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{{Useful Notes}}
{{cleanup|Needs a better name - the Canadian military doesn't use Chinook helicopters any more.}}
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The Canadian Forces as known today is formed by the unification of the Royal Canadian Air Force, Navy, and Army in 1968 to [[Executive Meddling|save on]] [[Boring but Practical|non-essential costs like uniforms]]. [[wikipedia:Canadian Forces#Unification and beyond|This had elicited some resistance]] [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|from Canadian soldiers]], but over time, accepted it -- mostly. Then in August 2011, the names were changed back to the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Canadian Navy, and the Canadian Army. Reactions were just as mixed as during the unification; the return to tradition led some to rejoice, while others complained that it reinforces our connection to the British monarchy (which they see as detrimental to Canadian nationality). Either way, most people don't really care.
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The Canadian armed forces contributed heavily to the creation during [[World War II]] of the 1st Special Service Force , also known (and appears in the movie entitled) [[wikipedia:The Devil's Brigade (film)|The Devil's Brigade]], the ancestor to most North American special service forces.
Note that the chinook is the name of a mountain wind that can cause drastic temperature changes, most commonly happening in the Pacific Northwest, so the phrase "Canucks with Chinooks" might in [[Real Life]] be mistaken as referring to Calgary. (In the US, it's more commonly called a foehn wind, or a Santa Ana in [[Los Angeles]]). The Chinook is also the name of a heavy-lift helicopter used by many armed forces ... but not by the Canadians since 1991.
'''Fun Facts'''
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* The Canadian military is the first adopter of digital camouflage, namely the [http://www.hyperstealth.com/CADPAT-MARPAT.htm CADPAT] (Canadian Disruptive Pattern), which was adopted in 1997.
* [[wikipedia:Joint Task Force 2|Joint Task Force 2]] is the Canadian equivalent of Delta Force, and was deemed to be sufficiently badass to be asked to join the United States' Tier One of special forces during the Afghan War.
* The constant troubles the Canadian navy have with its submarine fleet has pretty much reached running gag levels. There was a time when the West Edmonton Mall had more functional submarines than the entire navy. They wouldn't be much use in a war either: for the ten-odd years they've been in service with the Canadian navy, ''none'' of them were equipped to fire the torpedoes that were in stock. In 2019, none of them set sail at all.
** Not to mention that the navy itself isn't particularly big - British Columbia's official ferry fleet has more ships.
** Which is sort of hilarious in hindsight since at the end of [[World War II]] Canada had the third largest navy in the world.
* During the [[Cold War]], the Canadian brigade in West Germany hosted the biennial [[wikipedia:Canadian Army Trophy|Canadian Army Trophy]] tank gunnery competition, basically the military version of the Olympics for NATO nations having forces in in West Germany.
* Unlike in the USA, the Coast Guard is ''not'' part of the military forces in Canada. (They're a branch of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans instead, and primarily handle charting and search and rescue.) Coastal defence is handled by the Navy.
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== Film ==
* The WWI film ''[[Passchendaele]]'', starring Paul Gross.
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* Red makes fun of it in a bit from ''[[The Red Green Show]]'' when discussing what to do with a missile.
{{quote|'''Harold''': What about the Canadian Air Force?
'''Red''': Harold, it's after six. He's gone home.
== Video Games ==
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* Some think that Cadia (supposedly homeworld of the most badass [[Redshirt Army|Imperial Guard]] regiments) from [[Warhammer 40,000]] is named after Canada. The average Guardsman's accent in [[Dawn of War]] seems to support this hypothesis, along with the world's regiments favouring aggressive assault tactics similar to Canadians in World War 1.
** ...what? Their accents don't sound like anything you'll find in Canada. England, maybe.
*** Actually, their accents sound like Canadians trying to do English accents. Relic Entertainment, the Canadian based company that developed [[Dawn of War]], regularly uses the [[Vancouver]]-based [[The Ocean Group|Ocean Group]] to do voice overs for their games. On another note, Usarker Creed, the General leading most of Cadia's forces during the 13th Black Crusade, was at least partially based off of real life Canadian General [[wikipedia:Arthur Currie|Arthur Currie.]]
* ''[[Combat Mission|Combat Mission: Shock Force]]'' added the Canadian Forces as a playable faction in the NATO expansion pack.
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