I'm fairly new to the aviation industry myself but what I am told is persistence, persistence, persistence and also being in the right place at the right time. As far as the Air Force route in Canada, as far as I know is that there is a demand for pilots - I looked myself at that route. However, there are obviously a lot of cons to that as there is an 11 or 12 year commitment and although you are trained to be a pilot, in that 11 or 12 years the probability that you will log thousands of hours is not that much of a reality, further, you will also need to do CPL / ATPL exams when you want to go into the civilian world. I also have been told by ex airforce pilots that there are quite a few airlines that shy away from military trained pilots for the sole reason that they are trained I guess in a military way.
Now to those reading this, please don't get me wrong and think I am getting down on military pilots, I am not at all... I would love to have been in the Airforce but looking ahead I chose the route I did because I thought it was best for me. I just wanted to pass on what people have told me... just opinions!
Hope that may give you some insight.
Good Luck