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This is a list of wars and armed conflicts in and involving Canada in chronological order, from the 11th century to the 21st century. It is divided into two main sections.

The first section outlines conflicts that happened in what is now Canada before its [[Canadian Confederation|confederation in 1867]]. It includes notable events like the [[Battle of Vinland]], [[Beaver Wars]], [[Acadian Civil War]], and various [[Anglo-Dutch Wars]], highlighting the belligerents involved and the outcomes.

The second section discusses wars involving Canada since its [[Canadian Confederation|confederation in 1867]]. It lists conflicts such as the [[Fenian raids|Fenian Raids]], [[Red River Rebellion]], [[Mahdist War]], [[Canada in World War I]] and [[Canada in World War II]], detailing the combatants, results, and casualties for each event. Ongoing conflicts and military operations, such as the [[War against the Islamic State|military intervention against the Islamic State]] and involvement in maritime security operations in response to [[Red Sea crisis|Houthi attacks]] are also covered.

{{See also|List of Canadian military operations|list of Canadian peacekeeping missions}}

==List==
===Colonial conflicts (11th century – 1867)===
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The following were conflicts that occurred in present-day Canada from the 11th century CE to the mid-19th century, prior to [[Canadian Confederation]]. Belligerents in these conflicts typically involved colonies in Canada (e.g. [[New France]], [[the Canadas]]), and/or First Nations groups residing in the region.
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! Conflict
! Combatant 1
! Combatant 2
! Result
|-
| [[Battle of Vinland (1003)|Battles of Vinland]]<br>(approximately 1000 CE)
| [[Vikings]]
| [[Skræling]]
| '''Skræling victory and  Viking withdrawal'''<ref name="u848">{{cite web | title=Norse-Indigenous Contact | website=The Canadian Encyclopedia | date=2024-10-25 | url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/norse-indigenous-contact | access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref>
|-
| [[Beaver Wars]]<br>(1609–1701)
| [[Iroqouis]]
| [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] allies
| '''Military stalemate'''
* [[Great Peace of Montreal]]
* Growth of French influence in the Great Lakes region
* Huron-Wendat Confederacy destroyed or assimilated
* Military refugee migration results in expansion of Iroquois hunting grounds
* Further Iroquois territorial expansion halted in military campaigns by the [[Council of Three Fires]]
|-
|[[Acadian Civil War]]
(1635–1654)
|{{flag|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flag|New France}} ([[Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour|Saint John Administration]])
|{{flag|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flag|New France}} ([[Charles de Menou d'Aulnay|Port Royal Administration]])
|'''Saint John Administration victory'''
* Charles de La Tour restored as governor of [[Acadia]] in 1653
* Followed by English attacks on French settlements in the [[Bay of Fundy]] in 1654
|-
|[[Second Anglo-Dutch War]]<br>(1665–1667)
|{{flag|Dutch Republic}}
|{{flag|Kingdom of England}}
* [[File:Flag of Newfoundland 1862-1870.svg|20px]] [[Newfoundland Colony]]
|'''''Status quo ante bellum'''''
* Dutch capture of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] in 1665 led by [[Michiel de Ruyter]]
* St. John's retaken by English
|-
| [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]]<br>(1672–1674)
| {{flag|Dutch Republic}}
| {{flag|Kingdom of England}}
* [[File:Flag of Newfoundland 1862-1870.svg|20px]] [[Colony of Avalon]]
| '''''Status quo ante bellum'''''
* Dutch capture of [[Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador|Ferryland]] on 4 September 1673 by ships ''Green Wife'', ''Arms of Leyden''. ''Schacator'', ''Unity''
* Ferryland retaken by English in 1674
|-
| [[King William's War]]<br>(1688–1697)
| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flag|New France}}
[[Wabanaki Confederacy]]
| {{flag|England}}
* {{flagdeco|England}} [[British America|English America]]
[[Iroquois]]
|'''''Status quo ante bellum'''''
|-
| [[Queen Anne's War]]<br>(1702–1713)
| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flag|New France}}
{{flag|Spain|1701}}<br>[[Wabanaki Confederacy]]<br>[[Mohawk people|Caughnawaga Mohawk]]<br>[[Choctaw]]<br>[[Timucua]]<br>[[Apalachee]]<br>[[Natchez people|Natchez]]
| {{flag|England}} <small>(before 1707)</small>
* {{flagdeco|England}} [[British America|English America]]
{{flag|British Empire|1707}} <small>(after 1707)</small>
* {{flagdeco|British Empire|1707}} [[British America]]
[[Muscogee people|Muscogee]]<br>[[Chickasaw]]<br>[[Yamasee]]
----
[[Iroquois Confederacy]]
|'''British-Allied victory'''
* France cedes to Britain the control of Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and Saint Kitts
|-
| [[Dummer's War]]<br>(1722–1725)
| [[New England Colonies]]<br>[[Mohawk people|Mohawk]]
| [[Wabanaki Confederacy]]<br>[[Abenaki]]<br>[[Pequawket]]<br>[[Mi'kmaq]]<br>[[Maliseet]]
|
|-
| [[King George's War]]<br>(1744–1748)
| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flag|New France}}
[[Wabanaki Confederacy]]
| {{flag|British Empire|1707}}
* {{flagdeco|British Empire|1707}} [[British America]]
[[Iroquois Confederacy]]
| '''''Status quo ante bellum'''''
|-
| [[Father Le Loutre's War]]<br>(1749–1755)
|[[Wabanaki Confederacy]]
* [[Mi'kmaw militia]]
* [[Military history of the Maliseet people|Maliseet militia]]
{{flag|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flag|New France}}
* [[Acadian militia]]
| {{flag|British Empire|1707}}
* {{flagdeco|British Empire|1707}} Nova Scotia
|'''British victory'''
* Beginning of the [[expulsion of the Acadians]] in 1755
|-
| [[French and Indian War|Seven Years' War]]<br>(1756–1763)
