Canada's military reputation and the world wars

Why do some people outside Canada think it is a military superpower?

Canada's world-war record created a lasting reputation that can lead outsiders to overestimate its present military power.

Canada's performance in the world wars is offered as the reason some outsiders overestimate its present military power. A formidable wartime reputation can persist after the circumstances that created it have changed. The discussion compares that legacy with the Gurkhas' reputation for effectiveness in difficult imperial service.