General officers (note)

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

Gold

Gold

 

 

 

Brigadiers and Substantive Colonels (note)

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

Gold

Gold

 

 

 

Officers on the General List

 Blue

Blue

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

 

CAVALRY

Royal Canadian Dragoons

Claret

Blue

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Lord Strathcona's Horse (RC)

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Myrtle Green

Myrtle Green

Scarlet

Gold

-

Gold

Gold

-

Governor General's Horse Guards
(Officers of the GGHG wear a scarlet patch behind Unicorn and Garter of cap badge)

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

Waterloo Red

Blue

Blue

Blue

-

Blue

Blue

-

8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars

Waterloo Red

Waterloo red

Waterloo red

 

 

 

 

 

8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars

Blue

Buff

Peak - unknown
Flap- Blue

Gold

Gold

-

-

-

2nd/10th Dragoons

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st Hussars  

Courtesy 1st Hussars Museum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars (AC)

 

 

 

-

-

-

-

-

7th/11th Hussars

Blue

Blue

Peak- Yellow
Flap-Maroon

Yellow

-

Yellow

Yellow

-

12th Manitoba Dragoons

Grey

Grey

Maroon

Gold

-

Gold

Gold

-

15th Alberta Light Horse

Scarlet

Yellow

Peak-Yellow
Flap-Scarlet

-

Gold

-

-

Gold

16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse
(1/4 inch braid on flap and peak, top edge of braid to be 1/8 inch from top seam of flap & peak)

Yellow

Yellow

Blue

-

Gold

-

-

Gold

17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars
(Field Officers wear gold braid along seams of crown, up front seam, down back seam and along top of flap. Other Officers wear braid on top of flap only)

White

White

Blue

Field Offirs
Gold

Jr. Offrs
Gold

 Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Manitoba Mounted Rifles

Scarlet

Scarlet

Myrtle Green

Gold

-

Gold

Gold

-

19th Alberta Dragoons

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Navy Blue

French Grey

Peak-Scarlet
Flap- Navy Blue

Gold

-

Gold

-

-

14th Canadian Hussars (British Columbia Dragoons)

Blue

Yellow

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

King's Canadian Hussars

White

White

Blue

 Gold

-

Gold

Gold

-

Fort Garry Horse

Yellow

Yellow

Blue

Gold

-

-

-

-

Prince Edward Island Light Horse

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

2nd Armoured Car Regiment

Scarlet

Scarlet

Maroon

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

British Columbia Hussars

Blue

Waterloo Red

Blue

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow

-

South Alberta Regiment

Courtesy Jim Boulton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPS

Royal Canadian Artillery (Early)

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Royal Canadian Artillery (Late)

Scarlet

Scarlet

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers


Blue

Blue

Blue

Gold

-

Gold

Gold

-

Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

Blue

Blue

Blue

Gold

Gold

-

-

-

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps

Blue

White

Blue

Blue

-

Blue

Blue

-

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (note)

Dull Cherry

Dull Cherry

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Canadian Dental Corps (note)

Emerald Green

Emerald Green

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (note)

Blue

Blue

Blue

Scarlet

Gold

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Royal Canadian Army Pay Corps (note)

Blue

Primrose Yellow

Blue

-

Gold

-

-

-

Corps of Military Staff Clerks

Blue

White

Blue

White

-

White

White

-

Canadian Postal Corps

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Dark Blue

White

Dark Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Canadian Forestry Corps

Green

Green

Green

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Canadian Provost Corps

(Silver along seams of crown and peak and along top seam of flap from front to centre point. White silk piping may be substituted)

Red

Red

Peak- Red
Flap- Navy Blue

Silver

Silver

-

-

Silver

Canadian Provost Corps, 
1st Canadian Provost Company (RCMP)

Courtesy Jim Boulton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Chaplain Service (note)

Black

Purple

Black

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Corps (Early)

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Red

Yellow

Peak- Red
Flap- Dark Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

 -

Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Corps (Late)

Scarlet

Dark Blue

Dark Blue

Yellow

Gold

Yellow

Yellow

-

Veterans Guard of Canada

Green

French Grey

Peak- Scarlet
Flap- Blue

French Grey

-

French Grey

French Grey

-

Canadian Intelligence Corps

Melton Green

Melton Green

Melton Green

Silver

-

Silver

Silver

-

Canadian Technical Training Corps

Hunter's Green

Old Gold

Hunter's Green

-

Old Gold

-

-

Old Gold

Canadian Parachute Corps

 Maroon

Green

Peak- Green
Flap- Maroon

Green

 

Green

Green

 

