# List of Canadian organizations with royal prefix

This is a list of Canadian organizations with designated royal status, listed by the king or queen who granted the designation.
As a matter of honour, the Canadian monarch may bestow on an organization the right to use the prefix royal before its name; this may be done for any type of constituted group, from the Royal Ottawa Golf Club to the Royal Canadian Regiment. The granting of this distinction falls within the royal prerogative and is conferred through the office of the King's viceroy, the governor general of Canada, with input from the Department of Canadian Heritage on whether or not the institution meets the criteria of having been in existence for at least 25 years, being financially secure, and a non-profit organization, among others.

## Civilian

Royal prefix granted by King George III :
| Year | Organization |
| 1801 | Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning (later McGill University) |
Royal prefix granted by Queen Victoria :
| Year | Organization |
| 1837 | Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron |
| 1851 | Royal Canadian Institute |
| 1854 | Royal Canadian Yacht Club |
| 1862 | Royal Halifax Yacht Club (superseded by the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron) |
| 1878 | Royal Military College |
| 1880 | Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
| 1882 | Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada |
| 1883 | Royal Society of Canada |
| 1884 | Royal Montreal Golf Club |
| 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 |
| 1894 | Royal Toronto Sailing Skiff Club |
| 1896 | Royal Canadian Golf Association |
| 1898 | Royal Kennebeccasis Yacht Club |
Royal prefix granted by King Edward VII :
| Year | Organization |
| 1902 | Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club (destroyed by fire in 2013) |
| 1903 | Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |
| 1905 | Royal Vancouver Yacht Club |
| 1907 | Royal Alexandra Hospital |
| 1908 | Royal Life Saving Society of Canada |
| 1908 | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada |
| 1909 | Royal Edward Laurentian Sanatorium (later Montreal Chest Hospital) |
Royal prefix granted by King George V :
| Year | Organization |
| 1910 | Royal Guardians |
| 1910 | Royal Over-Seas League |
| 1911 | Royal Victoria Yacht Club |
| 1912 | Royal Ottawa Golf Club |
| 1913 | Royal Canadian Institute |
| 1913 | Royal Ottawa Sanatorium |
| 1914 | Royal Ontario Museum |
| 1923 | Royal Automobile Club of Canada (absorbed by the Canadian Automobile Association) |
| 1924 | Royal Lake of the Woods Yacht Club |
| 1924 | Royal Montreal Curling Club |
| 1929 | Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
| 1930 | Royal Botanical Gardens |
| 1931 | Royal Colwood Golf Club |
| 1934 | Royal Québec Golf Club |
Royal prefix granted by King George VI :
| Year | Organization |
| 1944 | Royal Canadian Flying Clubs Association |
| 1947 | Royal Conservatory of Music |
Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth II :
| Year | Organization |
| 1952 | Royal Canadian Humane Association |
| 1953 | Royal Winnipeg Ballet |
| 1953 | Royal Commonwealth Society of Canada |
| 1957 | Royal Canadian Geographical Society |
| 1959 | Royal Canadian College of Organists |
| 1959 | Royal Philatelic Society of Canada |
| 1959 | Royal Glenora Club |
| 1961 | Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre |
| 1962 | Royal Canadian Legion |
| 1964 | Royal Jubilee Hospital |
| 1964 | Royal College of Dentists |
| 1965 | Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club |
| 1965 | Royal Hamilton Conservatory of Music |
| 1966 | Royal Victoria Hospital |
| 1969 | Royal Western Nova Scotia Yacht Club |
| 1970 | Royal Manitoba Winter Fair |
| 1972 | Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver Island |
| 1975 | Royal United Services Institute of Alberta |
| 1977 | Royal United Services Institute of Kingston, Ontario |
| 1979 | Royal United Services Institute of Regina, Saskatchewan |
| 1981 | Royal Manitoba Yacht Club |
| 1982 | Royal United Services Institute of Manitoba (later Royal Military Institute of Manitoba) |
| 1983 | Royal New Brunswick Rifle Association |
| 1984 | Royal Glenora Club |
| 1987 | Royal British Columbia Museum |
| 1989 | Royal United Services Institute of Vancouver |
| 1989 | Royal St. George's College |
| 1990 | Royal University Hospital |
| 1990 | Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology |
| 1991 | Royal Hamilton Yacht Club (first granted in 1891) |
| 1993 | Royal Saskatchewan Museum |
| 1993 | Royal Kingston Curling Club |
| 1993 | Royal United Services Institute of New Brunswick |
| 1998 | Royal Regina Golf Club |
| 1999 | Royal Niagara Military Institute |
| 1999 | Royal London United Services Institute |
| 2000 | Royal Canadian Pacific |
| 2002 | Royal Heraldry Society of Canada |
| 2005 | Royal Alberta Museum |
| 2005 | Royal Mayfair Golf Club |
| 2007 | Royal Canadian Numismatic Association |
| 2010 | Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre |
| 2012 | Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue |
| 2013 | The Royal Cape Breton Gaelic College |
| 2014 | Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada |

## Military

Royal prefix granted by Queen Victoria :
| Year | Organization |
| 1874 | Royal Military College of Canada |
| 1877 | 8th Battalion "Royal Rifles" (later The Royal Rifles of Canada) |
| 1887 | Royal School of Cavalry (later Royal Canadian Dragoons) |
| 1890 | 6th Regiment of Cavalry "Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars" (now The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)) |
| 1892 | Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry (later Royal Canadian Regiment) |
| 1893 | Royal Canadian Dragoons |
| 1895 | Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery |
| 1901 | Royal Canadian Regiment |
Royal prefix granted by King Edward VII :
| Year | Organization |
| 1903 | Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles (later Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)) |
| 1904 | Royal Canadian Engineers |
| 1905 | Royal Canadian Horse Artillery |
Royal prefix granted by King George V :
| Year | Organization |
| 1910 | Royal Naval College of Canada |
| 1911 | Royal Canadian Navy |
| 1917 | Royal Newfoundland Regiment |
| 1919 | Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (redesignated The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps in 1948, reverted to previous name in 1955) |
| 1920 | The Royal Montreal Regiment |
| 1921 | Royal 22nd Regiment |
| 1921 | Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (later Communications and Electronics Branch, Canadian Forces) |
| 1924 | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| 1928 | Royal 22$^e$ Régiment |
| 1932 | Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers |
| 1935 | Royal Winnipeg Rifles |
| 1935 | Royal Highland Regiment of Canada |
| 1936 | Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers (later Royal Regiment of Canada) |
| 1936 | Royal Hamilton Light Infantry |
Royal prefix granted by King Edward VIII :
| Year | Organization |
| 1936 | Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (later Royal Canadian Medical Service) |
Royal prefix granted by King George VI :
| Year | Organization |
| 1939 | Royal Regiment of Canada |
| 1941 | Royal Roads Military College (closed 1995) |
| 1942 | Royal Canadian Army Cadets |
| 1942 | Royal Canadian Sea Cadets |
| 1945 | Royal Canadian Armoured Corps |
| 1947 | Royal Canadian Infantry Corps |
| 1947 | Royal Canadian Dental Corps |
| 1948 | Royal Canadian Military Institute |
Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth II :
| Year | Organization |
| 1952 | Royal Canadian Air Force Benevolent Fund |
| 1952 | Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund |
| 1952 | Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean |
| 1953 | Royal Canadian Air Cadets |
| 1956 | Royal New Brunswick Regiment |
| 1966 | The Royal Westminster Regiment |
| 1964 | Royal Canadian Naval Association |
| 1982 | Royal Regina Rifles |
| 1998 | Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada |
| 2018 | Royal Canadian Logistics Service |
Dates unknown :
| Year | Organization |
| | Royal Canadian Regiment Association |

## Police

Royal prefix granted by King Edward VII :
| Year | Organization |
| 1904 | Royal North-West Mounted Police (later Royal Canadian Mounted Police) |
Royal prefix granted by King George V :
| Year | Organization |
| 1920 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth II :
| Year | Organization |
| 1971 | Royal Hamilton and District Officers' Institute |
| 1979 | Royal Newfoundland Constabulary |

## Events

Royal prefix granted by Queen Victoria :
| Year | Organization |
| 1880 | Royal Canadian Henley Regatta |
Royal prefix granted by King George V :
| Year | Organization |
| 1922 | Royal Agricultural Winter Fair of Toronto |
Royal prefix granted by Queen Elizabeth II :
| Year | Organization |
| 1970 | Royal Manitoba Winter Fair |
| 1984 | Royal Canadian Henley Regatta |
| 1993 | Royal St. John's Regatta |
| 2006 | Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo |