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Scope[edit]

This task force covers all articles related to the military history of Canada and the unified Canadian Forces (CF) comprising the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force

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Participants[edit]

If you approach anyone from this list for advice or help, please check their contributions first to check if they've edited recently. This list may contain people who have not edited Wikipedia in a long time.

  1. A. B. (talk · contribs)
  2. Amqui (talk · contribs) (Mainly for the French counterpart: Projet:Forces canadiennes)
  3. Arthurcurrie (talk · contribs) (WW1, WW2)
  4. Double Plus Ungood (talk · contribs) (Military history of New France and the First Nations, the RCAF, Cadets of the three elements, WWII and the French elements of the CAF)
  5. Jbaer50 (talk · contribs) (1800s Through 2000s)
  6. Ktsquare (talk · contribs) (Help out where I can)
  7. Labattblueboy (talk · contribs) (WWI - Canadian Corps)
  8. markus1423 (talk · contribs) Rote organizational tasks like assessment and grammar mostly
  9. McMuff (talk · contribs) (Naval History, Battle Honours)
  10. Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
  11. Ouvrard (talk · contribs) Mainly WWI
  12. Patar_knight (talk · contribs) (WW2, terminology, Korean War)
  13. Trekphiler (talk · contribs) (Mainly WW2; weapons tech, some RCN & ASW)
  14. Trevor MacInnis (talk · contribs) (Aviators/aircraft)
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Article statistics[edit]

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force.

A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here.

With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below:

Featured articles
Featured lists
A-Class articles
Good articles
Canadian military history task force assessment statistics
Articles Lists
FA 35 FL 4
A 13 AL 0
GA 68    
B 423 BL 8
C 1,651 CL 35
Start 2,027 List 95
Stub 572    
Total 4,789 Total 142
Other pages
Category 800
Disambig 27
Draft 2
File 181
Portal 0
Project 2
Redirect 353
SIA 86
Template 80
User 1
Total 1,532
Unassessed 13
Statistics
ω 22,228 Ω 4.508

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Open tasks[edit]

Attention needed
...to referencing and citation (2,901) • ...to coverage and accuracy (2,507) • ...to structure (535) • ...to grammar (103) • ...to supporting materials (641)
Popular pages
Full list
Cleanup needed
• List of infantry weapons and equipment of the Canadian military • 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Requested articles
12th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 14th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 15th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 260th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia) • Battle of Dickinson's Landing • Battle of Pigeon Hill (1866) (currently redirect) • J. Angus Waters • Atlantic Coast Patrol • Nile Voyageurs (currently a redirect) • 21 Army Intelligence Corps • Victor-Gabriel Brodeur • Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue (currently redirect) • Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Studies (currently redirect) • RCAF International Training Programs
Expansion needed
1st Canadian Infantry Brigade • 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade • 4th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 7th Canadian Infantry Division • 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 8th Canadian Infantry Division • 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade • 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade • Corps of Canadian Railway troops • 6th Canadian Infantry Division • Battle of Point Pelee • Battle of the Short Hills • Battle of Cambrai (1918) • Battle of Lacolle (1838) • Battle of Odelltown • Battle of Ortona • Commander-in-Chief, North America • Operation Impact • Operation Spring • Patriot War • Battle of Moreuil Wood • List of military equipment of the Canadian Army during the Second World War • John K. Lawson • Battle of the Belly River • Percy W. Nelles • Newfoundland Escort Force • Canadian Northwest Atlantic • 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) • Royal Canadian Dragoons • Battle of Grand Pre • Battle of La Prairie • Battle of Pelee Island • Battle of Walcheren Island • First Battle of Bloody Creek • 25th Canadian Infantry Brigade • Second Battle of Bloody Creek • Harold Taylor Wood Grant • Canadian Military Pattern truck • Canadian Forces Europe • Raid on Canso • Walter Hose • Military history of North America • James D. Prentice • Forts-de-Lévis • Operation Accius • Operation Blockbuster
Images needed
259th Battalion, Canadian Rifles, CEF (Siberia)
Merging needed
Add an article here!
Citations needed
1st Canadian Division • 2nd Canadian Division • 3rd Canadian Division • 4th Canadian Division • 5th Canadian Division • 6th Canadian Infantry Division • Canadian Army • The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) • 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
Translation needed
Forts-de-Lévis

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Article alerts[edit]

Articles for deletion

  • 20 Jun 2024 – List of Canadian military victories (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
  • 05 Jun 2024 – List of conflicts in Canada (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Nederlandse Leeuw (t · c) was closed as delete by Rosguill (t · c) on 20 Jun 2024; see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Categories for discussion

Good article nominees

Good article reassessments

Articles to be split

Online books[edit]

Main article: Bibliography of Canadian military history
  • Arnold, James; Tucker, Spencer C. (2011). The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607-1890. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-697-8.
  • Black, Jeremy (8 November 2011). Fighting for America: The Struggle for Mastery in North America, 1519-1871. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-35660-4.
  • Granatstein, J. L (2004). Canada's army: waging war and keeping the peace. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802086969.
  • Granatstein, J. L; Frederick Oliver, Dean (15 January 2011). The Oxford companion to Canadian military history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-543088-2.
  • Horn, Bernd (7 July 2008). Show No Fear: Daring Actions in Canadian Military History. Dundurn Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55002-816-4.
  • Horn, Bernd (1 April 2006). The Canadian way of war: serving the national interest. Dundurn Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55002-612-2.
  • Horn, Bernd (30 January 2009). Fortune favours the brave: tales of courage and tenacity in Canadian military history. Dundurn Press Ltd. ISBN 978-1-55002-841-6.
  • Morton, Desmond (1999). A military history of Canada (4th ed.). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0771065140.
  • Zuehlke, Mark (2006). Canadian Military Atlas: Four Centuries of Conflict from New France to Kosovo. Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 9781553652090.

Official histories[edit]

Overviews[edit]
WWI[edit]
WWII[edit]
Korean War[edit]

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