Canada has a proud military tradition
According to new data from the census, in the spring of 2021, 97,625 Canadians were counted as serving in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and 461,240 were counted as Veterans. This is the first census profile of Canada's military in half a century. Currently serving CAF personnel were younger on average than the employed population overall and almost one in five were women. While more than 4 in 10 Veterans were seniors aged 65 and older, almost one-third were in the core working age group of 25 to 54.
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