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General (Canada)
The
military rank
of
general
in
Canada
is typically held by only one
officer
whose position is
Chief of the Defence Staff
(CDS) and the senior uniformed officer of the
Canadian Forces
. The rank is referred to as '
four-star
', a reference to its
american equivalent
. It is the equivalent of the naval rank of
admiral
. Prior to the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces, the equivalent rank in the
Royal Canadian Air Force
was
air chief marshal
.
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