List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage

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This is a list of Canadian organizations with designated royal status and/or under the patronage of members of the Canadian Royal Family, listed by the king or queen who granted the designation.

1 Civilian
2 Military
3 Police
4 Events
5 See also
6 References
7 External link

[edit] Civilian

King George III

Year	Organization	Patron
1801	Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning ^[1] (later McGill University)
1802	University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, later relocated to Halifax, Nova Scotia
1810	Canada Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

King George IV

Year	Organization	Patron
1827	King's College (later the University of Toronto)

Queen Victoria

Year	Organization	Patron
1837	Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1837	Upper Canada College	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Visitor)^[2]
1841	Queen's College (later Queen's University)
1851	Royal Canadian Institute	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
1854	Royal Canadian Yacht Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1862	Royal Halifax Yacht Club - superseded by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
1867	Canadian Medical Association	HM Queen Elizabeth II, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
1867	Queen's Privy Council for Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Privy Councilor)^[2]
1879	Canadian National Exhibition Association	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1879	Lakefield College School	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Trustee)^[2]
1880	Royal Canadian Academy of Arts^[3]
1882	Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada
1883	Royal Society of Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Fellow)^[4]^[2]
1884	Royal Montreal Golf Club^[5]
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	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1894	Royal Toronto Sailing Skiff Club
1896	Royal Canadian Golf Association
1898	Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club
1900	Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]

King Edward VII

Year	Organization	Patron
1902	Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club
1903	Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
1905	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1907	Royal Alexandra Hospital (Edmonton, Alberta)
1908	Royal Life Saving Society of Canada
1908	Royal Architectural Institute of Canada	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1909	Royal Edward Laurentian Sanatorium (later Montréal Chest Hospital)
1909	Canadian Red Cross Society	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]

King George V

Year	Organization	Patron
1910	Royal Guardians
1910	Royal Over-Seas League
1911	Royal Victoria Yacht Club	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York^[2]
1912	Royal Ottawa Golf Club (Aylmer, Quebec)
1913	Royal Canadian Institute
1913	Royal Ottawa Sanatorium
1914	Royal Ontario Museum	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
1919	Federated Women's Institutes of Canada	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1923	Royal Automobile Club of Canada - absorbed by the Canadian Automobile Association
1924	Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club
1924	Royal Montréal Curling Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh(Honorary Life Member)^[2]
1929	Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1930	Royal Botanical Gardens of Hamilton
1931	Royal Colwood Golf Club
1933	Royal Botanical Gardens	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
1934	Royal Québec Golf Club

King George VI

Year	Organization	Patron
1938	Canadian Cancer Society	HM Queen Elizabeth II)^[2]
1938	Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1944	Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association
1946	Save the Children Canada	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1946	Canadian Cutting Horse Association	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1947	Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto
1949	Canadian Water Ski Association - now named Water Ski & Wakeboard Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Patron)^[2]