| {{flag|Kingdom of France}}
* {{flag|New France}}
[[Wabanaki Confederacy]]<br>[[Abenaki]]<br>[[Mi'kmaw militia]]<br>[[Acadian militia]]<br>[[Algonquian peoples|Algonquin]]<br>[[Lenape]]<br>[[Ojibwa]]<br>[[Odawa]]<br>[[Shawnee]]
| {{flag|British Empire|1707}}
* {{flagdeco|British Empire|1707}} [[British America]]
[[Iroquois Confederacy]]<br>[[Catawba people|Catawba]]<br>[[Cherokee]] (before 1758)
|'''British-Allied victory'''
* British [[Conquest of New France (1758–1760)|military conquest of New France]]
* France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and transfers Louisiana to Spain
|-
| [[Pontiac's War]]<br>(1763–1766)
| {{flag|British Empire|1707}}
* {{flagdeco|British Empire|1707}} [[Province of Quebec (1763–1791)|Province of Quebec]]
| [[Ottawas]]<br />[[Ojibwas]]<br /> [[Potawatomis]]<br />[[Hurons]]<br />[[Miamis]]<br />[[Wea]]s<br />[[Kickapoos]]<br />[[Mascoutens]]<br />[[Piankashaw]]s<br /> [[Delawares]]<br />[[Shawnees]]<br />[[Wyandots]]<br />[[Mingos]]<br />[[Iroquois]]
| '''Military stalemate'''
* First Nations concede British sovereignty but compel British policy changes
|-
| [[American Revolutionary War]]<br />(1775–1783)
| {{flag|British Empire|1707}}
* {{flagdeco|British Empire|1707}} [[Province of Quebec (1763–1791)|Province of Quebec]]
* {{flagdeco|British Empire|1707}} Nova Scotia
[[Onondaga people|Onondaga]]<br>[[Mohawk nation|Mohawk]]<br>[[Cayuga people|Cayuga]]<br>[[Seneca people|Seneca]]<br>[[Mi'kmaq]]<br>[[Cherokee]]<br>[[Odawa]]<br>[[Muscogee]]<br>[[Susquehannock]]<br>[[Shawnee]]
| {{flag|United States|1795}}
* {{flagicon image|CONGRESSOWN.jpg}} [[1st Canadian Regiment|Canadian]] [[2nd Canadian Regiment|volunteers]]
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of France}}<br>{{flagcountry|Spain|1748}}<br>[[Oneida tribe|Oneida]]<br>[[Tuscarora (tribe)|Tuscarora]]<br>[[Catawba (tribe)|Catawba]]<br>[[Lenape]]<br>[[Chickasaw]]<br>[[Choctaw]]<br>[[Mahican]]<br>[[Mi'kmaq]]<br>[[Abenaki]]<br>[[Cheraw (tribe)|Cheraw]]<br>[[Seminole]]<br>[[Pee Dee people|Pee Dee]]<br>[[Lumbee]]
| '''American-Allied victory'''
* Incursions into [[Invasion of Quebec (1775)|Quebec]] and [[Nova Scotia in the American Revolution|Nova Scotia]] repulsed
* Great Britain cedes to the United States the area east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River
* Great Britain cedes East Florida, West Florida, and Menorca to Spain
|-
| [[War of 1812]]<br />(1812–1815)
| {{flag|British Empire}}
* {{flag|Lower Canada|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Upper Canada|size=23px}}
[[Tecumseh's Confederacy]]<br>[[Shawnee]]<br>[[Ojibwe]]<br>[[Meskwaki|Fox]]<br>[[Iroquois]]<br>[[Miami people|Miami]]<br>[[Mingo]]<br>[[Odawa]]<br>[[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]]<br>[[Lenape]]<br>[[Mascouten]]<br>[[Potawatomi]]<br>[[Sauk people|Sauk]]<br>[[Wyandot people|Wyandot]]<br> {{flag|Spain|1785}} <small>(1814)</small>
| {{flag|United States|1775}}
[[Choctaw]]<br>[[Cherokee]]<br>[[Muscogee]]<br>[[Seneca people|Seneca]]
| '''''Status quo ante bellum'''''
* Military stalemate
|-
| [[Pemmican War]]<br>(1812–1821)
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the North West Company Post-1801.svg|size=23px}} [[North West Company]]<br>Metis
| {{flagicon image|Hudson's Bay Company Flag.svg|size=23px}} [[Hudson's Bay Company]]<br>[[Red River Colony|Selkirk's settlers]]
|
* Merger between the North West Company and Hudson Bay Company
|-
| [[Rebellions of 1837–1838]]<br />(1837–1838)
| {{flag|Lower Canada|size=23px}}<br />[[Château Clique]]
-------
{{flag|Upper Canada|size=23px}}<br />[[Family Compact]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of the Patriote movement (Lower Canada).svg|size=23px}} [[Patriotes]]<br />{{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Flag of the Patriote movement (Lower Canada).svg|size=23px}} [[Republic of Lower Canada]]}}
----------
[[Hunters' Lodges]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the Republic of Canada (variant).svg|size=23px}} [[Republic of Canada]]
| '''Government victory'''
* Patriote rebellion crushed by loyalist forces; Republic of Canada dismantled
* Defeat of Hunters' Lodges
* Unification of Upper and Lower Canada into the [[Province of Canada]]
|}

===Canada (1867–present)===

The following table lists conflicts involving Canada since [[Canadian Confederation|confederation]] in 1867. Since that time there have been 26 conflicts with 2 of them currently ongoing:

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! style="background-color:#da291c; color:white;" | Conflict
! style="background-color:#da291c; color:white;" | Combatant 1
! style="background-color:#da291c; color:white;" | Combatant 2
! style="background-color:#da291c; color:white;" | Result
! style="background-color:#da291c; color:white;" | Killed
! style="background-color:#da291c; color:white;" | Wounded
|-
|-
| [[Fenian raids]]<br />(1866–1871)
| '''{{flag|Canada|1868|size=23px}}'''{{efn|Raids conducted in 1866 occurred in the [[Province of Canada]], and the colony of New Brunswick, prior to Canadian confederation}}
| {{flagicon image|Green harp flag of Ireland.svg|size=23px}} [[Fenian Brotherhood]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Fenians cease raids
| '''22'''
| '''32'''
|-
|[[Red River Rebellion]]<br />(1869-1870)
| '''{{flag|Canada|1868|size=23px}}'''
| {{flagicon image|Metis Blue.svg|size=23px}} [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* The Wolseley Expedition takes control of [[Fort Garry]] (modern day [[Winnipeg]])
* [[Louis Riel]] flees to the [[United States]]
| '''1'''
| '''Unknown'''
|-
| [[Wolseley Expedition]]<br />(1870)
| '''{{flag|Canada|1868|size=23px}}'''
| {{flagicon image|Metis Blue.svg|size=23px}} [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* [[Red River Rebellion]] defeated
* The legislature passes the [[Manitoba Act]] in 1870
