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Canada:
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Other pages in this profile of Canada:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Canadian Forces: Land Forces Command (LFC), Maritime Command (MARCOM), Air Command (AIRCOM), Canada Command (homeland security) (2008) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 16-34 years of age for voluntary military service; women comprise approximately 11% of Canada's armed forces (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 8,072,010 females age 16-49: 7,813,462 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 6,646,281 females age 16-49: 6,417,924 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 227,435 females age 16-49: 215,556 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 1.1% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition managed maritime boundary disputes with the US at Dixon Entrance, Beaufort Sea, Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Gulf of Maine including the disputed Machias Seal Island and North Rock; Canada, the US, and other countries dispute the status of the Northwest Passage; US works closely with Canada to intensify security measures for monitoring and controlling legal and illegal movement of people, transport, and commodities across the international border; sovereignty dispute with Denmark over Hans Island in the Kennedy Channel between Ellesmere Island and Greenland; commencing the collection of technical evidence for submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in support of claims for continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from its declared baselines in the Arctic, as stipulated in Article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
Illicit drugs |
Definition illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market and export to US; use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; increasing ecstasy production, some of which is destined for the US; vulnerable to narcotics money laundering because of its mature financial services sector |
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