Editing Canadian Army (section)

===Uniforms===
{{Main|Uniforms of the Canadian Forces}}
The Canadian Army maintains a variety of different uniforms, including a ceremonial [[full dress uniform]], a [[mess dress uniform]], a [[service dress uniform]], operational/[[battledress|field uniforms]], and occupational uniforms. Canada's uniforms were developed parallel to British uniforms from 1900 to the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968, though maintained significant differences. The adoption of a number of separate uniforms for separate functions, also made its uniforms become distinctively "Canadian" in the process. 
[[File:Changing the Guard ceremony in Québec during the summer 2018.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Members of the [[Royal 22nd Regiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Regiment]]. The [[public duties]] soldier is wearing [[full dress uniform|full dress]] while the other wears the [[service dress uniform|service dress]].]]
Prior to unification in 1968, the uniforms between the three branches were similar to their counterparts in the forces of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, save for national identifiers and some regimental accoutrements. The Honourable Peter MacKay, Minister of National Defence, announced on 8 July 2013 the Government of Canada's intent to restore Canadian Army rank insignia, names and badges to their traditional forms.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-forces-to-go-back-to-the-future-with-british-style-ranks-1.1328974 |title=Canadian Forces to go back to the future with British-style ranks |access-date=2013-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710194427/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/07/08/peter-mackay-canadian-forces-ranks.html |archive-date=2013-07-10 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Canadian Army's universal full dress uniform includes a [[red coat (military uniform)|scarlet tunic]], [[midnight blue]] trousers with a scarlet trouser stripe, and a [[Wolseley helmet]]. However, a number of regiments in the Canadian Army are authorized regimental deviations from the Army's universal design; including some armoured, [[Canadian-Scottish regiment]]s, and all [[rifle regiment|rifle]]/[[voltigeur]] regiments.<ref name=uniform>{{cite book|url=http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/pub/ins-265/dhh_dress_instr_adh265000_ag001-19Sep16-eng.pdf|title=Canadian Armed Forces Dress Instruction|chapter=6-1|page=211|access-date=11 June 2018|date=1 June 2001|publisher=Canadian Armed Forces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730135902/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/pub/ins-265/dhh_dress_instr_adh265000_ag001-19Sep16-eng.pdf|archive-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> The full dress uniforms of the Army regiments originated from the Canadian militia, and was eventually relegated from combat to ceremonial use.

The present service dress uniform includes a rifle green tunic and trousers, similar to the older iteration of the service dress, although with a different cut, and an added shoulder strap. The present service dress uniforms were introduced in the late 1980s, alongside the other "distinctive environmental uniforms" issued to other branches of the Canadian Armed Forces. From the unification of the armed forces in 1968, to the introduction of the distinctive service uniforms in the 1980s, the branches of the Canadian Armed Forces wore a similar rifle green service uniform.

The Canadian Army began to issue combat specific uniforms in the early 1960s, with the introduction of "combats," coloured olive-drab shirt. The olive-drab uniforms continued to be used with minor alterations until the Army adopted [[CADPAT]] camouflaged combat uniforms in the late-1990s. With the adoption of CADPAT, the Canadian Armed Forces became the first military force to adopt [[Multi-scale camouflage|digital camouflage]] pattern for all its units.