Editing Canadian Army (section)

=== World Wars ===
During the [[First World War]], the Canadian Army raised the volunteer [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] (CEF) for service overseas, and was the primary Canadian participation to the war effort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html|title=Soldiers of the First World War - CEF|access-date=10 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907154755/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html|archive-date=7 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=25 February 2013|title=History & Heritage|url=http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/about-army/history.page#:~:text=Canadian%20Army%20History,-%E2%80%9CThe%20history%20of&text=The%20Canadian%20Army%20draws%20on,British%20and%20French%20military%20units.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715030857/http://www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca:80/en/about-army/history.page? |archive-date=15 July 2013 |access-date=11 January 2021|website=Canadian Army}}</ref>{{Sfn|Nicholson|1962}} 

The Canadian Army also fought during the [[Second World War]]. Following the declaration of war on [[Nazi Germany]] and her allies by the [[United Kingdom]] on 3 September 1939, with Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] consulting with the [[Parliament of Canada]] and declaring war on 10 September 1939, the Canadian Army raised the Canadian Active Service Force, which initially consisted of the [[1st Canadian Division]]; later increased to form the [[First Canadian Army]].{{Sfn|Stacy|1956}} On 19 November 1940, during [[Military history of Canada during the Second World War|Second World War]], an [[Order in Council]] was issued that renamed the Permanent Active Militia as the Canadian Army (Active), supplemented by the [[Non-Permanent Active Militia]], which was named the Canadian Army (Reserve).<ref name=rename>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/themes/defence/caf/militaryhistory/dhh/official/book-1955-army-ww2-1-en.pdf|page=89|work=Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War Volume I: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific|publisher=Ministry of National Defence (Canada)|last=Stacey|first=Charles Perry|year=1955|title=The Army Programme for 1941}}</ref>