* [[Red River Colony]] enters Canada as the province of [[Manitoba]]
| '''None'''
| '''None'''
|-
| [[Mahdist War]]<br />(1881–1899)
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|size=23px}}<br />'''{{flag|Canada|1868|size=23px}}'''<br />{{flagicon|Egypt|1882|size=23px}} [[Khedivate of Egypt|Egypt]]
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Mahdist Revolt.svg|size=23px}} [[History of Mahdist Sudan|Sudan]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Sudan becomes the [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]], a [[Condominium (international law)|condominium]] of the [[British Empire]]
| '''16'''<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nile-expedition|title=Nile Expedition|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]}}</ref>
| '''Unknown'''
|-
| [[North-West Rebellion]]<br />(1885)
| '''{{flag|Canada|1868|size=23px}}'''
| [[Provisional Government of Saskatchewan]] ([[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]])<br />[[Cree]]–[[Assiniboine people|Assiniboine]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Completion of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]
* [[Trial of Louis Riel]]
| '''50'''<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/1519/15.html |via=University of Alberta Libraries |last=Panet |first=Charles Eugène |publisher=Department of Militia and Defence, Canada |title=Report upon the suppression of the rebellion in the North-West Territories and matters in connection therewith, in 1885 |location=Ottawa |date=1886 |page=xi}}</ref>
| '''103'''
|-
| [[Second Boer War]]<br />(1899–1902)
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|size=23px}}<br />'''{{flag|Canada|1868|size=23px}}'''<br />{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|British Raj|name=India|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|British Ceylon|name=Ceylon|size=23px}}<br />[[File:Flag of the Cape Colony 1876-1910.svg|23px|border|link=]] [[British Cape Colony|Cape Colony]]<br />[[File:Flag of the Natal Colony 1875-1910.svg|23px|border|link=]] [[Natal Colony]]<br />[[File:Flag of BSAC.svg|23px|border|link=]] [[Company rule in Rhodesia|Rhodesia]]
| {{flag|Orange Free State|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|South African Republic|size=23px}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* British sovereignty over the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in accordance with the [[Treaty of Vereeniging]]
| '''267'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/boer/boerwarhistory_e.html|title=Canada and the South African War (Boer War) - 1899-1902 |publisher=Canadian War Museum}}</ref>
| '''>250'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/south-african-war/canada-in-the-south-african-war|title=Canada Remembers the South African War Historical Sheet |publisher=Veterans Affairs Canada |date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[First World War]]<br />(1914–1918)
| {{flagcountry|French Third Republic|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Russian Empire|name=Russia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|United States|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–49)|1912|size=23px}} [[Beiyang Government|China]]<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan|size=23px}}<br />'''{{flag|Canada|1907|size=23px}}'''<br />{{flag|Newfoundland|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|British Raj|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Montenegro|size=23px}}<br /> {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Belgium|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Portugal|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Brazil|size=23px}}
| {{flagcountry|German Empire|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Austria-Hungary|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Ottoman Empire|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria|size=23px}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* End of the [[German Empire|German]], [[Russian Empire|Russian]], [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]], and [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] empires
* Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
* Transfer of [[German colonies]] and [[Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire|regions of the former Ottoman Empire]] to other powers
* Establishment of the [[League of Nations]]
| '''66,944'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centre-robert-schuman.org/userfiles/files/REPERES%20%E2%80%93%20module%201-1-1%20-%20explanatory%20notes%20%E2%80%93%20World%20War%20I%20casualties%20%E2%80%93%20EN.pdf|title=World War I casualties|last=Mougel|first=Nadège|publisher=Centre européen Robert Schuman}}</ref>
| '''~172,000'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war|title=The First World War |publisher=Veterans Affairs Canada |date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War|Russian Civil War]]<br />(1918–1920)
| {{flagicon|Russia|size=23px}} [[White Movement]]<br />{{flag|France|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United States|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–49)|1912|size=23px}} [[Beiyang Government|China]]<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan|name=Japan|size=23px}}<br />'''{{flag|Canada|1907|size=23px}}'''<br />{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|British Raj|name=India|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Union of South Africa|name=South Africa|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Czechoslovakia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Poland|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Estonia|size=23px}}
