Authorized marches of the Canadian Armed Forces
The following is a list of the notable authorized marches for various organisations of the Canadian Armed Forces. The first march listed is the march most commonly performed for that organisation on parade; it is commonly referred to simply as that organisation's "march" or "march past". In addition, many organisations also have additional pieces for slow marches, marches for mounted parades, pipe marches, etc.; they are subsequently listed and footnoted as applicable.
Within each grouping, the organisations are listed in their order of precedence, i.e. the order the organisations would march on parade and the order the marches would be played.
Military colleges[]
- Royal Military College of Canada - "Precision" composed by Madame Denise Chabot (wife of head of French department); For pipe band: "Alexander Mackenzie" was composed by Pipe Major Don M. Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985[1]
- Royal Military College Saint-Jean - "" composed by Madame Denise Chabot (wife of head of French department); Slow march: La Gaillarde[1]
Commands[]
- Royal Canadian Navy - "Heart of Oak"
- Canadian Army - "The Great Little Army"
- Royal Canadian Air Force - "RCAF March Past"
- Joint Task Force (North) - ""
Formations[]
- - ""
- 1st Canadian Division - "Vimy Ridge"
- 2nd Canadian Division - ""
- 3rd Canadian Division - "Invercargill"
- 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group - "Sons of the Brave"
- 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group - "Allons-y"
- 32 Canadian Brigade Group - ""
- 33 Canadian Brigade Group - ""
- 34 Canadian Brigade Group - "Aida"
- 35 Canadian Brigade Group - "Le Pays"
- 38 Canadian Brigade Group - ""
- 39 Canadian Brigade Group - ""
- 41 Canadian Brigade Group - "Alberta Bound"
- - ""
Personnel branches[]
- Naval Operations Branch – "Heart of Oak"
- Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery – "British Grenadiers" (2); "" (3); "Keel Row" (4); Royal Canadian Horse Artillery only – "Bonnie Dundee" (5)
- Royal Canadian Armoured Corps – ""
- Canadian Military Engineers – ""
- Communications and Electronics Branch – "The Mercury March"
- Royal Canadian Corps of Signals - ""
- – "" ("")
- Royal Canadian Infantry Corps – ""
- Air Operations Branch – "RCAF March Past"
- Royal Canadian Logistics Service – ""
- Royal Canadian Medical Service – "The Farmer's Boy"
- Royal Canadian Dental Corps – ""; "Greensleeves" (3)
- Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – "" (Both "Lillibullero" and "Auprès de ma blonde" should be played); "" (3)
- Royal Canadian Chaplain Service – "Ode to Joy"
- Canadian Forces Military Police – ""
- Legal Branch – "Hymn to Freedom"[3]
- Music Branch – "Canada on the March"
- Personnel Selection Branch – "" ("")
- Training Development Branch – ""
- Public Affairs Branch – "Liberty Bell"
- Intelligence Branch – "" (an arrangement of Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
- Cadet Instructor Cadre – "La Feuille d'érable"
Armoured regiments[]
- The Royal Canadian Dragoons - "" (7); "" (8)
- Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) - "Soldiers of the Queen"
- 12e Régiment blindé du Canada - ""; "" (3)
- The Governor General's Horse Guards - "Men of Harlech" ; "Keel Row" (4) ; "Bonnie Dundee" (5)
- 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) - ""; "The 8th Hussars" (tune "") (3)
- The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) - "John Peel"
- The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) - ""
- Sherbrooke Hussars - ""
- 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice) - see 12e Régiment blindé du Canada, above
- 1st Hussars - "Bonnie Dundee"
- The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) - ""
- The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) - "Men of Harlech" and "St. Patrick's Day"
- The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) - ""
- The South Alberta Light Horse - ""
- The Saskatchewan Dragoons - "Punjaub"
- The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) - "Colonel Bogey"
- The British Columbia Dragoons - " (5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards)"; "Scotland the Brave" (1)
- The Fort Garry Horse - "" and "St. Patrick's Day"; "Red River Valley" (3)
- Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC) - ""
- The Windsor Regiment (RCAC) - ""
Artillery regiments[]
- 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA - for military band, see Artillery marches; else, "Highland Laddie" (1)
- 49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA - for military band, see Artillery marches; else, "A Hundred Pipers" (1)
Infantry regiments[]
- The Royal Canadian Regiment - "The Royal Canadian Regiment" (also published under the title "St. Catharines"); "" (3)
- Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry - Medley of: "Has Anyone Seen the Colonel", "Tipperary" and "Mademoiselle from Armentières"; "Lili Marlene" (3)
- Royal 22e Régiment - "Vive la Canadienne"; "" (also published under the title "") (3)
- Governor General's Foot Guards - "Milanollo"; "Figaro" (3)
- The Canadian Grenadier Guards - "British Grenadiers"; "Slow march from Scipione" (3)
- The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada - "The Buffs" and "The Maple Leaf Forever"; "Money Musk" (6)
- The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada - "Highland Laddie"; "" (3)
- Les Voltigeurs de Québec - "Les Voltigeurs de Québec"
- The Royal Regiment of Canada - "British Grenadiers" followed by ""
- The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) - ""
- The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment - "The Buffs"
- The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment - ""
- The Lincoln and Welland Regiment - "The Lincolnshire Poacher"
- 4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment - See Royal Canadian Regiment, above
- The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada - "Highland Laddie" and "Seann Triubhas"
- The Grey and Simcoe Foresters - ""
- The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) - "The Campbells Are Coming" and "John Peel"
