7th Toronto Regiment , RCA The 7th Toronto Regiment , Royal Canadian Artillery is a militia ( i . e . part - time reserves ) regiment of 4th Canadian Division ' s 32 Canadian Brigade Group , The regiment was formed in 1965 when all the gunner units within the Toronto garrison ( 29th Field Regiment , 42nd Medium Regiment and 1st Locating Regiment ) were merged . The regiment is proud to be the only Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery in Canada to include the name of its home city in its title . The City of Toronto has recognized this distinction by granting the Freedom of the City to the regiment in May 1966 . As with all regiments with the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery it has two mottos : Ubique ( " Everywhere " ) and Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt ( " Whither Right and Glory Lead " ) . These mottos replaced individual battle honours carried by artillery units until 1832 . Ubique denotes the active service of the regiment everywhere in the world and the major part played by the artillery regiment in all battles . It takes the place of all past or future battle honours and distinctions gained in the field . There are three batteries within the regiment , 9 Bty – the howitzer or gun battery , 15 Bty – the mortar battery , and 130 Bty – the headquarters battery as well as training and recruiting . Currently all three batteries parade at Moss Park Armoury . The regiment currently operates the 105mm C3 Howitzer along with the 81mm Mortar . As well as 105mm C1 Howitzers for ceremonial salutes such as the one fired in Queen ' s Park on Remembrance Day . Gun crews are also trained in the C6 , C7 , C9A1 , M72 and 84mm Carl Gustav . The regiment has sent its volunteer citizen soldiers to serve with NATO forces in Germany as part of 1st Regiment , Royal Canadian Horse Artillery and to United Nations peacekeeping efforts in Cyprus and the NATO Stabilization Force in Bosnia . Gunners have deployed on two civil emergency operations : to Manitoba to stem the Red River flooding ; and to Eastern Ontario to help communities recover from the devastating ice storm of 1998 . Other members of the regiment have most recently served with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan . History . The history of artillery units in Canada begins with the professional batteries of New France , whose ability to move ordnance great distances through the wilderness impressed Montcalm . Canadian gunners served with the British Army during the American War of Independence and again in the War of 1812 . Before and after Confederation . The 7th Toronto Regiment , RCA traces its historical roots to the Volunteer Incorporated Artillery Company formed in 1813 under the command of Captain Alexander Cameron . On December 5 , 1837 , under the command of Major T . Carfrae the 1st Toronto Artillery Company , as the Volunteer Incorporated Artillery Company had become , put an end to the Mackenzie Rebellion by firing upon Montgomery ’ s Tavern . Following the 1855 Militia Act the Company was redesignated The Toronto Field Bty , which in turn became No . 9 “ Toronto ” Field Bty in 1894 and the 9th “ Toronto ” Field Bty in 1895 . On July 1 , 1889 , the 9th “ Toronto ” Field Bty CA , along with the 4th “ St . Catharines ” Field Bty CA and the 7th “ Hamilton ” Bty CA formed the 2nd Bde Div of Field Artillery , Canadian Artillery . World War I . In World War I , the 9th Bty equipped with 18 pdrs fought as part of 3rd Fd Bde , 1st Cdn Div until 1917 when it was transferred to the 3rd Fd Bde , 4th Cdn Div for the remainder of the war with 4 . 5 in . howitzers . 15th , 30th , and 53rd Btys were formed in 1916 , all with 18 pdrs . The 15th were assigned to 4th Fd Bde , 2nd Div , the 30th went to 6th Fd Bde , 3rd Div , while the 53rd went to 13th Fd Bde , 5th Div . Thus the Toronto gunners were represented in all W . W . I Canadian divisions . In addition , the 1st Siege Bty equipped with 9 . 2 in . howitzers fought with 1st Bde , Cdn Garrison Artillery , Cdn Corps Heavy Artillery . Interwar period . A formation was authorized on March 15 , 1931 , as the ‘ 7th Toronto Regiment , CA ’ . It was redesignated : ‘ 7th ( Toronto ) Regiment , CA ’ on October 1 , 1933 ; ‘ 7th ( Toronto ) Regiment , RCA ’ on June 3 , 1935 ; ‘ 7th ( Reserve ) ( Toronto ) Regiment , RCA ’ on November 7 , 1940 ; and ‘ 7th ( Reserve ) ( Toronto ) Group , RCA ( CA ) ’ on October 1 , 1942 ; converted and redesignated ‘ Royal Canadian Artillery , 2nd Division ’ on April 1 , 1946 ; and ‘ Royal Canadian Artillery , 2nd Armoured Division ’ on June 19 , 1947 . The formation was disbanded on October 1 , 1954 . World War II . In W . W . II 9 Bty fired both 25 pdrs and 105mm SP , with 3rd Field Bde , 11th Army Field Regt , 1st Canadian Corps Artillery , both in Italy , where at one time they were part of the 8th Army , the “ Desert Rats ” , and later in Northwest Europe as part of the 1st Canadian Army Artillery . 15 Bty became part of the 7th Anti - Tank Regt and saw action with 2 , 6 , and 17 pdrs and the M - 10 SP 3 in . 23 Bty served with both 1st and 5th Med Regts firing 6in . how . And 5 . 5 gun while 25 Bty with similar weapons served with 18th Fd Regt and 2nd Med Regt , 1st AGRA . Both 30 and 53 Btys became LAA btys with 40mm Bofors , one with 6 LAA Regt , 2nd Corps Artillery and the other with 4th Fd Regt , 3rd LAA Regt , 2 Div and 11th LAA Regt . Throughout World War II a reserve regiment was maintained in Toronto to recruit and train replacements for the batteries overseas . Post World War II - 1965 . Following the end of W . W . II , Headquarters RCA , 2nd Div was set up in Toronto with 29th Fd Regt , 32nd Fd Regt , 42nd Med Regt , 49th HAA Regt , and 69th Survey Regt all located within Toronto . In 1947 reorganization saw the loss of the 49th HAA , the 69th became an Observation Regt while the designation SP was added to the 29th and 32nd Regts . In 1950 the 1st Anti - Aircraft Gun Operations Room was established . The next reorganization in 1954 saw the loss of the 32nd Fd and the 1st AAOR . The 69th became the 1st Locating Regt with 134 Svy & Rad Bty and 208 Loc Bty . In May 1951 , the 27th Canadian Infantry Brigade Group was raised to become Canada ’ s contribution to the NATO forces stationed in Europe . As part of that the 209th Fd Bty was formed from members of 9 Bty and conducting its initial training in Toronto before joining the 79th Fd Regt , which sailed along with rest of the Bde to Germany in December of that year . Subsequently , the 79th Fd Regt was renamed the 3rd Regt RCHA and 209th Bty became G Bty . 3 RCHA served in Korea from May to November 1954 . The 7th Toronto Regiment RCA made its reappearance in 1965 when , as a result of the Suttie Commission the 29th Fd , 42nd Med and the 1st Loc Regts were transferred to the supplementary Order of Battle . 9th , 15th and 130th batteries from 29th Field Regiment were transferred to 7th Toronto Regiment , which moved into its present location in Moss Park Armoury following the demise of the University Avenue Armoury . The 7th Torono regiment is affiliated to the 105 Royal Canadian Streetsville Army Cadet Corps