Authorized marches of the Canadian Armed Forces

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The following is a list of the notable authorized marches for various organisations of the Canadian Armed Forces. The first march listed is the march most commonly performed for that organisation on parade; it is commonly referred to simply as that organisation's "march" or "march past". In addition, many organisations also have additional pieces for slow marches, marches for mounted parades, pipe marches, etc.; they are subsequently listed and footnoted as applicable.

Within each grouping, the organisations are listed in their order of precedence, i.e. the order the organisations would march on parade and the order the marches would be played.

Military colleges

Royal Military College of Canada - "Precision" composed by Madame Denise Chabot (wife of head of French department); For pipe band: "Alexander Mackenzie" was composed by Pipe Major Don M. Carrigan, who was the College Pipe Major 1973 to 1985
Royal Military College Saint-Jean - "La marche du Richelieu" composed by Madame Denise Chabot (wife of head of French department); Slow march: La Gaillarde
Naval Operations Branch – "Heart of Oak"
Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery – "British Grenadiers" (2); "Royal Artillery Slow March" (3); "Keel Row" (4); Royal Canadian Horse Artillery only – "Bonnie Dundee" (5)
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps – "My Boy Willie"
Canadian Military Engineers – "Wings"
Communications and Electronics Branch – "The Mercury March"
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals - "Begone Dull Care"
Joint Signal Regiment – "Corps March of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals" ("Begone Dull Care")
Royal Canadian Infantry Corps – "The Canadian Infantryman"
Air Operations Branch – "RCAF March Past"
Royal Canadian Logistics Service – "March of the Logistics Branch"
Royal Canadian Medical Service – "The Farmer's Boy"
Royal Canadian Dental Corps – "March Past of the Royal Canadian Dental Corps"; "Greensleeves" (3)
Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – "REME Corps March Past" (Both "Lillibullero" and "" should be played); "The Craftsman" (3)
Royal Canadian Chaplain Service – "Ode to Joy"
Canadian Forces Military Police – "Thunderbird"
Legal Branch – "Hymn to Freedom"
Music Branch – "None authorized. Provides music to the Canadian Forces

Miscellaneous organisations

Note: These organisations are NOT in order of precedence.

Canadian Forces Base Montreal - "Servir"
Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre - "The Longest Day"
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets - "Heart of Oak"
Royal Canadian Army Cadets - "Cadet", "Scotland the Brave" or the authorised march of the affiliated CF unit
Royal Canadian Air Cadets - "RCAF March Past"
The Canadian Forces Logistics Training Centre - "Anytime, Anywhere". This march was written by Michael Lett of the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces and officially recognized by the Directorate of History and Heritage on 17 February 2021. The title was one of several proposed titles and voted on by the staff at CFLTC at a mess dinner.

Former organisations

Royal Roads Military College - "Hatley Park"; Slow march "Going Home"
The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps - "The Village Blacksmith"
The Royal Canadian Army Service Corps - "Wait for the Wagon"
The Canadian Airborne Regiment - "The Longest Day" or originally "Canada (song)" which was called Canadian Airborne

Other marches

"The 10 Provinces March"

"The 10 Provinces March" is an arrangement of folk tunes composed by Howard Cable (1920–2016). It was first composed in 1986 as a result of a special commission by the government. The march is performed every day during the Changing of the Guard Ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. It is heard immediately as the new guard and the Band of the Ceremonial Guard arrives on the hill at exactly 10 a.m. The piece includes the melodies of 10 provincial songs:

Newfoundland: "The Ryans and the Pittmans"
Prince Edward Island: "Anne of Green Gables"
Nova Scotia: "Farewell to Nova Scotia"
New Brunswick: "Peter Emberley"
Quebec: "Bonhomme, Bonhomme / Cadet Rousselle"
Ontario: "Maple Leaf Forever"
Manitoba: "Red River Valley"
Saskatchewan: "Saskatchewan Hymn"
Alberta: "Alberta Bound"
British Columbia: "Way Up the Ucletaw"

"Vimy Ridge"

"Vimy Ridge" is a military march of British origin written by Thomas Bidgood in 1921. It commemorates the 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge during the First World War. The march is usually played on special occasions which commemorate the battle, such as Vimy Ridge Day. Vimy Ridge serves as the official regimental marchpast for the 1st Canadian Division.

The march was used by the Massed Bands of the British Household Division as the second neutral quick march during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in 2014. It also served as the quick march of the Ceremonial Guard before the playing of "Milanollo" during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ottawa during Canada Day in 2010.

"Canada Overseas"

"Canada Overseas" by James Gayfer is a march written in 1954 which honours Canada's Western European presence since the Second World War. It also alludes to the country's contribution to the founding and development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Notes

:(1) - For pipe band

:(2) - Slow march

:(3) - Quick march for dismounted parades

:(4) - Trot-past for mounted parades

:(5) - Gallop-past for mounted parades

:(6) - Double-past

:(7) - Concerts, mess dinners, and mounted parades

:(8) - Dismounted parades