| {{flag|Russian SFSR|1918|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Far Eastern Republic|size=23px}}<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Latvian SSR 1919.svg|size=23px}} [[Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic|Latvian SSR]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ukrainian SSR (1923-1927).svg|size=23px}} [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the Commune of the Working People of Estonia.svg|size=23px}} [[Commune of the Working People of Estonia|Commune of Estonia]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1921-1924).svg|size=23px}} [[Mongolian People's Party|Mongolian Communists]]
|style="Background:#BBF"| '''Inconclusive/Other Result'''
* Victory for the [[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]] [[Red Army]] in [[Russia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]], [[South Caucasus]], [[Central Asia]], [[Tuva]], and [[Mongolia]]; incorporation of those territories into the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]] and [[Soviet Union]]
* Allied forces withdrawal from Russia
* Bolshevik victory over [[White Movement|White Army]]
* The [[Soviet Union]] becomes the new Russian power
* [[Russian famine of 1921–1922]]
* Victory for pro-independence and [[anti communist]] movements in [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Poland]]; expulsion of Bolshevik forces from those territories
| '''14'''
| '''24'''
|-
| [[Second World War]]<br />(1939–1945)
| {{flag|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United States|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Republic of China (1912–49)|name=China|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|France|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Poland|size=23px}}<br />'''{{flag|Canada|1921|size=23px}}'''<br />{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|British Raj|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Denmark|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Norway|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Luxembourg|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Czechoslovakia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Brazil|1889|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Mexico|1934|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}}
| {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Empire of Japan|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Hungary|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Independent State of Croatia|name=Croatia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Slovak Republic (1939–1945)|name=Slovakia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Finland|size=23px}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Philippe Pétain, Chief of State of Vichy France.svg}} [[Vichy France]]<br />{{flagcountry|Thailand|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Manchukuo|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Mengjiang|size=23px}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Collapse of the [[Nazi Germany|Third Reich]]
* Fall of [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] and [[Italian Empire]]s
* Creation of the [[United Nations]]
* Emergence of the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] as [[superpower]]s
* Beginning of the [[Cold War]]
* Beginning of the [[Atomic Age]]
| '''~45,300'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war|title=Research Starters: Worldwide Deaths in World War II|publisher=The National WWII Museum &#124; New Orleans}}</ref>
| '''~55,000'''
|-
| [[Korean War]]<br />(1950–1953)
| {{flag|South Korea|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United Nations|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United States|1912|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Belgium|size=23px}}<br />'''{{flag|Canada|1921|size=23px}}'''<br />{{flagcountry|France|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Philippines|1936|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Colombia|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Ethiopian Empire|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Luxembourg|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Union of South Africa|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Thailand|size=23px}}<br />{{flagcountry|Turkey|size=23px}}
| {{flag|North Korea|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|China|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Soviet Union|1936|size=23px}}
| style="background:#E0D0FF"| '''Ceasefire'''
* Ceasefire armistice
* North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled
* UN invasion of North Korea repelled
* Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled
* [[Korean Demilitarized Zone]] established
* Little territorial change at the 38th parallel border
| '''516'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/korean-war/koreawar_fact|title=Canada Remembers the Korean War Historical Sheet |publisher=Veterans Affairs Canada |date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
| '''1,042'''
|-
|style="background:#efefef"| [[Congo Crisis]]<br />(1960–1963)
|style="background:#efefef"| {{flagicon image|Flag of Congo-Léopoldville (1960-1963).svg|size=23px}} [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo-Léopoldville]]<br />{{flagicon|United Nations|size=23px}} [[United Nations Operation in the Congo|UNOC]]
|style="background:#efefef"| {{Country|Katanga|size=23px}}<br />{{Country|South Kasai|size=23px}}
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
| '''Unknown'''
| '''Unknown'''
|-
|[[October Crisis|Insurgency in Quebec]]<br />(1962–1973)
| {{Flagicon image|Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg}}'''{{flag|Canada||size=23px}}'''
| {{Flagicon image|Bandera FLQ.svg}} [[Front de libération du Québec]]
|style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* FLQ guerrillas are disbanded in 1973, after collapse in 1971.
