforms[[note]]the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Navy began reusing traditional rank insignia while the Royal Canadian Air Force switched to a grey-blue dress uniform with silver-grey insignia[[/note]] and updating all the stationery, while many servicepeople are just happy to be able to officially call themselves Army, Navy and Air Force again within the unified structure of the CF, royal titles or not.

** It should be noted the RCN is planned to be upgraded over the course of the 2020s, with the purchase of 15 cutting-edge British Type 26 Frigates to replace their retired Iroqois-class (the last of which was retired in 2017).

* Canadian domestic military police and anti-terrorism forces are severely underrated in terms of their overall success rate. Their biggest success was against the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Quebec_Liberation_Front&redirect=no Front de libération du Québec]], a Quebecois separatist terrorist group. Following a low level campaign of bombings and other acts which culminated in the kidnapping of several high ranking Quebec politicians in late 1970, the Canadian task force swept in, killing and arresting over 400 members in just under two months and causing the organization's dissolution within a year. It was the very first, and to this day the only, successful campaign against a multi-cell domestic terrorist group in modern history.
** In addition to their military success, it also showed the resolution of the Canadian government in such a situation. During the crisis, Canada invoked their War Measures Act for the first time, basically declaring martial law throughout Quebec, which could have caused huge backlash from citizens in Quebec being put into a police state. During an interview, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was asked what costs was he willing to accept and how far he was willing to go, he replied simply, [[BringIt "Just watch me".]]

** No one makes this joke anymore, mostly because the subs at the West Edmonton Mall aren't functional anymore. That, and the RCN has managed to properly upgrade the fleet as of 2020.

** No one makes this joke anymore, mostly because the subs at the West Edmonton Mall aren't functional anymore.

-->'''Red''': Harold, it's after six. He's gone home.