Canadian Military Says 27 Percent of Applicants Are Permanent Residents

Canadian Armed Forces members board an aircraft heading for Latvia, in Quebec City, March 23, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Permanent residents accounted for more than a quarter of all applicants seeking to join the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) regular force in the nine months leading up to early January, a spokesperson for the Department of National Defence (DND) told The Epoch Times.

“This year’s increase is in line with trends that were emerging in the previous four years,” DND spokesperson Kened Sadiku wrote in a March 5 statement to The Epoch Times. “Permanent residents represent 27% of all applications received between April 2025 and early January 2026.”