Authorized marches of the Canadian Armed Forces
The following is a list of the notable authorized marches[1][2][3] 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[4]
- Royal Military College Saint-Jean - "La marche du Richelieu" composed by Madame Denise Chabot (wife of head of French department); Slow march: La Gaillarde[4]
Commands
- Royal Canadian Navy - "Heart of Oak"
- Canadian Army - "The Great Little Army"
- RCAF March Past"
- Joint Task Force (North) - "Canada North"
Formations
- Defence Information Services Organisation - "Communications"
- Vimy Ridge"
- 2nd Canadian Division - "Carillon"
- Invercargill"
- 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group - "Sons of the Brave"
- Allons-y"
- 32 Canadian Brigade Group - "Minstrel Boy"
- 33 Canadian Brigade Group - "Killaloe"
- 34 Canadian Brigade Group - "Aida"
- 35 Canadian Brigade Group - "Le Pays"
- 38 Canadian Brigade Group - "March Past of 38 Brigade"
- 39 Canadian Brigade Group - "Splendor Sine Occasu"
- 41 Canadian Brigade Group - "Alberta Bound"
- Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System - "Century of Progress"
Personnel branches
- Naval Operations Branch – "Heart of Oak"
- Keel Row" (4); Royal Canadian Horse Artillery only – "Bonnie Dundee" (5)
- Royal Canadian Armoured Corps – "My Boy Willie"
- Canadian Military Engineers – "Wings"
- Communications and Electronics Branch – "The Mercury March"
- Royal Canadian Infantry Corps – "The Canadian Infantryman"
- RCAF March Past"
- Royal Canadian Logistics Service – "March of the Logistics Branch"
- Royal Canadian Medical Service – "The Farmer's Boy"
- Royal Canadian Dental Corps – "March Past of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps"; "Greensleeves" (3)
- Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – "REME Corps March Past" (Both "Lillibullero" and "Auprès de ma blonde" should be played); "The Craftsman" (3)
- Royal Canadian Chaplain Service – "Ode to Joy"
- Canadian Forces Military Police – "Thunderbird"
- Hymn to Freedom"[6]
- Music Branch – "None authorized. Provides music to the Canadian Forces[3]"
- Personnel Selection Branch – "Semper Intellegere" ("Rondo Sentimentale")
- Training Development Branch – "Salut"
- Liberty Bell"
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik)
- Cadet Instructor Cadre– "La Feuille d'érable"
Armoured regiments
- The Royal Canadian Dragoons - "Monsieur Beaucaire" (7); "Light of Foot" (8)
- Soldiers of the Queen"
- 12e Régiment blindé du Canada - "Marianne s'en va-t-au moulin"; "Quand vous mourrez de nos amours" (3)
- Keel Row" (4) ; "Bonnie Dundee" (5)
- 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) - "The Galloping 8th Hussars"; "The 8th Hussars" (tune "Road to the Isles") (3)
- The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) - "John Peel"
- The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) - "Braganza"
- Sherbrooke Hussars - "Regimental March of the 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) - "Old Solomon Levi"
- St. Patrick's Day"
- The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) - "I'm Ninety-Five"
- The South Alberta Light Horse - "A Southerly Wind and a Cloudy Sky"
- Punjaub"
- The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) - "Colonel Bogey"
- The British Columbia Dragoons - "Fare Ye Well Inniskilling (5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards)"; "Scotland the Brave" (1)
- St. Patrick's Day"; "Red River Valley" (3)
- Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC) - "La Marche de la victoire"
- The Windsor Regiment (RCAC) - "My Boy Willie"
Artillery regiments
- 42nd Field Artillery Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA - for military band, see Artillery marches; else, "Highland Laddie" (1)
- A Hundred Pipers" (1)
Infantry regiments
- The Royal Canadian Regiment - "The Royal Canadian Regiment" (also published under the title "St. Catharines"); "Pro Patria" (3)
- Lili Marlene" (3)
- Royal 22e Régiment - "Vive la Canadienne"; "Marche lente du Royal 22e Régiment" (also published under the title "La prière en famille") (3)
- Milanollo"; "Figaro" (3)
- British Grenadiers"; "Slow march from Scipione" (3)
- The Buffs" and "The Maple Leaf Forever"; "Money Musk" (6)
- The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada - "Highland Laddie"; "The Red Hackle" (3)
- Les Voltigeurs de Québec- "Les Voltigeurs de Québec"
- British Grenadiers" followed by "Here's to the Maiden"
- The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) - "The Mountain Rose"
- The Buffs"
- The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment - "I'm Ninety-Five"
- 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 31st Greys"
- 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 - "Rêves Canadiens"
