Military Rank Equivalence

Rank Ladder Highest first

🇨🇦 Canada · Army	NATO equivalent	France · Army 🇫🇷
Officers
No equivalent	OF-10 Marshal / General of the Army	Maréchal de France
General / Général	OF-9 General	Général d'armée
Lieutenant-general / Lieutenant-général	OF-8 Lieutenant General	Général de corps d'armée
Major-general / Major-général	OF-7 Major General	Général de division
Brigadier-general / Brigadier-général	OF-6 Brigadier General	Général de brigade
Colonel / Colonel	OF-5 Colonel	Colonel
Lieutenant-colonel / Lieutenant-colonel	OF-4 Lieutenant Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel
Major / Major	OF-3 Major / Commandant	Commandant
Captain / Capitaine	OF-2 Captain / 1st Lieutenant	Capitaine
Lieutenant / Lieutenant Second lieutenant / Sous-lieutenant	OF-1 Lieutenant	Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Officer cadet / Élève-officier	OF-D Student Officer	Aspirant
Enlisted ranks
Chief warrant officer / Adjudant-chef	OR-9 Sergeant Major	Major Adjudant-chef
Master warrant officer / Adjudant-maître	OR-8 1st Sergeant	Adjudant
Warrant officer / Adjudant	OR-7 Sergeant 1st Class	Sergent-chef BM2
Sergeant / Sergent	OR-6 Staff Sergeant	Sergent-chef
No equivalent	OR-5 Sergeant	Sergent
Master corporal / Caporal-chef	OR-4 Corporal	Caporal-chef de 1re classe Caporal-chef
Corporal / Caporal	OR-3 Private 1st Class	Caporal
Private / Soldat	OR-2 Private	Soldat de 1re classe
Private / Soldat	OR-1 Private	Soldat

Tiers neither force uses are hidden. An OF/OR code held by only one of the two is kept and marked — a missing tier is itself a difference in how the two hierarchies are built.