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The Canadian Grenadier Guards
Badge of the regiment[1]
Active1859–present
Country
  • Province of Canada (1859–1867)
  • Canada (1867–present)
BranchCanadian Army
TypeFoot guards
RoleLight infantry
Honour guard
Public duties
SizeBattalion
Part of34 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQMontreal
Nickname(s)
  • "CGG"
  • "Grenadiers"
  • "Guards"
Motto(s)Nulli secundus (Latin for 'second to none')
March
  • Quick: "The British Grenadiers"
  • Slow: "Grenadiers Slow March"
  • Slow: "Scipio"
AnniversariesRegimental birthday: 12 March (1764 onward)
Engagements
  • Fenian Raids
  • Second Boer War
  • First World War
  • Second World War
  • War in Afghanistan
Battle honoursSee list
Websitewww.canada.ca/en/army/corporate/2-canadian-division/the-canadian-grenadier-guards.html Edit this at Wikidata
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant-Colonel Jose Ramon Nunez[2]
Colonel of
the Regiment
Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada
Insignia
PlumeWhite (left side of bearskin cap)
HeaddressKhaki beret
AbbreviationCGG

The Canadian Grenadier Guards (CGG) is a reserve infantry regiment in the 34 Canadian Brigade Group, 2nd Canadian Division, of the Canadian Army. The regiment is the oldest and second-most-senior infantry regiment in the Primary Reserve of the Canadian Army. Located in Montreal, its main role is the provision of combat-ready light infantry troops in support of Canadian regular infantry. It is a Household Foot Guard regiment and also provides soldiers for public ceremonial duties (Ceremonial Guard), performing similar ceremonial duties as the Guards regiments of the British Army. This primarily entails mounting the guard at Government House (Rideau Hall), the King's and Governor General's residence, and performing the "Changing the Guard" ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, a task it shares with Canada's senior Household Foot Guard regiment, the Governor General's Foot Guards of Ottawa. The Canadian Grenadier Guards is an allied regiment to the British Grenadier Guards.

  1. ^ "Approval of coloured version of a badge". Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada. Official website of the Governor General. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Canadian Grenadier Guards, 4171 ave de l'Esplanade, Montreal, QC (2022)".

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