What follows is a list of nicknames of Canadian regiments, arranged alphabetically by regimental title. A brief explanation of the origin of the nickname, where known, is included.
- 25 Military Police Platoon
- --- - from the unit's cap badge; a Thunderbird. Highly offensive when used in mixed company.
- 5th Field Regiment, RCA
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- 7th Toronto Regiment, RCA
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- 12e Régiment Blindé Du Canada
- --- from “12e RBC”
- ---, from “12e RBC”
- 1st Hussars
- ---
- 48th Highlanders Of Canada
- --- – According to Mowat's ''The Regiment'', the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment were known as "Ploughjockeys" due to their rural recruiting area, while the 48th Highlanders - who recruited from Toronto - were known as "Glamour Boys." An alternate explanation comes from the blue puttees they wore; during an inspection by King George VI in World War II , the Regiment wore blue Puttees due to a shortage of Khaki material. The King reputedly liked the blue puttees better than the khaki ones worn by the rest of the brigade, and authorized the Regiment to keep them
- --- – play on “ The Dirty Dozen ”, where “48” equals four dozen
- 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
- ---
- The Algonquin Regiment
- --- (Second World War)
- --- - current, a humorous shortening of the official name.
- The Argyll And Sutherland Highlanders Of Canada (Princess Louise's)
- ---, from “ASH of C(an)”
- The Brockville Rifles
- ---
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- The Calgary Highlanders
- --- - from the short title CALG HIGHRS, very unofficial.
- The Canadian Grenadier Guards
- --- from "CGG"
- The Essex And Kent Scottish
- ---
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- The Fort Garry Horse
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- The Governor General's Foot Guards
- ---, from “GGFG”.
- ---, from “GGFG”.
- --- - used after the Regiment left an 84mm Carl Gustav anti-tank weapon by the side of a road after a weekend exercise and then drove off. When the mistake was realized, and a party sent to retrieve it, the weapon had vanished. Also '''Good God, Forgot the Gustav!'''
- The Governor General's Horse Guards
- ---, from “GGHG”
- ---, from “GGHG”
- The Grey And Simcoe Foresters
- ---
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- The Hastings And Prince Edward Regiment
- --- or '''Hasty P’s''' from “HAST PER”
- --- from “HAST PER” with a play on “ Hasty Pudding ”
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- The King's Own Calgary Regiment
- ---
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- The Lincoln And Welland Regiment
- ---
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- Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
- ---
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- ---
- ---
- --- or '''Zips''' - This name is extended to all armoured regiments; some have explained it as a reference to the armoured corps' former use of zippered fasteners on their combat boots.
- The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin And Halton Regiment)
- ---
- --- – jocular rhyme
- --- or '''Tweeties''' – from the Primrose Hackle resembling the cartoon "Tweety Bird"
- The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
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- The Ontario Regiment
- --- from “OntR”
- ---- from the unit's cap badge; a cat with an arched back
- Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
- --- - the preferred nickname among soldiers actually serving in, or who have served with, the regiment.
- ---
- --- - generally used only by the media.
- ---, from “PPCLI”
- The Princess Of Wales' Own Regiment
- ---, from the “PW” in “PWOR”
- The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment)
- ---, from "QYRng"
- Royal 22e Régiment
- --- – from English corruption of the French “vingt-deux” for “twenty-two”
- --- – (literally "flat-tailed Communion Wafer s" but perhaps better translated as "flat-tailed bastards") from the Beaver on the regimental badge
- The Royal Canadian Regiment
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- --- - A widely repeated but highly apocryphal story has the nickname resulting from a romantic liaison between a member of the regiment and a chicken.
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- The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
- ---, from “RHLI”
- The Royal Newfoundland Regiment
- --- – name actually limited to the first 500 volunteers of the Newfoundland Regiment in 1914, as there was only blue broadcloth available to make Puttees
- The Royal Regina Rifles
- ---
- --- – the majority of the first members of the Regiment were farm labourers
- --- – derived from “The Farmer Johns”. and now the "official" unofficial nickname
- The Royal Westminster Regiment
- ---
- The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
- --- – Infantry of the line usually wore red coats, while Rifle units wore dark green - almost black - coats. After the Battle Of Fish Creek during the Northwest Rebellion of 1885 , a captured Métis asked, "The red coats we know, but who are those little black devils?" – hence also the Latin Motto : “Hosti Acie Nominati”, “named by the enemy in battle”
- The Seaforth Highlanders Of Canada
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- --- – mispronounciation of the Scots Gaelic Motto ''“Cuidich’n Righ”'', “Help the King”
- --- – based on the stag’s head of the cap badge supposedly resembling the cartoon character Bullwinkle J. Moose
- The South Alberta Light Horse
- ---, from the “SAL” in “SALH”
- ---, with a play on the phrase " Tally-ho "
- The Stormont, Dundas And Glengarry Highlanders
- ---
- --- from the “SD&G” in “SD&G Highrs” (also "Sand, Dirt and Gravel").
- The Toronto Scottish Regiment
- --- from “TOR SCOT”
- --- – rhyming nickname
- The West Nova Scotia Regiment
- ---
: – Shortening of the regiment’s name
: – Malapropism on the regiment’s name
: – Humorous pronunciation of the regiment’s official abbreviation
: – Redefinition of the regiment’s official ''short title'' - each regiment's official short title appears in correspondence as well as on embroidered titles on combat clothing. These Abbreviations are often utilized to comic effect in the creation of nicknames.
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