Canadian Forces Reorganization Act

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Canadian federal legislation federal statute military reform law

The Canadian Forces Reorganization Act is the 1968 federal legislation that unified Canada’s separate army, navy, and air force into a single integrated military organization known as the Canadian Forces.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Canadian Forces Reorganization Act canonical	1
Unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal legislation ⓘ federal statute ⓘ military reform law ⓘ
appliesTo	Canadian forces ⓘ surface form: Canadian Armed Forces Canadian Army (pre‑1968) ⓘ surface form: Canadian Army Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
appliesWithin	territory of Canada ⓘ
branchOfLaw	military law ⓘ public law ⓘ
changed	traditional separation of army navy and air force in Canada ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
created	Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) ⓘ surface form: office of Chief of the Defence Staff
decadeEnacted	1960s ⓘ
effect	creation of a single integrated military organization ⓘ unification of Canadian army navy and air force ⓘ
governs	command structure of the Canadian Forces ⓘ integration of land sea and air elements of Canada’s military ⓘ organization of the Canadian Forces ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	in force ⓘ
historicalSignificance	marked the formal unification of Canada’s three armed services ⓘ
implementedBy	Department of National Defence ⓘ Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
introduced	single service known as the Canadian Forces ⓘ
jurisdiction	Parliament of Canada ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalForm	Act of Parliament ⓘ
purpose	to integrate administration and operations of Canada’s military services ⓘ to unify the Canadian armed services under a single command structure ⓘ
region	federal ⓘ
relatedTo	Canadian Armed Forces unification ⓘ National Defence Act ⓘ
reorganized	Department of National Defence ⓘ
resultedIn	Canadian forces ⓘ surface form: Canadian Forces
scope	national defence organization and command ⓘ
shortDescription	1968 Canadian law that unified the country’s separate armed services into the Canadian Forces ⓘ
subjectMatter	armed forces administration ⓘ defence organization ⓘ
yearEnacted	1968 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian forces → unificationAct → Canadian Forces Reorganization Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian Forces

Canadian Army (pre‑1968) → significantEvent → Canadian Forces Reorganization Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968