Official lineages, Volume 3, Part 1, Annex 1C: Order of precedence

The order of precedence among and within the Armour, Artillery, Engineering and Infantry Branches of the Canadian Army. This is an annex to the Canadian Armed Forces "Official Lineages" reference guide: Volume 3: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments.

Annex 1C

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General

1. For further amplification on the rules and responsibilities for determining precedence on a parade or ceremonial function, article 3.43 to Queen's Regulations and Orders and Chapter 1 to A-AD-200-000/AG-000, The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces should be consulted.
2. Seniority, which has connotations of age and length of service, is only one of the factors which determine precedence. First and foremost regiments follow precedence by the component or sub-component they are embodied. The Regular Force and the Special Force (when authorized and established by the Government in Council takes precedence with the Regular Force as if both formed the same component) take precedence over the Reserve Force and within the Reserve Force, the Primary Reserve takes precedence over the Supplementary Reserve.
3. Furthermore, regiments take precedence by branch and within their branch regiments take precedence in accordance with the customs of that branch. In general, precedence for each reflects a combination of status (Regular before Reserve, guards before line), numerical order and seniority of various types.
4. Where precedence of a regiment embodied within a component is based on seniority, units that change status to a superior component (eg, Reserve to Regular Force) take precedence within the new component in accordance with the date of change.
5. A regiment formed from the amalgamation of two or more regiments inherits the rights and privileges of each, including any rights of precedence, according to the date of origin of the oldest regiment which formed the new regiment or the customs of the branch concerned.

Branches

6. The Armour, Artillery, Military Engineering and Infantry Branches take precedence within the Canadian Forces according to Canadian Army regulations in place at unification, 1 February 1968. Precedence among regiments of the land field force follows the same order as that for branches, except that regiments of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery take precedence over Armour Branch regiments. The order of precedence for these branches and within each branch is:
1. Armour Branch. Regiments of horse guards take precedence over other armour regiments, regardless of the date of origin, and, in turn, take precedence amongst themselves according to the date they became horse guard regiments. Regiments of dragoon guards take precedence over other armour regiments but after horse guards, and, in turn take precedence amongst themselves according to the date they became dragoon guard regiments. All other armour regiments take precedence amongst themselves according to the date they became regiments;
2. Artillery Branch. Regiments of horse artillery take precedence over other artillery regiments, regardless of the date of origin, and, in turn, take precedence amongst themselves numerically. Within each type of artillery regiments take precedence amongst themselves numerically;
3. Military Engineering Branch. Field engineer regiments take precedence amongst themselves numerically; and
4. Infantry Branch. Regiments of foot guards take precedence over other infantry regiments, regardless of the date of origin, and, in turn, take precedence amongst themselves according to the date they became foot guard regiments. All other infantry regiments take precedence amongst themselves according to the date they became regiments.

Armour regiments

7. An armour regiment with both Regular and Reserve Force components (indicated by an asterisk*) takes precedence within the Reserve Force according to the regiment's date of origin, and within the Regular Force according to the date its Regular Force component became part of that Force.
1. Regular Force
1. The Royal Canadian Dragoons
2. Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
3. 12e Régiment blindé du Canada*
2. Primary Reserve
4. The Governor General's Horse Guards
5. 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
6. The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)
7. The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)
8. The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)
9. The Sherbrooke Hussars
10. 12e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice)*
11. 1st Hussars
12. The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)
13. The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
14. The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)
15. The South Alberta Light Horse
16. The Saskatchewan Dragoons
17. The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)
18. The British Columbia Dragoons
19. The Fort Garry Horse
20. Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)
21. The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)
3. Supplementary Reserve
21. 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
22. 12th Manitoba Dragoons
23. 19th Alberta Dragoons
24. 14th Canadian Hussars

Artillery regiments

8. The order of precedence for types of artillery is:
1. Horse artillery
2. Field artillery
3. Medium artillery
4. Heavy artillery
5. Surface to surface missile artillery
6. Anti-tank artillery
7. Locating artillery (target acquisition)
8. Coast artillery
9. Mountain artillery
10. Air defence artillery (guns)
11. Air defence artillery (missile)
12. Regimental headquarters
13. Artillery school

Infantry regiments

9. An infantry regiment with both Regular and Reserve Force components (indicated by an asterisk*) takes precedence within the Reserve Force according to the regiment's date of origin, and within the Regular Force according to the date its Regular Force component became part of that Force.
10. Numbered infantry battalions take precedence amongst themselves within their own position in the line in numerical order.
1. Regular Force
1. The Royal Canadian Regiment*
2. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
3. Royal 22e Régiment*
2. Primary Reserve
4. Governor General's Foot Guards
5. The Canadian Grenadier Guards
6. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
7. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
8. Les Voltigeurs de Québec
9. The Royal Regiment of Canada
10. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
11. The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment
12. The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
13. The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
14. The Royal Canadian Regiment*
15. The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
16. The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
17. The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
18. The Brockville Rifles
19. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
20. Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent
21. Le Régiment de la Chaudière
22. Royal 22e Régiment*
23. Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
24. The Princess Louise Fusiliers
25. The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
26. The West Nova Scotia Regiment
27. The Nova Scotia Highlanders
28. Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
29. The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
30. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
31. The Essex and Kent Scottish
32. 48th Highlanders of Canada
33. Le Régiment du Saguenay
34. The Algonquin Regiment
35. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
36. The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
37. The North Saskatchewan Regiment
38. The Royal Regina Rifles
39. The Rocky Mountain Rangers
40. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
41. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
42. The Royal Westminster Regiment
43. The Calgary Highlanders
44. Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
45. The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
46. The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
47. The Royal Montreal Regiment
48. Irish Regiment of Canada
49. The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)
50. The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
3. Supplementary Reserve
51. The Canadian Guards
52. Victoria Rifles of Canada
53. The Royal Rifles of Canada
54. The Perth Regiment
55. Le Régiment de Joliette
56. The Winnipeg Grenadiers
57. The South Saskatchewan Regiment
58. The Yukon Regiment