Canadian Grenadier Guards

The Canadian Grenadier Guards
Badge of the regiment[1]
Active	1859–present
Country	Province of Canada (1859–1867) Canada (1867–present)
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Foot guards
Role	Light infantry Guard of Honour Public duties
Size	Battalion
Part of	34 Canadian Brigade Group
Garrison/HQ	Montreal
Nickname(s)	"The Guards" "Grenadiers" "CGG"
Motto(s)	Nulli secundus (Latin for 'second to none')
March	Quick: "The British Grenadiers" Slow: "Scipio"
Anniversaries	Regimental birthday: 12 March (1764 onward)
Engagements	Fenian Raids Second Boer War First World War Second World War War in Afghanistan
Battle honours	See list
Website	www.canada.ca/en/army/corporate/2-canadian-division/the-canadian-grenadier-guards.html
Commanders
Commanding officer	LCol Alexandre Dionne
Regimental sergeant-major	MWO Cameron W Stevens
Colonel of the Regiment	Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada
Insignia
Plume	White (left side of bearskin cap)
Headdress	Khaki beret
Abbreviation	CGG

"The British Grenadiers"

"The British Grenadiers", performed here by the United States Army Band Strings ensemble, is the authorized march of several Commonwealth of Nations regiments.

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The Canadian Grenadier Guards (CGG) is a reserve infantry regiment in the 34 Canadian Brigade Group, 2nd Canadian Division, of the Canadian Army. The regiment is the oldest and second-most-senior infantry regiment in the Primary Reserve of the Canadian Army. Located in Montreal, its main role is the provision of combat-ready light infantry troops in support of Canadian regular infantry. It is a Household Foot Guard regiment and also provides soldiers for public ceremonial duties (Ceremonial Guard), performing similar ceremonial duties as the Guards regiments of the British Army. This primarily entails mounting the guard at Government House (Rideau Hall), the King's and Governor General's residence, and performing the "Changing the Guard" ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, a task it shares with Canada's senior Household Foot Guard regiment, the Governor General's Foot Guards of Ottawa. The Canadian Grenadier Guards is an allied regiment to the British Grenadier Guards.