Royal Military College of Canada
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| Motto:Truth, Duty, Valour! | |
| Founded | 1876 |
| School type | Public |
| Chancellor | Minister of National Defence |
| Principal | John Scott Cowan, B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD |
| Location | Kingston, Ontario |
| Enrollment | 1250 (approx.) full-time |
| Campus surroundings | Waterfront |
| Sports teams | Paladin |
RMC was established by an act of the Canadian Parliament in 1874 "for the purpose of providing a complete education in all branches of military tactics, fortification, engineering, and general scientific knowledge in subjects connected with and necessary to thorough knowledge of the military profession." On June 1, 1876, the Military College of Canada opened its doors to the first class of eighteen cadets. The names of these "Old Eighteen" are memorised by all cadets today. In 1878, Queen Victoria, granted the College the right to use the prefix "Royal." The College motto is "Truth, Duty, Valour".
Following World War II, the Canadian Military Colleges Circle (CMC) was formed with RMC, Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR) and the Royal Roads Military College (RRMC). CMC was established to train officers of the tree services of the Canadian Forces. In 1995, following the end of the Cold War, the Department of National Defence closed CMR and RRMC. CMR is now part of ASU St-Jean and the government of British Columbia rents installations of RRMC from DND to run Royal Roads University.
The province of Ontario granted a University Charter to RMC by passing "The Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act" in 1959 enabling RMC to offer degrees in Arts , Science , and Engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Today, courses are offered both on site and by distance learning. There are approximately 1000 undergraduate students and 250 graduate students on campus.
RMC is located on Point Frederick, a small peninsula at the point where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario. The location has been an active military base since 1789 and was an important naval base during the War of 1812.
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- AGG Wurtele
- HC Freer
- HE Wise
- WM Davis
- TL Reed
- SJA Denison
- LH Irving
- F Davis
- CA DesBrisay
- VS Rivers
- J Spelman
- CO Fairbank
- AB Perry
- JB Cochrane
- FJ Dixon
- GE Perley
- HW Keefer
- D MacPherson
Noted alumni
- Billy Bishop - highest scoring allied flying ace of World War I
- William Stairs - explorer
- Chris Hadfield - Canadian astronaut
- Marc Garneau - Canadian astronaut
- John Keiller MacKay - former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- J.L. Granatstein - Canadian historian
- 2364 Air Commodore Leonard J. Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC, OO, CD, "The Saviour of Ceylon"