|'''Unknown'''
|'''Unknown'''
|-
| [[Oka Crisis]]<br />(1990)
| '''{{flag|Canada}}'''
| {{flagicon image|Flag_of_Mohawk_Warrior_Society.svg}} [[Mohawk Warrior Society]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* End of Mohawk blockade
* Federal government purchased the Pines from Municipality of Oka to prevent further development
| '''1'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Officer shot from Mohawk gunmen's location in pines|work=The Hamilton Spectator|date=August 14, 1995}}</ref>
| '''30'''<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MBtAKFUgMo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/5MBtAKFUgMo |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=La Crise d'Oka – 11 juillet 1990|date=November 22, 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

|-
| [[Persian Gulf War]]<br />(1990–1991)
| {{flag|Kuwait|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|United States|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Saudi Arabia|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|France|size=23px}}<br>'''{{flag|Canada|size=23px}}'''<br>{{flag|Egypt|size=23px}}<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg|size=23px}} [[Syria]]<br>{{flag|Qatar|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|United Arab Emirates|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Oman|1970|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Bangladesh|size=23px}}
| {{flagicon image|Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg|size=23px}} [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Removal of Iraqi invasion force from Kuwait
* Imposition of [[Iraq sanctions|sanctions against Iraq]]
| '''None'''
| '''None'''
|-
| [[Somali Civil War]]<br />(1992–1995)
| {{flag|United States|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Spain|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Saudi Arabia|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Malaysia|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Italy|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|India|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Greece|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Germany|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|France|size=23px}}<br>'''{{flag|Canada|size=23px}}'''<br>{{flag|Botswana|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|Australia|size=23px}}<br>{{flag|New Zealand|size=23px}}
| {{flagicon|Somalia|size=23px}} [[Somali National Alliance]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled, saving around 100,000 lives
* [[Somalia Affair]]
* Dissolution of [[Canadian Airborne Regiment]]
* The [[Somali Civil War]] is ongoing
| '''1'''
| '''None'''
|-
| [[Bosnian War]]<br />(1992–1995)
| {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina|1992|size=23px}} [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br />{{flag|Croatia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|NATO|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}
* '''{{flag|Canada|size=23px}}'''
* {{flag|Denmark|size=23px}}
* {{flag|France|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Germany|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Italy|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Luxembourg|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Norway|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Portugal|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Spain|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Turkey|size=23px}}
* {{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}
* {{flag|United States|size=23px}}
| {{flag|Republika Srpska|size=23px}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* [[Dayton Accords]]
* Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords
* Deployment of [[NATO]]-led [[IFOR]] to oversee the peace agreement
* Massive civilian casualties for the [[Bosniaks|Bosniak]] ethnic group
| '''23'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/operations/military-operations/recently-completed/canadian-armed-forces-operations-bosnia-herzegovina.html | title=Canadian Armed Forces operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina | date=25 July 2016 }}</ref>
| '''unknown'''
|-
|[[Turbot War]]<br />(1995–1995)
|'''{{flag|Canada|size=23px}}'''<br />{{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Ireland|size=23px}}
|{{flag|Spain|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|European Union}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
|None
|1
|-
| [[Operation Medak Pocket]]<br />(September 9–17, 1993)
| '''{{flag|Canada|size=23px}}'''<br />{{Flag|France|1974}}
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| {{flag|Croatia|size=23px}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Canadian strategic victory'''
* Croatian forces recover [[Divoselo]] and [[Čitluk]] (in total 48&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>)
* Croatian withdrawal
* UN secures Medak Pocket
* Canada holds out against an army three times its size without suffering casualties.
| '''None'''
| '''4'''
|-
| [[Kosovo War]]<br />(1998–1999)
| [[File:UCK KLA.png|23px|Kosovo Liberation Army]] [[Kosovo Liberation Army|UÇK]] (KLA)<br />{{flagicon|Albania|1946|size=23px}} [[Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo|AFRK]] (FARK)<br />{{flag|Albania|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|Croatia|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|NATO|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}
* '''{{flag|Canada|size=23px}}'''
* {{flag|Czech Republic|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Denmark|size=23px}}
* {{flag|France|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Germany|size=23px}}
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* {{flag|Luxembourg|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}
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* {{flag|Portugal|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Spain|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Turkey|size=23px}}
* {{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}
* {{flag|United States|size=23px}}
| {{flag|FR Yugoslavia|size=23px}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* [[Kumanovo Treaty]]
* Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo
* [[Kosovo Liberation Army|KLA]] veterans join the [[Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac|UÇPMB]], starting the [[Insurgency in the Preševo Valley|Preševo insurgency]]
| '''None'''
| '''None'''
|-
| [[International Force for East Timor]]<br />(1999–2000)
|
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| {{flagicon|Indonesia|size=23px}} [[Pro-Indonesian militia]]
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia
* Stability in East Timor
* Arrival of UN peacekeepers
| '''None'''
| '''None'''
|-
| [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|War in Afghanistan]]<br />(2001–2014)
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|{{flag|Bahrain|size=23px}}
|{{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}
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|{{flag|Bulgaria|size=23px}}
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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates|size=23px}}
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{{flagicon|Afghanistan|1992|size=23px}} [[Northern Alliance]]
| {{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban|size=23px}} [[Taliban]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of al-Qaeda.svg|size=23px}} [[al-Qaeda]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=23px}} [[Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=23px}} [[Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin|HI-Gulbuddin]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=23px}} [[Hezb-e Islami Khalis]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=23px}} [[Haqqani network]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=23px}} [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<br>{{flagicon image|Jaishi-e-Mohammed.svg|size=23px}} [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=23px}} [[East Turkestan Islamic Movement]]<br>{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban|size=23px}} [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Waziristan resistance (1930s).svg|size=23px}} [[Islamic Emirate of Waziristan]]<br>{{flagicon image|Tnsm-flag.png|size=23px}} [[Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg|size=23px}} [[Islamic Jihad Union]]
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{{flagicon|Afghanistan|Taliban|size=23px}} [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]]
| style="background:#BBF"| Withdrawal/Allied defeat
* Fall of the [[Taliban]] government in [[Afghanistan]]
* Destruction of [[al-Qaeda]] camps
* Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished
* Occupation of Afghanistan
* Establishment of a new Afghan government
* [[Death of Osama bin Laden|Killing of Osama bin Laden]]
* Withdrawal of allied forces, including Canada in 2014.
