Overview

• Military Factor adjustments will retroactively boost entry-level privates’ pay by 20 percent, junior ranks by 13 percent and senior officers by 8 percent, with full implementation by late fall.
• A new Military Service Pay benefit will award annual, pensionable lump sums from $2,000 for five to ten years of service up to $6,000 for those with 21 or more years.
• Recruitment allowances of $10,000 at basic training completion, $20,000 upon trade qualification and another $20,000 at first contract renewal target critical under-staffed occupations.
• Environmental allowances for field and sea duty will become a flat $100 per day while domestic operations earn $45 per day and Arctic deployments receive an extra 50 percent of land or 25 percent of sea duty pay.
• The $2 billion-a-year package is being rolled out over the next 12 months to support Canada’s pledge to reach NATO’s 2 percent GDP defence target by spring 2026 and its 5 percent goal by 2035.