1990-2000
Canada's peacekeeping efforts were at their height in the 1990s. Begining with the first missions following the Second World War, a total of more than 100,000 Canadian soldiers had participated in peacekeeping missions by the year 2000. Many saw action in the Balkans, once Soviet control of Yugoslavia ended and the region was riven by ethnic, religious, political, and other tensions. Canadian soldiers also saw action in controversial domestic disputes, such as the Oka crisis of 1990, and in international wars, such as the UN authorized Gulf War of 1991.
Oka Crisis-Kahnewake: 11 July-26 Sept 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait and the Gulf War: 2 Aug 1990-28 Feb 1991 UN Missions in Cambodia: 1991-1992 UN Verification Mission-Angola: 1991-1994 UN Mission in the Western Sahara: 1991-1994 UN Mission in El Salvador: 1991-1995 United Nations Observation and Weapons Inspection-Iraq-Kuwait: 1991- Dissolution of Yugoslavia: 1991 European Community Monitor Mission-Yugoslavia: 1991- UN Missions in Somalia: 1992-1995 United Nations Protection Force-the Balkans: Feb 1992-Dec 1996 1st Battalion, Le Royal 22e Régiment and the Opening of Sarajevo Airport: July 1992 UN Missions in Rwanda: 1993-1996 UN Missions in Haiti: 1993-1997 Canadian Armed Forces Withdraw from Europe: 30 July 1993 2PPCLI and the Reoccupation of the Medak Pocket-Croatia: 16 Sept 1993 Somalia Inquiry, 1994-1997 Implementation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1996-1997 Stabilization Force in Bosnia: 1997- Kosovo: 1999