Non-Permanent Active Militia

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citizen-soldier force military reserve force

The Non-Permanent Active Militia was a part-time, volunteer component of Canada’s pre-World War II military forces, serving as the country’s primary citizen-soldier reserve.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Non-Permanent Active Militia canonical	2
Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada	1
Non‑Permanent Active Militia	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	citizen-soldier force ⓘ military reserve force ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	NPAM NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Canadian Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
commandStructure	under Canadian Militia district commands ⓘ
componentOf	Canadian Militia NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition	artillery units ⓘ cavalry units ⓘ engineer units ⓘ infantry units ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
disestablished	after World War II ⓘ
distinctFrom	Canadian Active Service Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Permanent Active Militia NERFINISHED ⓘ
doctrineInfluence	British Army traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ
dutyStatus	liable for active service when called out ⓘ
function	home defence ⓘ mobilization base for wartime expansion ⓘ
funding	federally funded ⓘ
garrison	local armouries across Canada ⓘ
governedBy	Department of Militia and Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ Department of National Defence NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra	late 19th and early 20th centuries ⓘ
legalObligation	subject to call-out for defence of Canada ⓘ
legalStatus	part of the Canadian Militia under the Militia Act ⓘ
militaryBranch	Canadian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
mobilizedIn	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
nature	part-time force ⓘ volunteer force ⓘ
organizationalLevel	regiments and battalions ⓘ
partOf	pre-World War II Canadian military forces ⓘ
peacetimeStrength	smaller than wartime mobilized strength ⓘ
personnelStatus	civilians in peacetime ⓘ
predecessor	Canadian Militia (19th century volunteer units) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission	augment the Permanent Active Militia in wartime ⓘ
recruitment	voluntary enlistment ⓘ
recruitmentBasis	local volunteer units ⓘ
role	primary citizen-soldier reserve of Canada ⓘ
successor	Canadian Army Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	pre-World War II ⓘ
trainingLocation	local drill halls and armouries ⓘ
trainingPattern	periodic peacetime training ⓘ
typeOf	reserve land force ⓘ
uniform	Canadian Army-style uniforms ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Canadian militia → hasPart → Non-Permanent Active Militia ⓘ

Department of Militia and Defence → administered → Non-Permanent Active Militia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Non‑Permanent Active Militia

Permanent Force of the Canadian Army → distinctFrom → Non-Permanent Active Militia ⓘ

48th Highlanders of Canada → formedPartOf → Non-Permanent Active Militia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Non-Permanent Active Militia of Canada