Colonel (Canada)

Colonel (Canada)


In the Canadian Forces, the rank of colonel (Col) (French: colonel or col) is an Army or Air Force rank equal to a captain of the Navy. A colonel is the highest rank of senior officer. A colonel is senior to a lieutenant-colonel or Naval commander, and junior to a brigadier-general or commodore.

Typical appointments for colonels include:

The rank insignia for a colonel is four 12-inch (1.3 cm) stripes, worn on the cuffs of the service dress jacket, and on slip-ons on other uniforms. The insignia worn on the headdress for an Army colonel is the crest of the Canadian coat of arms: a crowned gold lion with a maple leaf in its paw standing on a red-and-white wreath, all beneath the royal crown; the collar insignia is two crossed sabres. Some colonels, by nature of holding a specific appointment, may continue to wear the insignia of their personnel branch or regiment; for example, the honorary colonel of an infantry regiment. Colonels in the Air Force wear the Air Force badge on their headdress.

Colonels are addressed by rank and name; thereafter by subordinates as "Sir" or "Ma'am".

Note: Before Unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, rank structure and insignia followed the British pattern.

Honorary ranks and appointments

There are also several honorary ranks and appointments associated with the rank of colonel, or containing the word "colonel" in their title.

Personnel holding these honorary ranks are not part of the military operational chain-of-command. Rather, they serve in a ceremonial manner, often as a guest of honour at parades, mess dinners, or at other military traditions such as during Remembrance Day. Usually, honorary ranks are filled by people who have had a prior association with the battalion, regiment, or squadron they represent. Princess Patricia of Connaught was the colonel-in-chief of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, one of the most decorated infantry regiments in the Canadian Forces (CF). An honorary colonel of a CF flying or air maintenance squadron may be a past commanding officer of that squadron (who has since retired from active duty), or an air ace during the war.


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