Statistics

The statistics below provide an overview of the Military Grievances External Review Committee (the Committee) Findings and Recommendations (F&R) as well as the Final Authority (FA) responses to those F&Rs over the last five years.

Committee's Findings and Recommendations

Between 2021 and 2025, the Committee issued F&Rs on 1049 grievances of which 52.2% (548 cases) found that the grievor had been aggrieved by a decision, act or omission in the administration of the affairs of the CAF. In the remaining 47.8% (501 cases), the Committee recommended that the grievance be denied.

In the 52.2% (548 cases) where the grievor had been aggrieved, the Committee had recommended to grant full or partial remedy in 92.9% (509 cases); in 0.4% (2 cases) , the Committee recommended that a remedy be obtained outside of the grievance process, rather than be granted by the FA; in 6.8% (37 cases) a remedy could no longer be recommended (i.e., the grievor was no longer a CAF member or the issue of the grievance was moot).

The following graphic sets out the distribution in percentage of the Committee's Findings by year.

Note: Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Final Authority decisions

Of the 1049 F&R issued by the Committee, the FA rendered 631 decisions. Of these, 247 decisions addressed cases where the Committee found that the grievor had been aggrieved by a decision, act or omission in the administration of the affairs of the CAF. The remaining 384 decisions addressed cases where the Committee had found that the grievor had not been aggrieved and recommended that redress be denied.

The following illustrates the distribution of the FA decisions in percentage on each of these two categories.

Note: Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.

Time spent on grievance review by year referred