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This article is written in Canadian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, centre, travelled, realize, analyze) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

Military history of Canada is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 24, 2005.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
July 14, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
July 30, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
October 22, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
August 18, 2008	Featured article review	Demoted
January 13, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
Current status: Former featured article

Military history: Canadian / North America

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The Military history of Canada article is already too long (oversized) and should serve only as an introduction for topics on military history in general. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of the many "main" articles about individual topics that link from this article, e.g. History of the Royal Canadian Navy, Military history of Canada during World War I, Military history of Nova Scotia etc. See Category:Military history of Canada for a complete listing of topics. Why? see Wikipedia:Article size.

Section sizes

Section size for Military history of Canada (82 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	2,631	2,631
Warfare pre-contact	6,559	9,027
European contact	2,468	2,468
17th century	9,134	36,041
Beaver Wars	3,471	8,707
1609–1667	3,039	3,039
1668–1701	2,197	2,197
Early British-French colonial hostilities	3,459	7,378
Acadian Civil War and its subsequent seizure	3,919	3,919
Anglo-Dutch Wars	2,640	2,640
Nine Years' War	7,311	8,182
English-maritime Algonquians conflict	871	871
18th century	2,758	45,730
War of Spanish Succession	4,861	4,861
Father Rale's War	3,492	3,492
Fox Wars	1,569	1,569
War of Austrian Succession	4,579	4,579
Father Le Loutre's War	3,731	3,731
Seven Years' War	1,819	10,021
Early French success and Acadia	3,508	3,508
British conquest of New France	4,694	4,694
Pontiac's War	2,337	2,337
American Revolutionary War	2,165	10,946
Quebec and Nova Scotia	6,806	6,806
Consequences	1,975	1,975
French Revolutionary Wars	1,436	1,436
19th century	1,746	58,485
War of 1812	6,474	13,726
1813	3,198	3,198
1814	4,054	4,054
Pemmican War	1,780	1,780
British forces in Canada in the mid–19th century	2,074	4,312
Local levies and recruitment	2,238	2,238
Rebellions of 1837–1838	4,636	4,636
Conflicts during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush	2,716	2,716
American Civil War	5,676	5,676
Fenian raids	4,344	4,344
British forces in Canada in the late–19th century	2,637	5,422
Canadian enlistment in British forces after 1871	2,785	2,785
Canadian militia in the late–19th century	4,530	4,530
Nile Expedition	2,601	2,601
Late–19th century conflicts in western Canada	1,436	6,996
Riel Rebellions	5,560	5,560
20th century	19	94,924
Boer War	7,698	7,698
Early 20th century military developments	3,265	6,439
Creation of a Canadian navy	3,174	3,174
First World War	2,144	14,904
Canadian Expeditionary Force	5,693	5,693
Air and sea operations	1,949	1,949
Conscription	2,953	2,953
Commemoration	2,165	2,165
Interwar period	1,293	10,782
Intervention in Russia	3,455	3,455
Establishing an air force	3,375	3,375
Spanish Civil War	2,659	2,659
Second World War	2,772	19,010
Canadian Army operations	7,661	7,661
Naval operations	2,885	2,885
Air operations	3,551	3,551
Industry and research	2,141	2,141
Cold War	2,544	18,412
Korean War	4,698	4,698
Forces in Europe	3,542	3,542
Unification of Canada's military	1,955	1,955
October Crisis	2,569	2,569
Vietnam War	3,104	3,104
Post-Cold War	1,773	17,660
Oka Crisis	2,202	2,202
Gulf War	4,631	4,631
Somali Civil War	5,297	5,297
Yugoslav Wars	3,757	3,757
21st century	3,400	19,514
War in Afghanistan	5,523	5,523
Libyan Civil War	3,518	3,518
Mali War	2,539	2,539
War against the Islamic State	4,534	4,534
Peacekeeping efforts	7,695	7,695
See also	452	452
References	35	35
Further reading	2,572	2,572
External links	996	996
Total	278,102	278,102

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