This is a list of Canadian organizations with designated royal status, listed by the king or queen who granted the designation.
As a matter of honour, the Canadian monarch may bestow on an organization the right to use the prefix royal before its name; this may be done for any type of constituted group, from the Royal Ottawa Golf Club to the Royal Canadian Regiment. The granting of this distinction falls within the royal prerogative and is conferred through the office of the King's viceroy, the governor general of Canada, with input from the Department of Canadian Heritage on whether or not the institution meets the criteria of having been in existence for at least 25 years, being financially secure, and a non-profit organization, among others.[1]
Civilian
edit| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1801 | Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning[2] (later McGill University) |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1837 | Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron |
| 1851 | Royal Canadian Institute |
| 1854 | Royal Canadian Yacht Club |
| 1862 | Royal Halifax Yacht Club (superseded by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron) |
| 1878 | Royal Military College |
| 1880 | Royal Canadian Academy of Arts[3] |
| 1882 | Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada |
| 1883 | Royal Society of Canada |
| 1884 | Royal Montreal Golf Club[4] |
| 1887 | Royal Victoria Hospital |
| 1888 | Royal Victoria College |
| 1891 | Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (filed for bankruptcy in 1983; title reinstated in 1991) |
| 1894 | Royal Canadian Humane Association |
| 1894 | Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club of Montreal |
| 1894 | Royal Toronto Sailing Skiff Club |
| 1896 | Royal Canadian Golf Association |
| 1898 | Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club (destroyed by fire in 2013) |
| 1903 | Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |
| 1905 | Royal Vancouver Yacht Club |
| 1907 | Royal Alexandra Hospital |
| 1908 | Royal Life Saving Society of Canada |
| 1908 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
| 1909 | Royal Edward Laurentian Sanatorium (later Montreal Chest Hospital) |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Royal Guardians |
| 1910 | Royal Over-Seas League |
| 1911 | Royal Victoria Yacht Club |
| 1912 | Royal Ottawa Golf Club |
| 1913 | Royal Canadian Institute |
| 1913 | Royal Ottawa Sanatorium |
| 1914 | Royal Ontario Museum |
| 1923 | Royal Automobile Club of Canada (absorbed by the Canadian Automobile Association) |
| 1924 | Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club |
| 1924 | Royal Montreal Curling Club |
| 1929 | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| 1930 | Royal Botanical Gardens |
| 1931 | Royal Colwood Golf Club |
| 1934 | Royal Québec Golf Club |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association |
| 1947 | Royal Conservatory of Music |
Military
edit| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1874 | Royal Military College of Canada |
| 1877 | 8th Battalion "Royal Rifles" (later The Royal Rifles of Canada) |
| 1887 | Royal School of Cavalry (later Royal Canadian Dragoons) |
| 1890 | 6th Regiment of Cavalry "Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars" (now The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)) |
| 1892 | Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry (later Royal Canadian Regiment) |
| 1893 | Royal Canadian Dragoons |
| 1895 | Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery |
| 1901 | Royal Canadian Regiment |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1903 | Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles (later Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)) |
| 1904 | Royal Canadian Engineers |
| 1905 | Royal Canadian Horse Artillery |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Royal Naval College of Canada |
| 1911 | Royal Canadian Navy |
| 1917 | Royal Newfoundland Regiment |
| 1919 | Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (redesignated The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in 1948, reverted to previous name in 1955) |
| 1920 | The Royal Montreal Regiment |
| 1921 | Royal 22nd Regiment |
| 1921 | Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (later Communications and Electronics Branch, Canadian Forces) |
| 1924 | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| 1928 | Royal 22e Régiment |
| 1932 | Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers |
| 1935 | Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
| 1935 | Royal Highland Regiment of Canada |
| 1936 | Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers (later Royal Regiment of Canada) |
| 1936 | Royal Hamilton Light Infantry |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (later Royal Canadian Medical Service) |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1939 | Royal Regiment of Canada |
| 1941 | Royal Roads Military College (closed 1995) |
| 1942 | Royal Canadian Army Cadets |
| 1942 | Royal Canadian Sea Cadets |
| 1945 | Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
| 1947 | Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
| 1947 | Royal Canadian Dental Corps |
| 1948 | Royal Canadian Military Institute |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1952 | Royal Canadian Air Force Benevolent Fund |
| 1952 | Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund |
| 1952 | Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean |
| 1953 | Royal Canadian Air Cadets |
| 1956 | Royal New Brunswick Regiment |
| 1966 | The Royal Westminster Regiment |
| 1964 | Royal Canadian Naval Association |
| 1982 | Royal Regina Rifles |
| 1998 | Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada |
| 2018 | Royal Canadian Logistics Service |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| Royal Canadian Regiment Association |
Police
edit| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Royal North-West Mounted Police (later Royal Canadian Mounted Police) |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1920 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Royal Hamilton and District Officers' Institute |
| 1979 | Royal Newfoundland Constabulary |
Events
edit| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1880 | Royal Canadian Henley Regatta |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Royal Agricultural Winter Fair of Toronto |
| Year | Organization |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Royal Manitoba Winter Fair |
| 1984 | Royal Canadian Henley Regatta |
| 1993 | Royal St. John's Regatta |
| 2006 | Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Department of Canadian Heritage: Criteria for Royal patronage". Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
- ^ "The Royal Charter of McGill University". McGill University.
- ^ "RECORDS OF THE FOUNDING of the Royal Canadian Academy".
- ^ "History". Royal Montreal Golf Club. Archived from the original on 2008-02-06. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ "About Us". Royal Western Nova Scotia Yacht Club. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Royal Niagara Military Institute, retrieved 18 August 2022
External links
edit- List of civilian organizations with the prefix "Royal" prepared by the Department of Canadian Heritage