List of Canadian organizations with royal prefix

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.

Civilian Royal prefix granted by King George IIIYearOrganization1801Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (later McGill University)

Royal prefix granted by Queen VictoriaYearOrganization1837Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron1851Royal Canadian Institute1854Royal Canadian Yacht Club1862Royal Halifax Yacht Club (superseded by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron)1878Royal Military College1880Royal Canadian Academy of Arts1882Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada1883Royal Society of Canada1884Royal Montreal Golf Club1887Royal Victoria Hospital1888Royal Victoria College1891Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (filed for bankruptcy in 1983; title reinstated in 1991)1894Royal Canadian Humane Association1894Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club of Montreal1894Royal Toronto Sailing Skiff Club1896Royal Canadian Golf Association1898Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club

Royal prefix granted by King Edward VIIYearOrganization1902Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club (destroyed by fire in 2013)1903Royal Astronomical Society of Canada1905Royal Vancouver Yacht Club1907Royal Alexandra Hospital1908Royal Life Saving Society of Canada1908Royal Architectural Institute of Canada1909Royal Edward Laurentian Sanatorium (later Montreal Chest Hospital)

Royal prefix granted by King George VYearOrganization1910Royal Guardians1910Royal Over-Seas League1911Royal Victoria Yacht Club1912Royal Ottawa Golf Club1913Royal Canadian Institute1913Royal Ottawa Sanatorium1914Royal Ontario Museum1923Royal Automobile Club of Canada (absorbed by the Canadian Automobile Association)1924Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club1924Royal Montreal Curling Club1929Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada1930Royal Botanical Gardens1931Royal Colwood Golf Club1934Royal Québec Golf Club

Royal prefix granted by King George VIYearOrganization1944Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association1947Royal Conservatory of Music

Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth IIYearOrganization1952Royal Canadian Humane Association1953Royal Winnipeg Ballet1953Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada1957Royal Canadian Geographical Society1959Royal Canadian College of Organists1959Royal Philatelic Society of Canada1959Royal Glenora Club1961Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre1962Royal Canadian Legion1964Royal Jubilee Hospital1964Royal College of Dentists1965Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club1965Royal Hamilton Conservatory of Music1966Royal Victoria Hospital1969Royal Western Nova Scotia Yacht Club1970Royal Manitoba Winter Fair1972Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island1975Royal United Services Institute of Alberta1977Royal United Services Institute of Kingston, Ontario1979Royal United Services Institute of Regina, Saskatchewan1981Royal Manitoba Yacht Club1982Royal United Services Institute of Manitoba (later Royal Military Institute of Manitoba)1983Royal New Brunswick Rifle Association1984Royal Glenora Club1987Royal British Columbia Museum1989Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver1989Royal St. George's College1990Royal University Hospital1990Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology1991Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (first granted in 1891)1993Royal Saskatchewan Museum1993Royal Kingston Curling Club1993Royal United Services Institute of New Brunswick1998Royal Regina Golf Club1999Royal Niagara Military Institute1999Royal London United Services Institute2000Royal Canadian Pacific2002Royal Heraldry Society of Canada2005Royal Alberta Museum2005Royal Mayfair Golf Club2007Royal Canadian Numismatic Association2010Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre2012Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue2013The Royal Cape Breton Gaelic College2014Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

Military

Royal prefix granted by Queen VictoriaYearOrganization1874Royal Military College of Canada18778th Battalion "Royal Rifles" (later The Royal Rifles of Canada)1887Royal School of Cavalry (later Royal Canadian Dragoons)18906th Regiment of Cavalry "Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars" (now The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal))1892Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry (later Royal Canadian Regiment)1893Royal Canadian Dragoons1895Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery1901Royal Canadian Regiment

Royal prefix granted by King Edward VIIYearOrganization1903Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles (later Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians))1904Royal Canadian Engineers1905Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

Royal prefix granted by King George VYearOrganization1910Royal Naval College of Canada1911Royal Canadian Navy1917Royal Newfoundland Regiment1919Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (redesignated The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in 1948, reverted to previous name in 1955)1920The Royal Montreal Regiment1921Royal 22nd Regiment1921Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (later Communications and Electronics Branch, Canadian Forces)1924Royal Canadian Air Force1928Royal 22e Régiment1932Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers1935Royal Winnipeg Rifles1935Royal Highland Regiment of Canada1936Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers (later Royal Regiment of Canada)1936Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

Royal prefix granted by King Edward VIIIYearOrganization1936Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (later Royal Canadian Medical Service)

Royal prefix granted by King George VIYearOrganization1939Royal Regiment of Canada1941Royal Roads Military College (closed 1995)1942Royal Canadian Army Cadets1942Royal Canadian Sea Cadets1945Royal Canadian Armoured Corps1947Royal Canadian Infantry Corps1947Royal Canadian Dental Corps1948Royal Canadian Military Institute

Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth IIYearOrganization1952Royal Canadian Air Force Benevolent Fund1952Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund1952Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean1953Royal Canadian Air Cadets1956Royal New Brunswick Regiment1966The Royal Westminster Regiment1964Royal Canadian Naval Association1982Royal Regina Rifles1998Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada2018Royal Canadian Logistics Service

Dates unknownYearOrganizationRoyal Canadian Regiment Association

Police Royal prefix granted by King Edward VIIYearOrganization1904Royal North-West Mounted Police (later Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

Royal prefix granted by King George VYearOrganization1920Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth IIYearOrganization1971Royal Hamilton and District Officers' Institute1979Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

Events Royal prefix granted by Queen VictoriaYearOrganization1880Royal Canadian Henley Regatta

Royal prefix granted by King George VYearOrganization1922Royal Agricultural Winter Fair of Toronto

Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth IIYearOrganization1970Royal Manitoba Winter Fair1984Royal Canadian Henley Regatta1993Royal St. John's Regatta2006Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo

See also Monarchy of Canada

References

External links List of civilian organizations with the prefix "Royal" prepared by the Department of Canadian Heritage