Permanent residents in Canada including Nigerians will now be permitted to enroll, as the military struggles with low recruitment levels.
The decision was made five years after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) declared that they will change their “outdated recruitment process” to allow permanent citizens who have resided in Canada for ten years or more to apply.
With only roughly half the candidates it needs each month to reach its target of recruiting 5,900 new members this year, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has raised an alarm about a serious recruitment shortfall that is preventing it from filling thousands of open positions.
To qualify to join the Canadian Army, you must:
- Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
- Be at least 18 years old (17 years old with parental consent), except:
- For the Paid Education programs — you may be 16 years old (with parental consent)
- For the Primary Reserves—you may be 16 years old (with parental consent) and must be enrolled as a full-time student
- Have at least 24 Quebec Secondary IV credits or Grade 10 completion (some jobs need higher levels of education)
Mode of application: For more information about eligibility requirements or the application process, please visit Joining the Forces
You can apply even if you are unsure about the job’s precise criteria. Once your application is received, you will be contacted to see if you qualify.
Start application here
Why not form a couple of Ukrainian battalions or allow Ukrainian refugees enrolled in their military to join ours.maybe let nato allied nations to post personal in cdn units.The British Army has a sister regiment corresponding to our own.Get them to attach a reserve company from every British regiment to one of our own.Be like the USMC used to be and allow friends volunteers to train and enroll in our armed forces.Set up a Marine Brigade in Halifax and Vancover all volunteers..Institute the draft for important personal like theNRC .Keep our scientists and high tech operators from friends recruiters.Set up private schools with military service as a end result.Marchal Cavendish would agree.
Ah yes, the CAF not solving the problem that they are having and creating a new one. Maybe the fact that the CAF has turned into a woke fishbowl environment for every sjw theory to be tested on isn’t something that people want to sign up for? Just a thought…
The Canadian military has devolved into a truly sorry and pathetic state. Delicate new recruits have cards to hold when they’re feelings are hurt. If we go to a battlefield will we also send along the safe space huts that are filled with kittens and soft pillows?
Maybe they could fix the broken recruiting process. It took me 1.5 years to get in the first time I enrolled, and another 1.5y this time around. How many people make it in after waiting this long?