Lieutenant-general (Canada)

Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-général
Shoulder insignia
Left: Army
Right: Air Force
CountryCanada
Service branchCanadian Army
Royal Canadian Air Force
AbbreviationLGen
NATO rank codeOF-8
Next higher rankGeneral (or Admiral)
Next lower rankMajor-General
Equivalent ranksVice-Admiral (Royal Canadian Navy)

Lieutenant-general (LGen; French: lieutenant-général [Lgén]) is a Canadian Forces rank used by commissioned officers of the Canadian Army or Royal Canadian Air Force.[1] Vice-admiral is the equivalent rank in the Royal Canadian Navy.

A lieutenant-general is a general officer, senior to a major general or rear-admiral, and junior to a general or admiral. Prior to the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces, Royal Canadian Air Force officers held the equivalent rank of air marshal.

  1. ^ Canada, Service (2017-09-25). "Army ranks". aem. Retrieved 2021-02-26.