FOOT GUARDS

Governor General's Foot Guards

Blue

Blue

Blue

Gold

-

Gold

Gold

-

Canadian Grenadier Guards

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

INFANTRY & RIFLES

Royal Canadian Regiment

Blue

Blue

Blue

Scarlet

-

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
(French Grey cord boss on front of cap, above peak)

Light Infantry Green

Light Infantry Green

Light Infantry Green

French Grey

-

French Grey

French Grey

-

Royal 22e Regiment

Blue

Blue

Peak- Unknown Flap- Red

Gold

Gold

-

-

-

Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

(A scarlet silk cord boss is worn at the top front of the cap)

Black

Black

Black

Black

-

-

-

-

Halifax Rifles

Black

Black

Black

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Victoria Rifles of Canada

(In front of cap, a bugle with strings in silver, on a scarlet silk cord boss)

Black

Black

Black

Scarlet

-

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Royal Rifles of Canada
(Scarlet cord boss, 1 inch in diameter, on front seam)

Rifle Green

Rifle Green

Rifle Green

Scarlet

-

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Voltigeurs de Quebec
(Scarlet cord boss, 1 inch in diameter, on front seam)

Rifle Green

Rifle Green

Rifle Green

-

Silver

Scarlet cord Boss

-

-

Royal Regiment of Canada

 

Blue

Scarlet

Flap- Blue
Peak- Scarlet

White

-

White

White

-

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)

Green

Green

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Scarlet

Princess of Wales Own Regiment (MG)

Courtesy Blair Ferguson

Blue

Blue

Peak-Scarlet
Flap- Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

Blue

Blue

Blue

Red

Gold

Red

Red

Gold

Lincoln and Welland Regiment

Blue

Scarlet

Peak-Scarlet
Flap- Blue

-

Yellow

-

-

-

Oxford Rifles

Rifle Green

Scarlet

Peak- Scarlet
Flap- Rifle Green

Scarlet

-

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (MG)

Blue

Blue

Blue

-

-

-

-

-

Queens York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (MG)

Forest Green

Forest Green

Black

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

-

Elgin Regiment

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

-

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Middlesex & Huron Regiment

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Perth Regiment (MG)

Navy Blue

Scarlet

Navy Blue

Navy Blue

Gold

Navy Blue

Navy Blue

Gold

Grey and Simcoe Foresters

Maroon

Maroon

Lincoln Green

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Rifle Green

Rifle Green

Peak- Rifle Red
Flap- Rifle Green

-

Rifle Red

-

-

-

Midland Regiment (Northumberland & Durham)

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Brockville Rifles

Green

Green

Green

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Sherbrooke Regiment

Blue

Maroon

Peak- Maroon
Flap- Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment) (MG)

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Blue

Scarlet

Blue

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Regiment de Montmagny

Blue

Scarlet

Peak- Scarlet
Flap- Blue

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Regiment de Quebec (Mitrailleuses)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Regiment de la Chaudiere (Mitrailleuses)

Scarlet

Scarlet

Maroon

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

-

Regiment de Chateauguay (Mitrailleuses)

Maroon

Maroon

Peak- Black
Flap- Maroon

Silver

Silver

-

-

-

Fusiliers Mont-Royal

Scarlet

White

Navy Blue

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Princess Louise Fusiliers (MG)

Maroon

Bottle Green

Peak- Gold Colour
Flap-Maroon

Gold Colour

Gold Colour

-

-

-

Carleton and York Regiment

Blue

Blue

Blue

Gold

Red

Gold

Gold

Gold

West Nova Scotia Regiment

Blue

Salmon

Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

North Shore (New Brunswick Regiment)

Blue

Blue

Peak-Scarlet
Flap- Blue

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

New Brunswick Rangers

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Blue

Blue

Blue

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

Regiment de Jolliette

Blue

Scarlet

Peak- Scarlet
Flap- Blue

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Regiment de St-Hyacinthe
As of 16 May 1938

Blue

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Regiment de St-Hyacinthe (amended)
As of 2 June 1941

Blue

Scarlet

Peak-
Scarlet
Flap-
Blue

-

Scarlet

Scarlet

Scarlet

-

Regiment de St-Hyacinthe
As of 4 October 1943

Forest Green

Buff

Peak- Buff
Flap- Forest Green

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Regiment de St-Hyacinthe (amended)
As of 15 December 1943

Forest Green

Sand Drab

Peak- Sand Drab
Flap- Forest Green

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

-

Saint John Fusiliers (MG)

Courtesy Jim Boulton

Blue

Maroon

Blue

Gold

Gold

-

-

-

Regiment de Maisonneuve

Navy Blue

Navy Blue

Navy Blue

-

Gold