List of Freedom of the City recipients (military)

For non-military Freedom of the City recipients, see List of Freedom of the City recipients.

The Freedom of the City, in military terms, is an honour conferred by a city council upon a military unit, which grants that unit the privilege of marching into the city "with drums beating, colours flying, and bayonets fixed". The honour is usually bestowed upon local regiments, in recognition of their dedicated service, and it is common for military units to periodically exercise their freedom by arranging a parade through the city.[1]

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Australia

Adelaide, South Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Melbourne

Sydney

Maitland, New South Wales

Port Stephens

Northam, Western Australia

Canada

Soldiers from the Royal 22e Régiment exercising the Freedom of the City in front of Quebec City's City Hall, on July 3, 2006.

Airdrie, Alberta

Banff, Alberta

Brampton, Ontario

Canmore, Alberta

Calgary, Alberta

Cold Lake, Alberta

Courtenay, British Columbia

Dufferin County, Ontario

Durham, Ontario

Edmonton, Alberta

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Gatineau, Quebec

Granby, Québec

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halton Hills, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Huntingdon, Quebec

Kelowna, British Columbia

Kingston, Ontario

London, Ontario

Markham, Ontario

Matane, Quebec

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Milton, Ontario

Mont-Joli, Quebec

Montreal, Quebec

Nanaimo, British Columbia

New Westminster, British Columbia

Oakville, Ontario

Ormstown, Quebec

Oshawa, Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario

Pitt Meadows, British Columbia

Quebec City, Quebec

Regina, Saskatchewan

Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec

Richmond, British Columbia

Rimouski, Quebec

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Sayabec, Quebec

Sherbrooke, Québec

St. Albert, Alberta

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Timmins, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario

Trenton, Ontario

Uxbridge, Ontario

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vegreville, Alberta

Verdun, Quebec

Vernon, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

Waterloo, Ontario

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Belgium

Herentals

Ordanance Depot Antwerp 1987

Rhodesia

Bulawayo

Salisbury

Marandellas

United Kingdom

Aberdeen

Bangor

Bath

Birmingham

Bradford

Brighton and Hove

Bristol

Bury St. Edmunds

HMS Vengeance

Basildon

Canterbury

Chester

Chichester

Corby

Crewe and Nantwich

Derby

Ely

Epsom

Exeter

Glasgow

Gloucester

Gravesend

Harlow

Ipswich

Islington

Kingston upon Thames

Knowsley

Lancaster

Leicester

Lisburn

Lincoln

City of Liverpool

City of London

Loughborough

Manchester

City of Newport

Nottingham

Peterborough

Portsmouth

Plymouth

Preston

Ribble Valley

Richmond

Ripon

Romsey

St Edmundsbury, East Anglia

Salford

Salisbury

Stockport

Sunderland

Swansea

Tameside

Telford

Tonbridge

Wakefield

Wigston

Winchester

Wolverhampton

Worthing

Wrexham

Yeovil

York

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