14 Facts About Canadian Rangers

Canadian Rangers are a 5,000-strong sub-component of the Canadian Armed Forces reserve that provide a limited military presence in Canada's sparsely settled northern, coastal, and isolated areas where it would not be economically or practically viable to have conventional Army units.

Canadian Rangers are a unit of the Canadian Armed Forces Army Reserve made up of Inuit, First Nations, Metis and other Canadians.

Canadian Rangers provide a limited military presence in Canada's remote areas and receive 12 days per year of formal training.

Canadian Rangers are paid when formally on duty according to the rank they hold within their patrol and when present on operations or during training events.

The Pacific Coast Militia Canadian Rangers were disbanded on September 30,1945, after Japan's surrender in the Second World War.

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Each Canadian Rangers Ranger is issued a red Canadian Rangers Ranger sweatshirt, CADPAT pants, combat boots, baseball cap, safety vest, rifle and navigation aids.

At the outset of the Second World War, the rest of the Canadian Rangers Army was equipping with Enfield rifles, Bren guns, Webley revolvers, and Browning-Inglis Hi Power pistols and Canadian Rangers production of these weapons was badly needed for overseas service.

The Pacific Coast Militia Canadian Rangers thus had to make do with what was readily available, often patrolling with their own rifles and shotguns.

Feedback from the Canadian Rangers was generally very positive, with only minor adjustments required, and has been incorporated in the final production rifles.

Canadian Rangers became part of the Canadian Army in October 2007, having previously been under the vice chief of the Defence Staff for the Canadian Armed Forces.

The Commander of the Canadian Rangers Army is the Canadian Rangers Ranger National Authority, but this role is delegated down to the Army Chief of Staff Reserve, a brigadier-general.

The commander of the Canadian Rangers Army has a small cadre of CRNA staff in Ottawa, headed by a Class-A lieutenant-colonel and consisting of a full-time major and a small number of captains and master warrant officers.

Junior Canadian Rangers Programme was created on May 31,1996, and has more than 3,400 members in 119 locations.

Canadian Rangers have received the Freedom of several locations throughout its history; these include:.