- The Brockville Rifles - "Bonnie Dundee"
- The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders - "Bonnie Dundee"
- Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent - ""
- Le Régiment de la Chaudière - "Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse" and "The Longest Day"
- 4e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment (Châteauguay) - See Royal 22e Régiment, above
- 6e Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment - See Royal 22e Régiment, above
- Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal - ""
- The Princess Louise Fusiliers - "British Grenadiers"
- The Royal New Brunswick Regiment - "A Hundred Pipers" followed by ""
- The West Nova Scotia Regiment - "God Bless the Prince of Wales"; "The Garb of Old Gaul" (3)
- The Nova Scotia Highlanders - ""; 1st Battalion: "The Atholl Highlanders" and ""
- Le Régiment de Maisonneuve - "Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse"
- The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own) - "" and ""
- The Royal Winnipeg Rifles - "" (""); "Keel Row" (6)
- The Essex and Kent Scottish - "Highland Laddie" and "A Hundred Pipers"
- 48th Highlanders of Canada - "Highland Laddie"
- Le Régiment du Saguenay - "Le Régiment du Saguenay"
- Cape Breton Highlanders - "Highland Laddie"
- The Algonquin Regiment - ""
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) - "The Campbells Are Coming"
- The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment - "Highland Laddie"
- North Saskatchewan Regiment - ""; "" (1)
- The Royal Regina Rifles - "Lutzow's Wild Hunt"; "Keel Row" (6)
- The Rocky Mountain Rangers - ""
- The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) - "Bonnie Dundee"
- The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - "" and ""
- The Royal Westminster Regiment - "The Maple Leaf Forever'
- The Calgary Highlanders - "Highland Laddie" and ""
- Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke - "Queen City"
- The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada - ""
- The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) - ""
- The Royal Montreal Regiment - "Ça ira"
- The Irish Regiment of Canada - "Garryowen"
- The Toronto Scottish Regiment - ""
- Royal Newfoundland Regiment - "The Banks of Newfoundland"
Miscellaneous organisations[]
Note: These organisations are NOT in order of precedence.
- Canadian Forces Base Montreal - ""
- Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre - "The Longest Day"
- Royal Canadian Sea Cadets - "Heart of Oak"
- Royal Canadian Army Cadets - "", "Scotland and the Brave" or the authorised march of the affiliated CF unit
- Royal Canadian Air Cadets - "RCAF March Past"
Former organisations[]
- Royal Roads Military College - "Hatley Park"; Slow march "" [1]
- The Canadian Guards - Quick march: "The Standard of St. George," slow march: "From Sea To Sea."[4]
- The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps - "The Village Blacksmith" [5]
- The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps - "Wait for the Wagon" [6]
Other marches[]
The 10 Provinces March[]
"The 10 Provinces March" is an arrangement of folk tunes composed by Howard Cable (1920–2016). It was first composed in 1986 as a result of a special commission by the government. The march is performed every day during the Changing of the Guard Ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It is heard immediately as the new guard and the Band of the Ceremonial Guard arrives on the hill at exactly 10 a.m. The piece includes the melodies of 10 provincial songs such that include the following:
- Ontario: "Maple Leaf Forever"
- Quebec: "Bonhomme, Bonhomme / Cadet Rousselle"
- Nova Scotia: "Farewell to Nova Scotia"
- New Brunswick: The Banks of Newfoundland
- Manitoba: "Red River Valley"
- British Columbia: "Way Up in the Ucletaw"
- Prince Edward Island: "Peter Emberly"
- Saskatchewan: "Saskatchewan Hymn"
- Alberta: "Alberta Bound"
- Newfoundland: "The Ryans and the Pittmans"
Vimy Ridge[]
"Vimy Ridge" is a military march of British origin written by Thomas Bidgood in 1921.[7] It commemorates the 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge during the First World War. The march is usually played on special occasions which commemorate the battle, such as Vimy Ridge Day. Vimy Ridge serves as the official regimental marchpast for the 1st Canadian Division.
The march was used by the Massed Bands of the British Household Division as the second neutral quick march during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in 2014. It also served as the quick march of the Ceremonial Guard before the playing of "Milanollo" during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ottawa during Canada Day in 2010.
Canada Overseas[]
"Canada Overseas" by James Gayfer is a march written in 1954 which honours Canada's Western European presence since the Second World War. It also alludes to the county's contribution to the founding and development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).[8]
See also[]
- March (music)
- Anthems and nationalistic songs of Canada
- Canadian Armed Forces
Notes[]
- (1) - For pipe band
- (2) - Slow march
- (3) - Quick march for dismounted parades
- (4) - Trot-past for mounted parades
- (5) - Gallop-past for mounted parades
- (6) - Double-past
- (7) - Concerts, mess dinners, and mounted parades
- (8) - Dismounted parades
References[]
- ^ a b c "CFAO 32-3 Regimental & Branch Marches of the Canadian Armed Forces by Timothy R. Groulx CD". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-04-30.
- ^ Canadian Armed Forces Directorate of History and Heritage (2008-05-15). A-AD-200-000/AG-000 THE HERITAGE STRUCTURE OF THE CANADIAN FORCES.
- ^ http://www.forces.gc.ca/en/news/article.page?doc=canadian-forces-legal-branch/hie8w9c5
- ^ Canadian Guards Regimental Standing Orders
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
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- ^ Smith, Norman E. (August 1986). March music notes. ISBN 9780961734619.
- ^ http://www.primeau-canada.com/milmus.htm
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