* Taliban victory in Afghanistan in the year 2021 after an effective resurgence<ref>{{Cite web |last=dmalloy |date=2021-08-16 |title=How the Taliban did it: Inside the 'operational art' of its military victory |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/how-the-taliban-did-it-inside-the-operational-art-of-its-military-victory/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |publisher=Atlantic Council |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Fall of the Afghan National Army (ANA),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Did the Afghan Army Evaporate? |url=https://rusi.orghttps//rusi.org |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=rusi.org |language=en}}</ref> which was previously trained by Canadian soldiers<ref>{{Cite web |title=A soldier's hard look back at Canada's Afghan mission |url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/august-2021/a-soldiers-hard-look-back-at-canadas-afghan-mission/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=Policy Options |language=en}}</ref>
* Taliban control of US weapons and equipment following the rapid withdrawal of allied forces<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Adam |date=2021-08-22 |title=The Taliban is flaunting captured U.S. weapons that may be worth billions. Can it use them? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/20/us-weapons-taliban-afghanistan/ |access-date=2024-06-20 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
| '''166'''<ref name="The Canadian Encyclopedia 2001 e998">{{cite web | title=Canada and the War in Afghanistan | website=The Canadian Encyclopedia | date=Sep 11, 2001 | url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/international-campaign-against-terrorism-in-afghanistan | access-date=Mar 25, 2024|quote=In total, 165 Canadians died during the war in Afghanistan (159 soldiers, 7 civilians). More than 2,000 members of the CAF were wounded or injured during the war.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/canadian-armed-forces/afghanistan-remembeorange/fallen |title=Fallen Canadians Afghanistan |publisher=Veterans Affairs Canada}}{{deadlink|date=March 2022}}</ref>
| '''2,071'''<ref>{{cite news| title=Canadian Forces' Casualty Statistics (Afghanistan)| url=http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?m=/index&nid=583079| publisher=Canada News Center| date=10 June 2013| access-date=24 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[First Libyan Civil War]]<br />(2011)
| {{flagicon|Libya|1951|size=23px}} [[National Transitional Council|NTC]]<br />{{flag|Qatar|size=23px}}<br />{{flag|NATO|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Belgium|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Bulgaria|size=23px}}
* '''{{flag|Canada|size=23px}}'''
* {{flag|Denmark|size=23px}}
* {{flag|France|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Greece|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Italy|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Netherlands|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Norway|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Romania|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Spain|size=23px}}
* {{flag|Turkey|size=23px}}
* {{flag|United Kingdom|size=23px}}
* {{flag|United States|size=23px}}
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| {{flag|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|name=Libya|1977|size=23px}}
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Overthrow of [[Muammar Gaddafi]] in Libya
* [[Death of Muammar Gaddafi]]
* Dissolution of the [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]
| '''None'''
| '''None'''
|-
|[[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|Iraqi Civil War]]<br />(2013–2017)
|'''{{flag|Iraq}}'''<ref name="IsisIraqiArmyPeshmerga">{{cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/12/how-battle-ready-isis-iraqi-army-peshmerga|title=How effective is Isis compared with the Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga?|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 June 2014|access-date=14 August 2019|last=Beaumont|first=Peter}}</ref><br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Assyria.svg}} [[Christian militias in Iraq and Syria#Iraq|Assyrian Forces]] <small>(Iraqi command)</small> <br />{{flag|Iraqi Turkmen Front}} <br />{{flagicon image|Socialist red flag.svg}} [[Iraqi Communist Party]] <br />{{flag|Iran}}<br />{{flag|Hezbollah|size=23px}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg}} [[Syria]]<ref name="syria">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Jun-15/260207-syria-pounds-isis-bases-in-coordination-with-iraq.ashx|title=Syria pounds ISIS bases in coordination with Iraq|date=15 June 2014|work=[[Daily Star (Lebanon)|Daily Star]]}}
* {{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/sunni-rebels-take-complete-control-of-iraqs-largest-oil-refinery-1403605510|title=Syrian Warplanes Strike in Western Iraq, Killing at Least 50 People|author=Ali A. Nabhan and Matt Bradley|date=25 June 2014|work=The Wall Street Journal}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28033684 |title=Iraqi PM welcomes Syria air strike on border crossing |publisher=BBC News |date=2014-06-26 |access-date=2014-07-31}}</ref>
