The Cadet Services of Canada was a Corps of the Canadian Army created in 1909. It was superseded by the Cadet Instructors List (CIL), later renamed the
Cadet Instructors Cadre
The Cadet Instructors Cadre (CIC; french: Cadre des instructeurs de cadets) consists of approximately 7,500 Canadian Forces (CF) officers whose primary duty is the safety, supervision, administration and training of Royal Canadian Sea, Army, and Ai ...
. The CS of C was disbanded with the unification of the
Canadian Forces
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The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; french: Forces armées canadiennes, ''FAC'') are the unified military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Forc ...
on 1 February 1968.
The CS of C was composed of commissioned
militia
A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...
officers of the former
Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also res ...
before unification, whose purpose was the training of the
Royal Canadian Army Cadets. It not only included officers from the militia, but also officers from the regular forces who were on vacation.
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Canadian Armed Forces personnel branches
Cadet Instructors Cadre (Canada)