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
Implementation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina: 1996-1997
