| AOPS |
Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ship |
| AWACS |
Airborne Warning and Control System |
| BMD |
Ballistic Missile Defence |
| CAF |
Canadian Armed Forces |
| CAST |
Canadian Air/Sea Transportable |
| CFTS |
Contracted Flying Training and Support |
| CNAD |
Conference of National Armaments Directors |
| DND |
Department of National Defence |
| EFP |
Enhance Forward Presence |
| EU |
European Union |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GIUK |
Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom |
| ICBM |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
| IISS |
International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| INF |
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty |
| ISIS |
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (also known as Daesh) |
| JCPOA |
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action |
| NATEX |
National Technical Expert |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCIA |
NATO Communications and Information Agency |
| NDC |
NATO Defense College |
| NDDN |
House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence |
| NFTC |
NATO Flying Training in Canada |
| NIAG |
NATO Industrial Advisory Group |
| NORAD |
North American Aerospace Defense Command |
| NSPA |
NATO Support and Procurement Agency |
| NPT |
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| PESCO |
Permanent Structure Cooperation on Security and Defence |
| RCAF |
Royal Canadian Air Force |
| RCN |
Royal Canadian Navy |
| SIPRI |
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |
| SLBM |
Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile |
| TFP |
Tailored Forward Presence |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCLOS |
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
| UNSCR |
United Nations Security Council Resolution |
| U of T |
University of Toronto |
| US |
United States |