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{{flagdeco|Kurdistan}} '''[[Iraqi Kurdistan]]'''<ref name="IsisIraqiArmyPeshmerga" /><br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Assyria.svg}} [[Christian militias in Iraq and Syria#Iraq|Assyrian Forces]] <small>(Kurdish command)</small> <br />{{flagicon image|Flag of HPŞ.svg}} [[Sinjar Alliance]]<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg}} [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]]<ref name="pkkypg" >{{cite news|title=YNK: PKK and YPG are fighting in Şengal and Rabia against ISIS|url=http://www.diclehaber.com/en/news/content/view/414000?from=2082207090|access-date=6 August 2014 |date=6 August 2014}}</ref><br />{{flag|Rojava|name=Rojava}}<ref name="pkkypg"/><br />
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{{nowrap|{{Dodseal|CJTFOIR|25}} '''[[Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve|CJTF–OIR]]'''}}<br />{{Flag|United States}}<br />{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br />'''{{flag|Canada}}'''<ref name="militaryaid">{{cite news|title=Seven Countries to sell weapons to Kurds|url=http://basnews.com/en/News/Details/Seven-Countries-to-sell-weapons-to-Kurds/30439|access-date=24 August 2014|agency=BasNews|date=14 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Operation IMPACT |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/operations/military-operations/current-operations/operation-impact.html |publisher=Government of Canada|date=19 August 2014 }}</ref><br />{{flag|Australia}}<ref name="auto6">{{cite web|author=Adam Vidler|url=http://www.9news.com.au/national/2014/08/31/14/59/tony-abbott-commits-australia-to-iraq-conflict|title=Australia to take up military role in Iraq conflict|date=31 August 2014 |access-date=2014-08-31}}</ref><br />{{Flag|France}}<br />{{Flag|Italy}}<br />{{Flag|Netherlands}}<br />{{Flag|Finland}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Involvement of Finnish SOF in the Battle of Mosul. Dutch government report| url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2017/04/04/kamerbrief-over-voortgangsrapportage-nederlandse-bijdrage-aan-de-strijd-tegen-isis|language=NL|publisher=Government of the Netherlands}}{{deadlink|date=November 2021}}</ref><br />{{Flag|Denmark}}<ref name="auto7">{{cite news|title=Enhedslisten støtter dansk våbenfly til kurdere i Irak|url=http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Politik/2014/08/24/0824174721.htm|access-date=24 August 2014|agency=DR|publisher=DR|date=24 August 2014|language=da}}</ref>
|'''{{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} [[Islamic State]]'''
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{{flagicon|Ba'athist Iraq|1991}} [[Naqshbandi Army]] (2013–15)
| style="background:#D0FFD0"| '''Victory'''
* Iraqi [[territorial integrity]] preserved
* ISIL expelled from all strongholds by 11 November 2017<ref name=Stalled>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/12/world/middleeast/iraq-kurds-autonomous-borders.html|title=With Iraqi-Kurdish Talks Stalled, Phone Diplomacy Averts New Clashes|work=The New York Times|date=12 November 2017 |last1=Coker |first1=Margaret }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2017-11-17/troops-force-so-called-islamic-state-from-their-final-stronghold-in-iraq/|title=Troops force so-called Islamic State from their final stronghold in Iraq|publisher=ITV News}}</ref>
* Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after [[2017 Western Iraq campaign|securing the western desert]] with neighbouring Syria<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-islamicstate/iraq-declares-final-victory-over-islamic-state-idUSKBN1E30B9|title=Iraq declares final victory over Islamic State|publisher=Reuters|date=9 December 2017}}</ref>
* End of open conflict and return of relative stability to Iraq following the end of the war<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iraq in 2023: Challenges and prospects for peace and human security |publisher=SIPRI |url=https://www.sipri.org/commentary/topical-backgrounder/2023/iraq-2023-challenges-and-prospects-peace-and-human-security |access-date=2023-04-24 |date=17 March 2023 }}</ref>
| '''1'''
| '''Unknown'''
|-
| [[Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Military intervention against<br />the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]<br />(2014–present)
|
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| {{flag|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|size=23px}}
| style="background:#FFFFE0" | '''Ongoing'''
* Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria
* Multinational humanitarian effort
* Arming and support for local ground forces
* 2 American journalists, 2 British humanitarian workers, and 1 French tourist executed<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/21/obama-readies-for-war-on-isis.html|title=Obama vs ISIS: This time it's personal|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=9 September 2014|work=The Daily Beast|last1=Lake|first1=Eli}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/world/middleeast/obama-adviser-says-military-action-possible-against-isis.html|title=US weighs direct military action against ISIS in Syria|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=9 September 2014|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29360788|title=French hostage beheading: France to boost Syria rebels|date=25 September 2014|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref>
* As of February 2016, Canada has discontinued bombing ISIS positions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-canada-isis-fight-announcement-1.3438279 |title=ISIS airstrikes by Canada to end by Feb. 22, training forces to triple |first=Susana |last=Mas |publisher=CBC News}}</ref> but still has special operations units in Iraq<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://torontosun.com/2016/11/10/canadians-making-a-difference-against-isis-in-iraq/wcm/258111f0-f7fc-4a04-8227-a865f23d42bc|title=Canadians making a difference against ISIS in Iraq |newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=November 11, 2016 |first=Gavin |last=John}}</ref>
