By The Numbers: Canada’s role in the fight against ISIS

CF-18s and their support crews are on the ground in Kuwait

Canadian military planes are still flying over Syria and Iraq, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated his promise that that will soon change when he spoke with U.S. President Barack Obama in Manila on Thursday at the APEC summit.

Canada remains committed to withdrawing its participation in airstrikes against the extremist movement, ISIS, the prime minister said in his first formal meeting with Obama.

“Canada will continue to work with our coalition partners to ensure that we are doing what we can, including militarily to degrade and defeat ISIL over the long haul,” Trudeau told the press after the meeting. (ISIL is another acronym commonly used to refer to ISIS.)

Canada’s participation in the coalition fighting ISIS began in October 2014. Under commitments made by the former Conservative government, the country is currently expected to be involved until March 2016.

As of right now, Canada still has planes, including fighter jets, participating in the coalition campaign against ISIS in Syria and northern Iraq. Here’s a by-the-numbers look at Canada’s participation in the campaign so far.

CF-18s: The fighter jets currently involved in the U.S.-led coalition bombing ISIS-related targets in Iraq and Syria. There are six CF-18s, along with an airborne Polaris tanker and two Aurora surveillance planes.

66: The approximate percentage of times the Canadian CF-18s return from a sortie (an attack made from a defensive position) without dropping bombs, according to CBC News.

8: Days after Trudeau’s election that an air campaign that included Canadian fighter jets helped to drive ISIS forces out of Sinjar, in northern Iraq. Canadian special forces on the ground also participated in the operation.

69: The number of special forces the Canadian military currently has in Iraq, where they are training Kurdish forces and Iraqi military to fight ISIS. On Tuesday Trudeau announced that he would send more special forces to the area for training, but he hasn’t specified how many or when.

1: The number of deaths of volunteer Canadians in the frontline ground fight against ISIS. Veteran John Gallagher was killed in Syria earlier this month in the fight against ISIS. His body is expected to be repatriated Friday. There are no regular Canadian troops on the ground in Syria.

31: The percentage of Canadians who feel the federal government should be much more involved in the fight against ISIS, according to a survey done by Vox Pop Labs after the attacks in Paris.

14: The percentage who agreed before the Paris attacks that Canada should be much more involved in the fight against ISIS.

600: The approximate number of Canadian supporting forces based in Kuwait.

1,731: The number of sorties, as of Nov. 11, that the Canadian planes had flown in, according to the Department of National Defence. Combat missions by CF-18 fights made up 1,109 of those.

54,000: The number of sorties flown by all members of the U.S.-led coalition air war against ISIS since the campaign began in fall 2014.

$528.5 million: The estimated cost to Canada by next year under existing plans for the mission. The estimate was given in April by then defence minister Jason Kenney.