Canadian Military’s Regular Force Continues to Lose More Soldiers Than It Recruits

Defence Minister Bill Blair testified in September that the negative trend of attrition outpacing recruitment had been ’reversed.’

Canadian Forces soldiers march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Alta., on July 8, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

There continues to be more Canadian soldiers choosing to leave the Regular Force than there are new recruits joining the ranks.

Defence Minister Bill Blair told a House of Commons committee in September that the negative trend of attrition outpacing recruitment had been reversed. But figures from the Department of National Defence (DND) provided to The Epoch Times show a different story.