Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Flags and Badges
May 24, 1991
Vol. II, p. 94

Corps Ensign of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Corps Ensign of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: An ensign Gules bearing a canton Azure bordered on the interior Or charged with a representation of the Badge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police namely within a wreath of maple leaves a bison's head affronty Or ensigned by a representation of the Royal Crown;

Flag of the Commissioner

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Flag of the Commissioner: The Corps Ensign of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police bearing in the fly the Commissioner's Badge of Rank;

Badge of G Division (Yellowknife)

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For G Division (Yellowknife): A polar bear passant Argent;

Badge of H Division (Halifax)

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For H Division (Halifax): A lion rampant Argent armed and langued Azure and gorged with a collar affixed thereto a saltire cross also Azure;

Badge of J Division (Fredericton)

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For J Division (Fredericton): A lymphad Or sail Argent charged with a purple violet Azure flags Argent;

Badge of K Division (Edmonton)

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For K Division (Edmonton): A pronghorn antelope salient Or gorged with a collar of wild roses Gules

Badge of L Division (Charlottetown)

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For L Division (Charlottetown): Three bars wavy couped ensigned by an oak tree fructed all Or;

Badge of M Division (Whitehorse)

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For M Division (Whitehorse): A husky dog's head erased Argent within an orle of ten bezants;

Badge of O Division (Toronto)

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For O Division (Toronto): A sprig of three maple leaves conjoined on one stem Or issuant from a trillium Argent seeded Or;

Badge of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy

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For The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Academy: Two sabres crossed in saltire ensigned by an antique lamp all Argent;

Badge of The Equitation Section

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For The Equitation Section: Two lances in saltire flying pennons ensigned by a horse's head couped all Or;

Badge of National Headquarters

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For National Headquarters: A coronet composed of maple leaves set alternately with horseshoes the points upward on a rim all Or;

Badge of A Division (Ottawa)

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For A Division (Ottawa): A sword and a key ward upward and outward in saltire ensigned by a maple leaf all Argent;

Badge of B Division (St. John's)

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For B Division (St. John's): A caribou passant Or charged at the neck with a collar of linked crosses Gules;

Badge of C Division (Montreal)

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For C Division (Montreal): A cross composed of four fleurs-de-lys base points all inward Argent;

Badge of D Division (Winnipeg)

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For D Division (Winnipeg): A bison passant Or;

Badge of E Division (Vancouver)

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For E Division (Vancouver): Two bars wavy couped ensigned by a demi-sun all Or;

Badge of F Division (Regina)

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For F Division (Regina): Three garbs in fess Or;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on August 10, 1991 in Volume 125, page 2568 of the Canada Gazette.

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter

Joan Bouwmeester

Calligrapher

Joan Bouwmeester

Recipient Type

Civil Institution