Canadian Armed Forces

The Canadian Armed Forces (French: Forces armées canadiennes), informally known as the Canadian Forces (Forces canadiennes), are the armed forces of the Canadian Republic, overseen by the Department of National Defence. The Canadian Forces consists of four service branches, the first three of which each have a complimentary reserve force: the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Gendarmerie, the last of which serves as the military police (provost) of the first three branches as well as Canada's border patrol agency with full civilian law enforcement authority.