National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces Manual of Abbreviations

This dataset contains the Manual of Abbreviations for National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), issued on authority of the Chief of Defence Staff. The aim of the Manual of Abbreviations is to give a list of all abbreviations used in DND/CAF. The dataset is a bilingual list of abbreviations in alphabetical order.

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Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 20:06 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 20:06 (UTC)
contact_email	Open-Ouvert@forces.gc.ca
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open_canada_collection	primary
open_canada_date_modified	2021-02-24 00:00:00
open_canada_date_published	2017-03-21 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"fr": ["Défense nationale", "manuel", "abréviations", "Forces armées canadiennes"], "en": ["National Defence", "manual", "abbreviations", "Canadian Armed Forces"]}
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title_fr	Défense nationale et les Forces armées canadiennes manuel des abréviations
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