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

[edit] Civilian

King George III
- 1801: Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning <ref>The Royal Charter of McGill University. McGill University.</ref> (later McGill University)
- 1802: University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, later relocated to Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1810: Canada Club (under the patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

King George IV
- 1827: King's College (later the University of Toronto)

Queen Victoria
- 1837: Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1837: Upper Canada College
- 1841: Queen's College (later Queen's University)
- 1851: Royal Canadian Institute (under patronage of Lieutenant Governor of Ontario)
- 1854: Royal Canadian Yacht Club (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1862: Royal Halifax Yacht Club - superseded by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron
- 1867: Canadian Medical Association (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1879: Canadian National Exhibition Association (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1880: Royal Canadian Academy of Arts <ref>RECORDS OF THE FOUNDING of the Royal Canadian Academy.</ref>
- 1882: Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada
- 1883: Royal Society of Canada <ref>A Little Bit of History. Royal Society of Canada.</ref>
- 1884: Royal Montreal Golf Club <ref>History. Royal Montreal Golf Club.</ref>
- 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 (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 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 (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)

King Edward VII
- 1902: Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club
- 1903: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- 1905: Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
- 1907: Royal Alexandra Hospital (Edmonton, Alberta)
- 1908: Royal Life Saving Society of Canada
- 1908: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1909: Royal Edward Laurentian Sanatorium - now named Montréal Chest Hospital
- 1909: Canadian Red Cross Society (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)

King George V
- 1910: Royal Guardians
- 1910: Royal Over-Seas League
- 1911: Royal Victoria Yacht Club
- 1912: Royal Ottawa Golf Club (Aylmer, Quebec)
- 1913: Royal Canadian Institute
- 1913: Royal Ottawa Sanatorium
- 1914: Royal Ontario Museum (under patronage of Lieutenant Governor of Ontario)
- 1919: Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 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
- 1929: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1930: Royal Botanical Gardens of Hamilton
- 1931: Royal Colwood Golf Club
- 1933: Royal Botanical Gardens (under patronage of Lieutenant Governor of Ontario)
- 1934: Royal Québec Golf Club

King George VI
- 1938: Canadian Cancer Society (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1938: Canadian Power & Sail Squadrons (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1944: Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association
- 1946: Save the Children Canada (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1946: Canadian Cutting Horse Association (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1947: Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto
- 1949: Canadian Water Ski Association - now named Water Ski & Wakeboard Canada (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Queen Elizabeth II
- 1952: Royal Canadian Humane Association
- 1953: Royal Winnipeg Ballet
- 1953: Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada
- 1957: Royal Canadian Geographical Society
- 1957: Canadian Nurses Association (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1959: Royal Canadian College of Organists
- 1959: Royal Philatelic Society of Canada
- 1959: Royal Glenora Club (Edmonton, Alberta)
- 1962: Royal Canadian Legion (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Governor General of Canada)
- 1962: Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 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, Ontario
- 1967: Dawson City Museum and Historical Society (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1969: Royal Western Nova Scotia Yacht Club
- 1969: Outward Bound Trust, Canada (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1972: Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island
- 1974: Vancouver Rowing Club (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1975: Royal United Services Institute of Alberta (under patronage of 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 (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1980: Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association (under patronage of HRH Anne, Princess Royal)
- 1981: Royal Manitoba Yacht Club
- 1981: St. John's Ravenscourt School (under patronage of HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 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 (under patronage of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales)
- 1989: Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver, British Columbia
- 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) (under patronage of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales)
- 1992: Globe Theatre (Regina, Saskatchewan (under patronage of HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex)
- 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 (under patronage of HRH Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex)
- 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 (under patronage of HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York)

Dates unknown:

Toronto General Hospital (under patronage of HRH Sophie, The Countess of Wessex)
Princess Margaret Hospital (under patronage of HRH Anne, Princess Royal)

[edit] Military

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

King Edward VII
- 1902: 43rd Regiment (The Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles) - superseded by the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Colonel in Chief HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1903: Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles - superseded by Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (Colonel in Chief HRH Charles, Prince of Wales)
- 1905: Royal Canadian Horse Artillery

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

King George VI
- 1941: Royal Roads Military College - closed 1995
- 1942: Royal Canadian Army Cadets (Colonel in Chief HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1942: Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
- 1946: King's Own Calgary Regiment (Colonel in Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- 1946: Naval Officers' Association of Canada (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
- 1948: Royal Canadian Military Institute
- 1948: Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) (Colonel in Chief HRH Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy)
- 1950: Naval Officers' Club Montreal (under patronage of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

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