Military Unit Mottos: Canada (Land Forces)
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[edit] Commands
- Canadian Forces Land Force Command: Vigilamus Pro Te (Latin, "We Stand On Guard For Thee"; taken from a stanza in O Canada)
[edit] Bases and stations
Note on abbreviations:
- CFB - Canadian Forces Base
- CFS - Canadian Forces Station
- CATC - Canadian Army Training Centre
[edit] Bases
- CFB Edmonton: To The North
- CFB Kingston: Honos Habet Onus (Latin, "Honour Carries a Burden")
- CFB Petawawa: Endazhe Kinamandowa Chimaganishak (Algonquian, "Training Ground of the Warriors")
- CFB Shilo: Ad Omnia Paratus (Latin, "Prepared for all things")
- CFB Suffield: Eximius Ordo
- CFB Valcartier: Semper Fidelis (Latin, "Always Faithful")
- CFB Wainwright: Servitum (Latin, "Service")
[edit] Schools and Training Centres
- The Canadian Parachute Centre: Ex Coelis (Latin, "Out of the Clouds")
- Combat Training Centre Gagetown:
- Tactics School: Tactica (Latin, "Tactics")
- Infantry School: Ducimus (Latin, "We Lead")
- Land Force Atlantic Area Training Centre Gagetown: Sustentans Militem Atlanticum (Latin, "Supporting The Atlantic Soldier")
- Land Force Central Area Training Centre Meaford: Excelsior
- Land Force Quebec Area Training Centre Valcartier: Apprendre Instruire Exceller (French, To Learn, To Study, To Excel")
- Land Force Western Area Training Centre Wainwright: Excellentia (Latin, "Excellence")
[edit] Land Force Areas, Brigade Groups, and Other Formations
[edit] Areas
- Land Force Atlantic Area: Cives Ac Praesertim Milites (Latin, "Citizens and Especially Soldiers")[1]
- Land Force Central Area: Pax et Bello Paratus (Latin, "Prepared in Peace and War")[2]
- Land Force Quebec Area: Honneur et Perseverence (French, "Honour and Perseverance")
- Land Force Western Area: Pace Paratus Ad Arma
[edit] Brigade Groups
- 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group: Semper Vigilans (Latin, "Ever on Guard")
- 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group: Audacia et Fortitudo (Latin, "Audacity and Fortitude")
- 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group: Allons-y (French, "Let's Go There")
- 31 Canadian Brigade Group: Pro Aris Et Focis (Latin, "For Our Altars and Our Hearths")
- 32 Canadian Brigade Group: Steadfast
- 33 Canadian Brigade Group: Fortes Soli, Fortiores Una (Latin, "Strong Alone, Stronger Together")
- 34 Canadian Brigade Group: Combatre, Vaincre ou Mourir (French, "Fight, Vanquish or Die")
- 35 Canadian Brigade Group: Honneur et Courage (French, "Honour and Courage")
- 36 Canadian Brigade Group: Atlanticus Fortis (Latin, "The Atlantic Strong")
- 37 Canadian Brigade Group: Uniti Valentiores (Latin, "United, We Are Stronger")
- 38 Canadian Brigade Group: Progredere Ne Regredere (Latin, "Advance, do not retreat")
- 39 Canadian Brigade Group: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin, "Splendour Without Diminishment"; the motto of British Columbia)
- 41 Canadian Brigade Group: Fortune Favours the Bold
[edit] Army Regiments and Battalions
[edit] Artillery Regiments
Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery:[1]
- Ubique (Latin, "Everywhere")
- Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt (Latin, "Where Right and Glory Lead")
[edit] Armour Regiments
- The Royal Canadian Dragoons: Audax et Celer (Latin: "Bold and Swift")[3]
- Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians): Perseverance
- 12e Régiment blindé du Canada: Adsum (Latin, "I Am There")
- The Governor General's Horse Guards:
- Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second To None")
- Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (French, "Shame To Him Who Thinks Evil Of It"; taken from the motto of the Order of the Garter)
- 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's): Regi Patriaeque Fidelis (Latin, "Loyal/faithful to King and Country")
- The Ontario Regiment (RCAC): Fidelis et Paratus (Latin, "Faithful and Prepared")
- The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC): none current
- Sherbrooke Hussars: In Hoc Signo Stabilitas (Latin, "In This Sign, Stability")
- 1st Hussars: Hodie Non Cras (Scottish Gaelic, "Today Not Tomorrow")
