Ceremonial Guard (Canada)
The Ceremonial Guard (CG; French: Garde de cérémonie) is an ad hoc military unit in the Canadian Armed Forces that performs the Changing the Guard ceremony on Parliament Hill and posts sentries at Rideau Hall, with the National War Memorial being sentried by the National Sentry Program (NSP), which is carried out by different regiments and other units in order of precedence throughout the summer until mid-November.
| Ceremonial Guard | |
|---|---|
| Garde de cérémonie (French) | |
A sentry with the CG at the National War Memorial. | |
| Active | 1959-present |
| Country | Canada |
| Branch | Canadian Armed Forces |
| Type | ad hoc Primary Reserve unit |
| Role | Public Duties |
| Size | 300 |
| Part of | 4th Canadian Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Rifle | Colt Canada C7 (unloaded) |
The Ceremonial Guard used to draw principally from the two Primary Reserve (militia) regiments of Foot Guards: the Governor General's Foot Guards (GGFG) from Ottawa (of which the Ceremonial Guard is a sub-unit) and the Canadian Grenadier Guards (CGG) from Montreal, who assumed the duties of The Canadian Guards upon their disbandment. However, since 2007 the Ceremonial Guard has been staffed with a pan–Canadian Forces approach, drawing members from the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army, and the Royal Canadian Air Force.