Canadian military bands are a group of personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) that performs musical duties for military functions. Military bands form a part of the Music Branch of the CAF, composed of six full-time professional Regular Force bands, 15 Regular Force voluntary bands, and 53 part-time reserve force bands. Bands of the Music Branch are often badged with the unit or Canadian Forces base insignia that they support.
Musique du Royal 22e Régiment is one of six full-time professional military bands with the Canadian Armed Forces.
The Band of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion.
The Canadian Women's Army Corps Brass Band leaving for a concert in Apeldoorn, 1945.
A Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Band in Calgary, 1934.
The Canadian Guards was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army that served in the same role as the five regiments of foot guards in the British Army. The regiment was formed on 16 October 1953, by Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, the Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army, with the redesignation of four separate battalions:3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment – 1st Battalion
3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry – 2nd Battalion
1st Canadian Infantry Battalion – 3rd Battalion
2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion – 4th Battalion
Regimental colour of the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Guards
A guard of honour provided by the 1st Battalion, Canadian Guards during the visit of West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard to Ottawa in 1964.