- The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC): Parva Sub Ingenti (Latin, "The Small Under The Protection of the Great"; taken from the motto of the province of Prince Edward Island)
- The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal): Non Nobis Sed Patriae (Latin, "Not for Ourselves, but for Our Country")
- The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC): Faugh a Ballagh (Gaelic, "Clear the Way")
- The South Alberta Light Horse: Semper Alacer (Latin, "Always Alert" or "Always Ready")
- The Saskatchewan Dragoons: Ésprit d'initiative (French, "The Spirit of Initiative")
- The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC): Onward (taken from the motto of the City of Calgary)
- The British Columbia Dragoons: Quansem Ilep (Chinook, "To Strive Ahead")
- The Fort Garry Horse: Facta Non Verba (Latin, "Deeds, Not Words")
- Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC): On Ne Passe Pas (French, "You Shall Not Pass")
- The Windsor Regiment (RCAC): Semper Paratus (Latin,"Always Prepared")
[edit] Infantry Regiments
- The Royal Canadian Regiment: Pro Patria (Latin, "For Country"); the Regiment has also long had an unofficial motto "Never pass a fault"
- Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry: none
- Royal 22e Régiment: Je Me Souviens (French, "I Remember"; taken from the motto of the province of Quebec)
- Governor General's Foot Guards: Civitas et Princeps Cura Nostra (Latin, "Our Care is Queen and Country")
- The Canadian Grenadier Guards: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (French, "Shame To Him Who Thinks Evil Of It"; taken from the motto of the Order of the Garter)
- The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada: In Pace Paratus (Latin, "In Peace, Prepared")
- The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada: Nemo Me Impune Lacessit (Latin, "No One Provokes Me With Impunity"; from the motto of Scotland)
- Les Voltigeurs de Québec: Force A Superbe, Mercy A Foible (French, "Violence To The Strong, Mercy To The Weak")
- The Royal Regiment of Canada:
- Ready, Aye, Ready
- Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (French, "Shame To Him Who Thinks Evil Of It"; taken from the motto of the Order of the Garter)
- Nec Aspera Terrant (Latin, "Difficulties Do Not Daunt")
- The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment): Semper Paratus (Latin, "Always Ready")
- The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment: Nunquam Cede (Latin, "Never Yield")
- The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment: Paratus (Latin, "Ready")
- The Lincoln and Welland Regiment: Non Nobis Sed Patriae (Latin, "Not Ourselves But For Our Country")
- The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada: Defence, Not Defiance
- The Grey and Simcoe Foresters: Tenacious and Versatile
- The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment): Air Son Ar Duthchais (Scottish Gaelic, "For Our Heritage")
- The Brockville Rifles: Semper Paratus (Latin, "Always Ready")
- The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders:
- to 1941: Foy Pour Devoir (Old French, "Faithful to Duty")
- since 1941: Dileas Gu Bas (Scottish Gaelic, "Faithful Unto Death")
- Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent: J'y Suis En Garde (French, "I Am On Guard")
- Le Régiment de la Chaudière: Aere Perennius (Latin, "Truer Than Steel")
- Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal: Nunquam Retrorsum (Latin, "Never Retreat")
- The Princess Louise Fusiliers: Fideliter (Latin, "Faithfully")
- The Royal New Brunswick Regiment: Spem Reduxit (Latin, "Hope Restored"; taken from the motto of the province of New Brunswick)
- The West Nova Scotia Regiment: Semper Fidelis (Latin, "Always Faithful")
- The Nova Scotia Highlanders: Siol Na Fear Fearail (Scottish Gaelic, "Breed of Manly Men")
- Le Régiment de Maisonneuve: Bon Coeur et Bon Bras (French, "Good Heart and Strong Arm")
- The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa: Advance
- The Royal Winnipeg Rifles: Hosti Acie Nominati (Latin, "Named By The Enemy in Battle")
- The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment: Semper Paratus (Latin, "Always Ready")
- 48th Highlanders of Canada: Dileas Gu Brath (Scottish Gaelic, "Faithful Forever")
- Le Régiment du Saguenay: Dieu et Patrie (French, "God and Country")
- The Algonquin Regiment: Ne-Kah-Ne-Tah (Algonquian, "We Lead, Others Follow")
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's): Albainn Gu Brath (Scottish Gaelic, "Scotland Forever")
- The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment: Inter Pericula Intrepidi (Latin, "Fearless In the Face of Danger")
- North Saskatchewan Regiment: Cede Nullis (Latin, "Yield to None")
- The Royal Regina Rifles: Celer et Audax (Latin, "Swift and Bold")
- The Rocky Mountain Rangers: Kloshe Nanitch (Chinook, "Keep a Good Lookout" or "Ever Watch")
- The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry): Fears No Foe
- The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada: Ullamh (Scottish Gaelic, "Ready")
- The Royal Westminster Regiment: Pro Rege et Patria (Latin, "For King and Country")
- The Calgary Highlanders: Airaghardt (Scottish Gaelic: "Onward"; taken from the motto of the City of Calgary)
- Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke: Droit au But (French, "To the Point")
- The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada: Caber Feidh gu Brath (Scottish Gaelic, "The Stags Horns Forever")
- The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's): Deas Gu Cath (Scottish Gaelic, "Ready for the Fray")
- The Royal Montreal Regiment: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (French, "Shame To Him Who Thinks Evil Of It"; taken from the motto of the Order of the Garter)
- The Irish Regiment of Canada: Fior Go Bas (Irish, "Faithful unto Death")
- The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own): Carry On
- The Royal Newfoundland Regiment: Better Than the Best
[edit] Communication Squadrons
- 724 Communication Squadron:
- 731 Communication Squadron: Sustenans Vinculum (Latin)[4]
- 742 Communication Squadron: Perseveramus (Latin)
- 746 Communication Squadron: Determined
- 764 Communication Squadron: Excellentius
[edit] Support Units
[edit] Area Support Units (ASU)
- 1 Area Support Group Edmonton: We Enable Success[7]
- Area Support Unit Chilliwack: Ad Mare Usque Mons (Latin)
- Area Support Unit Northern Ontario: Regionem Boream Sustinentes (Latin, "Upholding The Northern Region")
[edit] Service Battalions
- 1 Service Battalion: Officium Super Omnia (Latin, "Duty Above All")
- 2 Service Battalion: Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second To None")
- 11 (Victoria) Service Battalion: Silhuwa
- 12 (Vancouver) Service Battalion: Duty Above All[8]
- 14 (Calgary) Service Battalion:
- 15 (Edmonton) Service Battalion: Militare Cum Fiducia
- 16 (Saskatchewan) Service Battalion: Flexible and Enduring[9]
- 17 (Winnipeg) Service Battalion: United in Effort[10]
- 18 (Thunder Bay) Service Battalion: Media Nox Meridies Noster[11] (Latin, "Midnight [is] Our Midday")
- 21 (Windsor) Service Battalion: Duty Above All
- 22 (London) Service Battalion: Labore et Perseverantia (Latin, "Through Labour and Perseverance"; taken from the motto of the city of London, Ontario)
- 23 (Hamilton) Service Battalion: Semper Industrius (Latin, "Always Industrious")[12]
- 25 (Toronto) Service Battalion: Superbe Militare
- 26 (North Bay) Service Battalion: Unitate Fortior
- 28 (Ottawa) Service Battalion
- 31 (Saint John) Service Battalion: Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second to None")
- 32 (Moncton) Service Battalion
- 33 (Halifax) Service Battalion: Peritia Meremur
- 35 (Sydney) Service Battalion: Fritheilidh Sinn (Scottish Gaelic, "We Serve")[13]
- 36 (Newfoundland) Service Battalion: Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second to None")
- 51 (Montréal) Service Battalion: Devoir Avant Tout (French, "Duty Before All")
- 55 (Québec) Service Battalion
[edit] Other units
- Land Force Trials and Evaluations Unit: De Armis Veritas (Latin, "Truth About Arms")
[edit] Disbanded/Decommissioned/Inactive Units
[edit] Commands
- Force Mobile Command: Mobile
[edit] Bases
- CFB Calgary: Usque Ad Montes (Latin, "Unto The Mountains")
- Camp Wainwright: We Serve
[edit] Corps
- Canadian Infantry Corps: Acer (Latin, "The Maple Tree"; also can mean "Sharp", "Vigilant", "Fierce", or "Relentless")
- Canadian Intelligence Corps: Action From Knowledge
- Canadian Provost Corps: Discipline Through Example
- Corps of Guides: Virtute et Labore (Latin, "By Virtue and Labour"?)
- Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (French, "Shame to Him Who Thinks Evil of It"; from the motto of the Order of the Garter)
- Royal Canadian Army Chaplain Corps: In Hoc Signo Vinces (Latin, "In This Sign Conquer")
- Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps: In arduis fidelis (Latin, "Faithful through Adversity")[14]
- Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps: Honi Siot Qui Mal Y Pense (French, "Shame to Him Who Thinks Evil of It"; from the motto of the Order of the Garter)
- Royal Canadian Army Service Corps: Nil Sine Labore (Latin, "Nothing Without Work")
- Royal Canadian Corps of Signals: Velox Versutus Vigilans (Latin, "Swift, Skilled, Alert")
- Royal Canadian Dental Corps: Santitas in Ore (Latin, "Oral Health")
- Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers: Arte Et Marte (Latin, "By Skill and By Fighting")
- Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (French, "Shame to Him Who Thinks Evil of It"; from the motto of the Order of the Garter)
- Royal Canadian Postal Corps: Servire Armatis (Latin, "Serve the Soldier")
[edit] Formations
- 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group: (?)
- Special Service Force: Osons (French, "Let us dare")
[edit] Militia Areas and Districts
- Atlantic Militia Area:
- Secteur de l'est:
- Prairie Militia Area: Pax Bellum Parando (Latin, "Peace by Preparing for War")
- Pacific Militia Area:
[edit] Army Regiments
[edit] Armoured Regiments
- 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment: Armatos Fundit (Latin, "Carrying Armed Men")
- 2nd/10th Dragoons: Sagittari
- 7th/XI Hussars: Steady
- 12th Manitoba Dragoons: Ubique honor et equis (Latin, "Everywhere honour and equality")
- 14th Canadian Hussars: Free and Fearless
- 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Latin, "Shamed be he who thinks evil of it", motto of the Order of the Garter)
- 18th Canadian Light Horse: Amor patriae (Latin, "For love of country")
- The Argyll Light Infantry (Tank): Nulli Secundus (Latin, "Second to None")
- The Cape Breton Highlanders: Siol Na Fear Fearail (Gaelic, "Breed of Manly Men")
- The Elgin Regiment (RCAC): Officium primum (Latin, "Duty First")
- The Halifax Rifles (RCAC): Cede Nullis (Latin, "Yield To None")
- King's Canadian Hussars: Vota vita mea (Latin, "My life is devoted")
- The Manitoba Mounted Rifles: Ut irruant omnes (Latin, "Aggressive in attack")
- The New Brunswick Regiment (Tank): Paratus pugnare pro patria (Latin, "Always prepared to fight for our country")
- The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles: Canada and Empire
[edit] Infantry Regiments
- 6th Fusiliers: Nulla vestigia retrorsum (Latin, "No step backwards")
- 18th Prescott Battalion of Infantry: Paratus et volens (Latin, "Ready and willing")
- 43rd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force: Ullamh (Gaelic: "Ready
- 55th Regiment, Megantic Light Infantry: Semper paratus (Latin, "Always ready")
- 60th Missisquoi Battalion of Infantry: Watch the front, watch weel
- 80th Nicolet Regiment: Pro aris et focis (Latin, "For our altars and our homes")
- 84th Battalion, CEF: Rex Vocat
- 109th Canadian Militia Regiment: Rex vocat (Latin, "The King calls")
- The Bruce Regiment: Amor patriae (Latin, "For love of country")
- The Canadian Airborne Regiment: Ex Coelis (Latin, "Out Of The Clouds")
- The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (M.G.): Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Latin, "Shamed be he who thinks evil of it", motto of the Order of the Garter)
- The Canadian Guards: A mari usque ad mare (Latin, "From sea even unto sea")
- The Cumberland Highlanders: Cos Cheum Nach Gabh Tilleadh (Gaelic, "Our footsteps will not allow us to go backwards")
- The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada: Pervias rectas (Latin, "Constantly alert")
- The Edmonton Fusiliers: Deum Cole, Regem Serva (Latin: "Worship God, Preserve/Save the King")
- The Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment): Faugh-a-ballagh (Irish, "Clear the way")
- The Kent Regiment: Usque Ad Aras (Latin, "Even to the (sacrificial) Altar")[15]
- The Lambton Regiment: Paratus et fidelis (Latin: "Ready and faithful")