Queen Elizabeth II

Year	Organization	Patron
1952	Royal Canadian Humane Association	HM Queen Elizabeth II)^[2]
1953	Royal Winnipeg Ballet
1953	Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada
1957	Royal Canadian Geographical Society	Governor General of Canada
1957	Canadian Nurses Association	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1959	Royal Canadian College of Organists
1959	Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
1959	Royal Glenora Club (Edmonton, Alberta)
1961	Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
1962	Royal Canadian Legion	HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Governor General of Canada
1962	Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)^[2]
1964	Royal Jubilee Hospital
1964	Royal College of Dentists of Canada
1965	Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club
1965	Royal Hamilton Conservatory of Music
1966	Royal Victoria Hospital of Barrie
1967	Dawson City Museum and Historical Society	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1967	Canadian Curling Association	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1969	Royal Western Nova Scotia Yacht Club
1969	Outward Bound Trust, Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1972	Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island
1972	Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales^[2]
1974	Vancouver Rowing Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1975	Royal United Services Institute of Alberta	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York
1977	Royal United Services Institute of Kingston, Ontario
1979	Royal United Services Institute of Regina, Saskatchewan
1979	Toronto French School	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1980	Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association	HRH Anne, Princess Royal^[2]
1981	Royal Manitoba Yacht Club
1981	St. John's Ravenscourt School	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1982	Royal United Services Institute of Manitoba
1983	Royal New Brunswick Rifle Association
1984	Royal Glenora Club (Edmonton, Alberta)
1987	Royal British Columbia Museum
1987	Abbeyfield Houses Society of Canada	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales
1988	Upper Canada College Campaign	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1989	Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver
1989	Royal St. George's College (Toronto, Ontario)
1990	Royal University Hospital (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
1990	Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Drumheller, Alberta)
1991	Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (first granted in 1891)	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales^[2]
1992	Globe Theatre (Regina, Saskatchewan	HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex^[2]
1993	Royal Saskatchewan Museum
1993	Royal Kingston Curling Club
1993	Royal United Services Institute of New Brunswick
1995	The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Young Canadian's Challenge Charter for Business	HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex(Honorary Chairman)^[2]
1998	Royal Regina Golf Club
1999	Royal Niagara Military Institute
1999	Royal London United Services Institute
2002	The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
2005	Royal Alberta Museum
2006	Canadian Canoe Museum	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York^[2]

Dates unknown

Year	Organization	Patron
	British Railway Modellers of North America	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
	Canadian Businesses for Social Responsibility	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales^[2]
	Canadian Power Squadrons	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
	College of Family Physicians of Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
	Engineering Institute of Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
	Fondation de la Faune du Quebec	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Life Member)^[2]
	Friends of Lakefield College School	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York^[2]
	Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections	HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy^[2]
	Loyal Canadian Prince Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
	New Haven Trust	HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex^[2]
	Porcupine Rod and Gun Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Life Member)^[2]
	Princess Margaret Hospital	HRH Anne, Princess Royal
	Robert T. Jones Scholarship Foundation	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York^[2]
	Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
	South Saskatchewan Wildlife Association	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Life Member)^[2]
	Toronto Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Life Member)^[2]
	Toronto General Hospital	HRH Sophie, The Countess of Wessex^[2]
	Toronto Press Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
	University Club of Montreal	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
	Vancouver Raquets Club	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Member)^[2]
	World Affairs Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)^[2]

[edit] Military

Queen Victoria

Year	Organization	Patron
1860	1st Prince of Wales's Regiment (later Canadian Grenadier Guards)	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)
1862	5th Battalion, The Royal Light Infantry of Montreal (later Royal Highland Regiment of Canada)
1863	Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto (later Queen's Own Rifles of Canada)
1866	1st York Troop The Governor General's Body Guard for Upper Canada (later Governor General's Horse Guards)
1869	Provisional Battalion of Dorchester (later Le Régiment de la Chaudière)	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)
1872	Governor General's Foot Guards	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1874	Royal Military College of Canada
1884	8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Regiment of Cavalry (later 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's))
1887	Royal School of Cavalry (later Royal Canadian Dragoons)
1890	Royal Canadian Military Institute	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
1891	48th Highlanders of Canada	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1892	Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry (later Royal Canadian Regiment)
1893	Royal Canadian Dragoons	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1895	Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Captain General)^[2]
1901	Royal Canadian Regiment	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)^[2]

King Edward VII

Year	Organization	Patron
1902	43rd Regiment (The Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles) (later Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa)	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)
1903	Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles (later Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians))	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)
1905	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

King George V

Year	Organization	Patron
1910	Royal Naval College of Canada
1910	72nd Highlanders of Canada (later Seaforth Highlanders of Canada)	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)
1913	60th Rifles of Canada (later Saskatchewan Dragoons)	HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (Colonel in Chief)
1917	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	HRH Anne, Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1919	Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
1920	Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment	HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1920	The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Royal Colonel)^[2]
1920	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1921	Royal 22e Régiment	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1921	Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (later Communications and Electronics Branch, Canadian Forces)
1923	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1924	Calgary Highlanders	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1932	Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)
1935	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1935	Royal Highland Regiment of Canada	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)
1936	Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers (later Royal Regiment of Canada)
1936	Lincoln and Welland Regiment	HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1936	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1936	Grey and Simcoe Foresters	HRH Anne, Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1936	Queen's York Rangers	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1936	Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)	HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1936	Governor General's Horse Guards	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1939	Royal Regiment of Canada	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)^[2]

