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Canada vs BRICS

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Canada is a country located in Northern North America with an area of 9,984,670 km2 (land boundries: 8,891 km and costline 202,080 km). The capital of Canada is Ottawa. The number of inhabitants is 38,048,738.

Canada is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Canada is part of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The Canadian's inventory is a mix of domestically-produced equipment and imported weapons systems from Australia, Europe, Israel, and the USA. The leading supplier is the United States. Canada's defense industry develops, maintains, and produces a range of equipment, including aircraft, combat vehicles, naval vessels.

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BRICS (acronym - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is a grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Bilateral relations among BRICS are conducted mainly on the basis of non-interference, equality, and mutual benefit. The BRICS nations are considered a geopolitical rival to the G7 bloc.

On August 24, 2023, the expansion of the group on January 1, 2024 was announced to include Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. On 29 December 2023 the Government of Argentina officially announce that Argentina will not join the BRICS. This is due to the change of president to Javier Milei.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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27 billion $
643 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.4 %
0 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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68,000
6,345,000

Reserve personnel

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27,000
7,754,000

Available for military

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8,031,266
992,083,395

Land Forces

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Tanks

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74
23,394
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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1,678
61,131
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Total artillery

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159
33,143
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Self-propelled artillery

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0
9,510
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Rocket artillery

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0
9,684

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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446
15,992
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Fighter

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0
1,562
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Multirole

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121
2,890
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Attack

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0
1,285
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Helicopters

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150
5,334
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UCAV (combat drone)

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0
643

Navy

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Total naval

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70
2,673
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Aircraft carriers

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0
12
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Destroyers

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0
77
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Frigates

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12
108
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Corvettes

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0
222
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Submarines

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4
192

Nuclear weapons

Canada

Does not have nuclear weapons.

BRICS

Data not available

Military service

Canada

17 years of age for voluntary male and female military service (with parental consent); 16 years of age for Reserve and Military College applicants; Canadian citizenship or permanent residence status required; maximum 34 years of age; service obligation 3-9 years

BRICS

Data not available