| '''2'''
| '''At Least 3'''
|-
| [[Red Sea crisis]]<br />(2023–present)
| {{flag|Israel}}<br>{{flag|United Kingdom}}<br>{{flag|United States}}<br>'''{{flag|Canada}}'''<br>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{flag|New Zealand}}<br>{{flag|Bahrain}}<br>{{flag|Denmark}}<br>{{flag|Germany}}<br>{{flag|Greece}}<br>{{flag|Netherlands}}<br>{{flag|Norway}}<br>{{flag|Sri Lanka}}<br>{{flag|Singapore}}<br>{{flag|Seychelles}}<br>{{flag|Egypt}}{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|1}}<br>{{flag|France}}<br>{{flag|Italy}}<br>{{flag|India}}<br>{{flag|Pakistan}}<br>{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|1}}
|{{flagdeco|Yemen}}&nbsp;[[Supreme Political Council]]{{efn|Political legitimacy of all [[Houthi movement|Houthi]]-led government bodies has been rejected by the [[United Nations]], rival [[Yemeni crisis|Yemeni factions]], the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]], and the [[United States]].}}{{bulletedlist
| {{flagdeco|Houthis}}&nbsp;[[Houthi movement|Houthis]]}}{{flag|Iran}}{{efn|The Iranian government has deployed military personnel to [[Aftermath of the Houthi takeover in Yemen|Houthi-controlled Yemen]], who are actively involved in attacks on commercial shipping.<ref name="semafor">{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Jay |title=Iran's Revolutionary Guard deployed in Yemen|url=https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2024/irans-revolutionary-guard-deployed-in-yemen |access-date=15 January 2024 |publisher=Semafor |date=15 January 2024 |archive-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126052016/https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2024/irans-revolutionary-guard-deployed-in-yemen |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Landay |first1=Jonathan |title=Biden aide says Iran helps plan, execute attacks by Yemen's Houthis |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-imposes-sanctions-iran-backed-network-funding-yemens-houthis-2023-12-07/ |access-date=18 January 2024 |publisher=Reuters |date=8 December 2023 |archive-date=12 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212042547/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-imposes-sanctions-iran-backed-network-funding-yemens-houthis-2023-12-07/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="hez">{{cite news |last1=Nakhoul |first1=Samia |last2=Hafezi |first2=Parisa |title=Exclusive: Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen, sources say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-hezbollah-commanders-help-direct-houthi-attacks-yemen-sources-say-2024-01-20/ |access-date=20 January 2024 |publisher=Reuters |date=20 January 2024 |archive-date=20 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120162434/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-hezbollah-commanders-help-direct-houthi-attacks-yemen-sources-say-2024-01-20/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}<hr>
&nbsp;{{flagdeco|Iran}}&nbsp;[[Axis of Resistance]]{{bulletedlist
| [[Hezbollah]]<ref name="hez"/>
| [[Islamic Resistance in Iraq]]<ref name="skyar">{{cite news |title=Within 10 days.. 75 Houthis were killed in Western strikes |url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1687013-10-%D8%A7%D9%94%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-75-%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=21 January 2024 |publisher=Sky News Arabia |date=21 January 2024 |language=Arabic |archive-date=21 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121064105/https://www.skynewsarabia.com/middle-east/1687013-10-%D8%A7%D9%94%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-75-%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9 |url-status=live}}</ref>}}'''Supported by:'''<br />{{flag|North Korea}} (alleged)<ref name="North Korea">{{Cite web|title=후티 반군 '북한 미사일' 사용 전적 주목...최근 '한글 표기' 발견되기도|url=https://www.voakorea.com/a/7446475.html|publisher=Voice of America|date=19 January 2024|language=ko|access-date=3 February 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=19 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119032126/https://www.voakorea.com/a/7446475.html}}</ref>
|style="background:#FFFFE0" | '''Ongoing'''
* Disruption of international maritime trade and the global economy due to Houthi attacks and hijackings
* Beginning of [[Operation Prosperity Guardian]] in December 2023
* Canada deploys 3 staff officers and an of unspecified number of land, air and sea support vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2023 |title=Canada to participate in United States-led Operation Prosperity Guardian|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/12/canada-to-participate-in-united-states-led-operation-prosperity-guardian.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220152354/https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2023/12/canada-to-participate-in-united-states-led-operation-prosperity-guardian.html |archive-date=20 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023 |publisher=National Defence}}</ref>
* [[2024 missile strikes in Yemen|Missile strikes against Houthi-controlled territory in January 2024]]
| '''Unknown'''
| '''Unknown'''
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Anglo-French conflicts on Hudson Bay]]
* [[List of Canadian military operations]]
* [[List of Canadian peacekeeping missions]]
* [[List of massacres in Canada]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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