King George VI

Year	Organization	Patron
1941	Royal Roads Military College (closed 1995)
1942	Royal Canadian Army Cadets	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1942	Royal Canadian Sea Cadets	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Admiral)^[2]
1946	King's Own Calgary Regiment	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1946	Naval Officers' Association of Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]
1948	Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)	HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1950	Naval Officers' Club Montreal	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh^[2]

Queen Elizabeth II

Year	Organization	Patron
1952	Royal Canadian Air Force Benevolent Fund	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1952	Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund	HM Queen Elizabeth II)^[2]
1952	Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (closed 1995)
1952	Navy League of Canada	HM Queen Elizabeth II^[2]
1953	Royal Canadian Air Cadets	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Air Commodore)
1954	Essex and Kent Scottish	HRH Prince Michael of Kent (Colonel in Chief)
1956	Royal New Brunswick Regiment	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1958	Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)
1960	8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)	HRH Anne, Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief)
1964	Royal Canadian Naval Association	HM Queen Elizabeth II)^[2]
1968	Communications and Electronics Branch, Canadian Forces	HRH Anne, Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1968	Canadian Airborne Regiment	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Colonel in Chief)
1982	Royal Regina Rifles	HRH Anne, Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
1982	The Calgary Highlanders	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)
1995	Canadian Naval Association	HM Queen Elizabeth II
1998	Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Colonel in Chief)
2000	Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)^[2]

Dates unknown

Year	Organization	Patron
	Air Force Association of Canada	HM Queen Elizabeth II)^[2]
	Air Reserve	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Air Commodore in Chief)^[2]
	Air Reserve (Canada)	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Communications and Electronic Branch Institution	HRH Anne, Princess Royal^[2]
	Canadian Forces Dental Service	HRH Birgitte, The Duchess of Gloucester (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Canadian Forces Medical Branch	HRH Anne, Princess Royal (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Canadian Grenadier Guards	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	HMCS Discovery Wardroom	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Life Member)^[2]
	Le Regiment de la Chaudiere	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	HRH Charles, Prince of Wales (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Royal Canadian Air Cadets	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Air Commodore in Chief)^[2]
	Royal Canadian Naval Sailing Association	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Honorary Commodore)^[2]
	Royal Canadian Regiment Association	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)^[2]
	Saskatchewan Dragoons	HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel in Chief)^[2]
	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Officers' Mess	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Life Member)^[2]
	South Alberta Light Horse Regiment Foundation	HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex (Colonel in Chief)^[2]

[edit] Police

King Edward VII

Year	Organization	Patron
1904	Royal North West Mounted Police (later Royal Canadian Mounted Police)

King George V

Year	Organization	Patron
1920	Royal Canadian Mounted Police	HM Queen Elizabeth II (Honorary Commissioner)^[2]

Queen Elizabeth II

Year	Organization	Patron
1971	Royal Hamilton and District Officers' Institute
1979	Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

[edit] Events

Queen Victoria

Year	Organization	Patron
1860	Queen's Plate	HM Queen Elizabeth II
1880	Royal Canadian Henley Regatta

King George V

Year	Organization	Patron
1922	Royal Agricultural Winter Fair of Toronto	HM Queen Elizabeth II

King George VI

Year	Organization	Patron
1949	Canadian International Air Show	HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York

Queen Elizabeth II

Year	Organization	Patron
1970	Royal Manitoba Winter Fair
1984	Royal Canadian Henley Regatta (St. Catharines, Ontario)
1990	Brant Wildlife Festival	HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1993	Royal St. John's Regatta
2006	Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo