June 2, 2017 – Ottawa – National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces

The Government of Canada is committed to ensuring that Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members are well compensated for the important work that they do. Today, the Department of National Defence (DND) announced that CAF members will receive an increase of over 6% to pay and around 5% to some environmental and special allowances. CAF members will be paid at these new rates along with a lump sum back-payment starting June 30, 2017. This covers retroactive increases starting April 1, 2014 calculated as follows:

four 1.25% increases in pay and allowances effective April 1 for the past four fiscal years: 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 and

one 1.2% Military Factor pay increase effective April 1, 2016.

CAF members receiving the pay raise include Non-Commissioned Members, General Service Officers and Pilots at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Commander and below, and all Medical and Dental Officers. The pay rates for Colonels and Captains (Navy) and above, and all Legal Officers, are managed separately.