- 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 Jockey of York"
- British Grenadiers"
- A Hundred Pipers" followed by "The Old North Shore"
- The West Nova Scotia Regiment - "God Bless the Prince of Wales"; "The Garb of Old Gaul" (3)
- The Atholl Highlanders" and "The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu"
- Le Régiment de Maisonneuve - "Le Régiment de Sambre et Meuse"
- The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own) - "The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu" and "March of the Cameron Men"
- Keel Row" (6)
- 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 (Northern Pioneers) - "We Lead, Others Follow"
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) - "The Campbells Are Coming"
- The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment - "Highland Laddie"
- North Saskatchewan Regiment - "The Jockey of York"; "The Meeting of Waters" (1)
- Keel Row" (6)
- The Rocky Mountain Rangers - "The Meeting of the Waters (march)"
- The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) - "Bonnie Dundee"
- The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada - "The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu" and "March of the Cameron Men"
- The Royal Westminster Regiment - "The Maple Leaf Forever'
- The Calgary Highlanders - "Highland Laddie" and "Blue Bonnets Over the Border"
- Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke- "Queen City"
- The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada - "The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu"
- The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) - "Blue Bonnets Over the Border"
- Ça ira"
- The Irish Regiment of Canada - "Garryowen"
- The Toronto Scottish Regiment - "Blue Bonnets Over the Border"
- Royal Newfoundland Regiment - "The Banks of Newfoundland"
- Canadian Rangers - "Vigilans"[7]
Miscellaneous organisations
Note: These organisations are NOT in order of precedence.
- Canadian Forces Base Montreal - "Servir"
- Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre - "The Longest Day"
- Royal Canadian Sea Cadets - "Heart of Oak"
- Royal Canadian Army Cadets - "Cadet", "Scotland the Brave" or the authorised march of the affiliated CF unit
- RCAF March Past"
Former organisations
- Hatley Park"; Slow march "Going Home"[4]
- The Canadian Guards - Quick march: "The Standard of St. George," slow march: "From Sea To Sea."[8]
- The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps - "The Village Blacksmith"[9]
- The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps - "Wait for the Wagon"[10]
- The Canadian Airborne Regiment - "The Longest Day" or originally "Canada (song)" which was called Canadian Airborne
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:
- Newfoundland: "The Ryans and the Pittmans"
- Prince Edward Island: "Anne of Green Gables"
- Nova Scotia: "Farewell to Nova Scotia"
- New Brunswick: "Peter Emberley"
- Quebec: "Bonhomme, Bonhomme / Cadet Rousselle"
- Maple Leaf Forever"
- Manitoba: "Red River Valley"
- Saskatchewan: "Saskatchewan Hymn"
- Alberta: "Alberta Bound"
- British Columbia: "Way Up the Ucletaw"
"Vimy Ridge"
"Vimy Ridge" is a military march of British origin written by
The march was used by the Massed Bands of the British
"Canada Overseas"
"Canada Overseas" by
See also
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
- ^ "The Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces: Annex A – Authorized marches in order of precedence". 22 October 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ "The Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces: Annex B – Combat arms regiments and units". 12 October 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Official marches of the Canadian Forces". Official website of the Canadian Forces Music Branch. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "CFAO 32-3 Regimental & Branch Marches of the Canadian Armed Forces by Timothy R. Groulx CD". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
- ^ Canadian Armed Forces Directorate of History and Heritage (15 May 2008). A-AD-200-000/AG-000 The Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces Chapter 7: Anthems, Salutes, Marches and Calls.
- ^ "National Defence | Canadian Armed Forces | Backgrounder | Canadian Forces Legal Branch". www.forces.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013.
- ^ Canadian Ranger 75th Anniversary Ceremony, Victoria, BC, 23rd May 2022
- ^ Canadian Guards Regimental Standing Orders
- ^ "New Page 1". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
- ^ "The R C A S C-Wait for the Waggon". Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Archived from the original on 26 July 2004.
- ISBN 9780961734619.
- ^ "Military Music in Canada". Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.