page_title: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
section_title: Heraldry and dress
hierarchical_section_title: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) / Heraldry and dress
caption_attribution_description: English: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, walks with Canadian Maj. Gen. Langpon, left, upon his arrival in Banff, Canada, Sept. 2, 2008. Gates is in Canada to attend the 8th Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas
context_page_description: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Army. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of 3rd Canadian Division's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group. Members of the regiment are commonly called Strathconas or Straths as a short form. It was one of the last regiments in the British Empire to be created and raised by a private individual, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal.
  The regiment is currently composed of a regimental headquarters and four primary squadrons: A, B, Reconnaissance and Headquarters. In September 2006, B Squadron deployed to Afghanistan using the Leopard C2, the first NATO deployment of main battle tanks to Afghanistan.
  Each year the squadron that distinguishes itself with the highest efficiency rating in the regiment earns the title "Prince of Wales Squadron" for the year. The regiment has seven affiliated cadet corps in Alberta and British Columbia.
  Lord Strathcona's Horse operates with 40 Leopard 2's and 12 Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicles.
context_section_description: Badge
  Armorial Description: Lord Strathcona's Coat of Arms, without supporters, being a shield surmounted by a maple tree inclined to the left, and cut through by a beaver working at the base; in the chief a demi-lion rampant; in the centre a railroad spike and hammer crossed; in the base a canoe bearing a flag inscribed NW and containing four men; the whole surrounded by a riband which is encircled by a wreath of roses, thistles, shamrocks and maple leaves, and inscribed LORD STRATHCONA'S HORSE, ROYAL CANADIANS, surmounted by a scroll bearing the motto PERSEVERANCE, and the whole surmounted by the Crown.
  This badge commemorates Lord Strathcona's role in the fur trade and in the settlement of North West Canada (as the province of Alberta was called prior to 1905) by its representation of a Hudson's Bay Company trade canoe, the flag 'NW' (for "North West"), and the representation of the railway construction tools.  The latter mark Lord Strathcona's direct role in the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
  Shoulder title
  STRATHCONA'S (brass DEU); LdSH(RC) (CADPAT)
  Full dress uniform (No. 1 dress)
  scarlet: facings: myrtle green; headdress: dragoon helmet with red and white plume; tartan: ? (pipers' trews, later kilts)
  Service dress (No. 3 dress)
  Canadian Forces Pattern service dress, with collar badges (or "dogs") of the Strathcona Coat of Arms.
caption: Members of the regiment (on horseback) providing a guard for US Defence Secretary Robert Gates in Banff.
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