Editing Canadian Armed Forces (section)

==Canadian Armed Forces Reserve Force==
[[File:Canadian Rangers - Alert, Nunavut.jpg|thumb|A [[Canadian Rangers]] training camp in [[Alert, Nunavut]]. The Canadian Rangers are a sub-component of the Canadian Armed Forces reserve force.]]
The Canadian Armed Forces have a total reserve force of approximately 50,000 primary and supplementary that can be called upon in times of national emergency or threat. For the components and sub-components of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve Force, the order of precedence follows:
*(1) [[Primary Reserve]] (26,000),
*(2) [[Canadian Forces Supplementary Reserve|Supplementary Reserve]] (11,000) Prior to 2002 this consisted of:
** (a) Supplementary Ready Reserve, and
** (b) Supplementary Holding Reserve,
after 2002 there is no sub-division of the Supplementary Reserve.
*(3) Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service (7,500), and
*(4) Canadian Rangers (5,000).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://my.tbaytel.net/tgroulx/precedence.htm| last=Department of National Defence| author-link=Department of National Defence (Canada)| title=National Defence and the Canadian Forces > CFOA 66-6 Precedence in the Canadian Forces| date=15 February 2012| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=15 February 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207021151/http://my.tbaytel.net/tgroulx/precedence.htm| archive-date=7 February 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Primary Reserve===
{{Main|Primary Reserve}}
[[File:Cameron Highlanders On Parade - 11 September 2004.jpg|thumb|Members of [[The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)|The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa]], an [[infantry regiment]] of the [[Primary Reserve]], march through Ottawa, [[Ontario]]]]
Approximately 26,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen,<ref name=DND1 >{{cite web| url=http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/view-news-afficher-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=2865| last=Department of National Defence| author-link=Department of National Defence (Canada)| title=National Defence and the Canadian Forces > About DND/CF| date=19 December 2008| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=2 January 2009}}</ref> trained to the level of and interchangeable with their Regular Force counterparts, and posted to CAF operations or duties on a casual or ongoing basis, make up the Primary Reserve. This group is represented, though not commanded, at NDHQ by the chief of Reserves and Employer Support, who is usually a [[Major-General|major-general]] or [[rear-admiral]], and is divided into four components that are each operationally and administratively responsible to its corresponding environmental command in the Regular Force—the [[Canadian Naval Reserve|Naval Reserve]] (NAVRES), Land Force Reserve (LFR), and Air Reserve (AIRRES)—in addition to one force that does not fall under an environmental command, the Health Services Reserve under the [[Canadian Forces Health Services Group]].

===Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service===
The [[Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service]] (COATS)<ref>"Administrative Order: Implementation of Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service", NDHQ 1085-30 (D Cdts 6) dated 2 July 2009.</ref> consists of officers and non-commissioned members who conduct training, safety, supervision and administration of nearly 60,000 cadets aged 12 to 18 years in the [[Canadian Cadet Organization]]. The majority of members in COATS are officers of the [[Cadet Instructors Cadre]] (CIC) branch of the CAF. Members of the Reserve Force Sub-Component COATS who are not employed part-time (Class A) or full-time (Class B) may be held on the "Cadet Instructor Supplementary Staff List" (CISS List) in anticipation of employment in the same manner as other reservists are held as members of the Supplementary Reserve.

===Canadian Rangers===
The [[Canadian Rangers]], who provide surveillance and patrol services in Canada's arctic and other remote areas, are an essential reserve force component used for Canada's exercise of [[sovereignty]] over its northern territory.