But, recognizing that some sort of a military presence was still needed in the remote interior, the 5,000-member Canadian Rangers were officially established on May 23, 1947, as a component of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve. The 15,000-man, all-volunteer PCMR was organized to patrol and defend the coastline of British Columbia and certain other sections of Canada against a possible Japanese invasion expected at the time, and it was disbanded at the end of the war on September 30, 1945.
The quasi-military Canadian Rangers are entirely unique to the North American continent, tracing their history back to the WWII Pacific Coast Militia Rangers (PCMR) formed on March 3, 1942.
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