The Reserve

The mission of the Canadian Army is:

To generate and maintain combat effective, multi-purpose land forces to meet Canada\’s defence objectives.

This may include:

• Defending Canadian territory and helping to maintain Canada\’s sovereignty by providing land surveillance and combat-ready forces.
• Contributing to the collective defence of North America.
• Providing armed and unarmed assistance to civil authorities when needed to maintain public order and security or to assist in emergency relief.
• Supporting Canadian interests abroad, including forces for UN, NATO, and other multilateral operations, peacekeeping, and humanitarian assistance.

The Army Reserve is the part-time component to the Canadian Army and it has three roles

• Existing Reserve units are the framework or structure the Army would use to mobilize or expand the Army should the nation ever need to respond to a large crisis as in the World Wars.
• Located in hundreds of communities across Canada, Canadians connect with their Army through the Army Reserve.
• The Army Reserve augments the professional Army by providing soldiers, units or specialists to the Canadian Forces.