Canadian Forces order of precedence

All units of the Canadian Armed Forces have an order of precedence that determines seniority; it often decides such matters as which unit forms up to the right (senior side) of other units on a ceremonial parade, or the order in which marches or calls are played at a mess dinner.

Order of precedence

# Naval Operations Branch
# Royal Canadian Armoured Corps ( see below)
# Royal Canadian Artillery
# Canadian Military Engineers
# Communications and Electronics Branch
# Royal Canadian Infantry Corps ( see below)
# Air Operations Branch
# Royal Canadian Logistics Service
# Royal Canadian Medical Service
# Royal Canadian Dental Corps
# Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
# Royal Canadian Chaplain Service
# Canadian Forces Military Police
# Legal Branch
# Music Branch
# Personnel Selection Branch
# Training Development Branch
# Public Affairs Branch
# Intelligence Branch
# Cadet Instructors Cadre

''Note:'' The honour of "the right of the line" (precedence over other units), on an army parade, is held by the units of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA) when on parade with their guns. On dismounted parades, RCHA units take precedence over all other land force units except formed bodies of officer cadets of the Royal Military College representing their college. Royal Canadian Artillery units parade to the left of units of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.

Precedence of armoured regiments

Regular Force
# The Royal Canadian Dragoons
# Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
# 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (Regular)

Primary Reserve
# The Governor General's Horse Guards
# The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)
# 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
# The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)
# The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)
# Sherbrooke Hussars
# 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (Militia)
# 1st Hussars
# The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)
# The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
# The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)
# The South Alberta Light Horse
# The Saskatchewan Dragoons
# The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)
# The British Columbia Dragoons
# The Fort Garry Horse
# Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)
# The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)

Supplementary Reserve

# 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
# 12th Manitoba Dragoons
# 14th Canadian Hussars

Precedence of infantry regiments

Regular Force
# The Royal Canadian Regiment (Regular)
# Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Regular)
# Royal 22^e Régiment (Regular)

Primary Reserve
# Governor General's Foot Guards
# The Canadian Grenadier Guards
# The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
# The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
# Les Voltigeurs de Québec
# The Royal Regiment of Canada
# The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
# The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment
# The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
# The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
# 4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment
# The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
# The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
# The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
# The Brockville Rifles
# Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
# Les Fusiliers du S^t-Laurent
# Le Régiment de la Chaudière
# Royal 22^e Régiment (Militia)
## 4th Battalion, Royal 22^e Régiment (Châteauguay)
## 6th Battalion, Royal 22^e Régiment
# Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
# The Princess Louise Fusiliers
# The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
# The West Nova Scotia Regiment
# The North Shore Regiment
# The Nova Scotia Highlanders
# Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
# The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)
# The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
# The Essex and Kent Scottish
# 48th Highlanders of Canada
# Le Régiment du Saguenay
# The Cape Breton Highlanders
# The Algonquin Regiment (Northern Pioneers)
# The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
# The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
# The North Saskatchewan Regiment
# The Royal Regina Rifles
# The Rocky Mountain Rangers
# The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
# The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
# The Royal Westminster Regiment
# The Calgary Highlanders
# Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
# The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
# The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
# The Royal Montreal Regiment
# The Irish Regiment of Canada
# The Toronto Scottish Regiment
# Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Supplementary Reserve

# The Canadian Guards
# Victoria Rifles of Canada
# The Royal Rifles of Canada
# The Perth Regiment
# Le Régiment de Joliette
# The Winnipeg Grenadiers
# The South Saskatchewan Regiment
# The Yukon Regiment

See also

*Canadian order of precedence
* Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)

References

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THE HONOURS, FLAGS AND HERITAGE STRUCTURE OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, 1999

COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS BRANCH STANDING ORDERS, 2020

Canadian Armed Forces
Orders of precedence in Canada