- The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment:
- Fac et spera (Latin, "Do and hope")
- Ich dien (German, "I serve"; motto of the Prince of Wales)
- Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin, "No one provokes me with impunity"; motto of the Order of the Thistle)
- The Manitoba Rangers: Semper paratus (Latin, "Always ready")
- The Middlesex and Huron Regiment: Defence not defiance"
- The Midland Regiment: Semper Paratus (Latin, "Always Prepared")
- The Norfolk Regiment of Canada: Pro patria (Latin, "For country")
- The North Nova Scotia Highlanders: Cos Cheum Nach Gabh Tilleadh (Gaelic, "Our footsteps will not allow us to go backwards")
- The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment: Pro Jure Constans (Latin, "Faithful For The Right")
- The Perth Regiment: Audaces Et Cauti (Latin, "Bold And Wary")
- The Pictou Highlanders: Cuidich'n Righ (Gaelic, "Protect the King")
- The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment): Quis separabit? (Latin, "Who shall separate?" Motto of the Order of St. Patrick)
- Le Régiment de Joliette: Quem timebo (Latin, "Whom shall I fear")
- Le Régiment de Saint-Hyacinthe: Honneur et devoir (French, "Honour and duty")
- Le Régiment de Québec (Mitrailleuses): Maintiens le droict (Old French, "Maintain the right")
- The Royal Rifles of Canada: Volens et valens (Latin, "Willing and strong")
- The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC): In hoc signo vinces (Latin, "In this sign conquer")
- The Simcoe Foresters: Spectemur agendo (Latin, "Let us be known by our deeds")
- The Saint John Fusiliers: Semper paratus (Latin, "Always ready")
- The Victoria and Haliburton Regiment: Where duty leads"
- Victoria Rifles of Canada: Pro Aris Et Focis (Latin, "For The Altars and Hearths")
- The Wellington Regiment: Virtutis fortuna comes (Latin, "Fortune is the companion of bravery")
- The Winnipeg Grenadiers: Adsum (Latin, "I am present")
- The York Regiment: Fidelis patrice (Latin, "Faithful to the fatherland")
[edit] Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914-1918)
- 20th Battalion (1st Central Ontario Regiment), CEF: Celer et Fortis
- 23rd Battalion, CEF: Concordia Salus (French, "Well-being through harmony")
- 38th (Ottawa) Battalion, CEF: Advance
- 57th (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF: Fais ce que dois (French, "Do what you must")
- 59th Battalion, CEF: Foy pour devoir (Old French, "Faithful to duty")
- 67th Battalion, CEF: Sabaid (Scottish Gaelic, "Fight")
- 69th Battalion CEF: Je me souviens (French, "I Remember")
- 80th Battalion, CEF: Paratus (Latin, Prepared")
- 95th Battalion, CEF: Nunquam Sermimus
- 103rd Battalion, CEF: Res Non Verra(?)
- 104th Battalion, CEF: Pro Impera
- 136th (Durham) Battalion, CEF: Semper Paratus (Latin, "Always Prepared")
- 140th (St. John's Tigers) Battalion, CEF: Pro Impera
- 143rd (B.C. Bantams) Battalion, CEF: Multum In Parvo
- 163rd (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF: Qui s'y frotte, s'y pique (French, roughly "Who opposes it gets hurt"; literally "Who rubs it gets stung"
- 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF: Vouloir pouvoir
- 189th (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF: J'y suis en garde (French, "I am on guard")
- 206th (Canadien-Francais) Battalion, CEF: Bon coeur et bon bras (French, "A Good Heart and a Good Arm")
- 226th Battalion, CEF: Men of the North
- 248th Battalion, CEF: Le bon vouloir servir le Roi
[edit] Other units
- The Garrison Battalion: Steady
- Pacific Coast Militia Rangers: Vigilans (Latin, "Alert")
[edit] Notes
- ^ "In 1832, King William IV of England granted the Royal Regiment of Artillery the right to wear on their appointments the royal arms and supporters over a cannon with the motto, 'Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt' (Everywhere Whither Right and Glory Lead). The next year (1833), the order was amended to make clear that 'Ubique' and 'Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt' were two separate mottos." The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery: Customs and Traditions at artillery.net