The Royal Canadian Navy has a number of professional brass-reed bands on ships: HMCS Carleton in Ottawa, Ontario ; HMCS Chippawa in Winnipeg, Manitoba ; HMCS Discovery in Vancouver, British Columbia ; HMCS Donnacona in Montreal, Quebec ; HMCS Montcalm in Quebec, Quebec ; HMCS Star in Hamilton, Ontario ; HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary, Alberta and HMCS York in Toronto, Ontario.

This installation, opened in 1943, is home to HMCS Carleton and 30th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery.

The Canadian Armed Forces built and tested a number of hydrofoils ( e. g. Baddeck and two vessels named Bras d ' Or ), which culminated in the high-speed anti-submarine hydrofoil HMCS Bras d ' Or in the late 1960s.

* HMCS Vancouver ( F6A ), Royal Canadian Navy S-class destroyer

* HMCS Vancouver ( FFH 331 ), Canadian Forces Halifax-class frigate

* HMCS Columbia, any of several commissioned vessels of the Canadian Navy

HMCS Algonquin ( DDH 283 ) | HMCS Algonquin, a Canadian destroyer

* Royal Canadian Naval Base, HMCS Somers Isles, 1944-1945

Canadian corvette HMCS Rimouski, equipped with an active camouflage system in the form of diffused lighting with projectors beaming light dimly on to its hull to match the faint glow of the night sky, stealthily approached the submarine.

* HMCS Toronto, the name of two Canadian ships

* HMCS Ontario ( C53 ), Canadian naval vessel

* HMCS Cayuga, a Tribal class destroyer with the Royal Canadian Navy

* HMCS Cougar ( Z15 ), a Royal Canadian Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1940 to 1945

That led to his most famous exploit, in which he masqueraded as Dr. Cyr, working as a trauma surgeon aboard HMCS Cayuga, a Royal Canadian Navy destroyer, during the Korean War.

In 1974, Garneau began his career in the Royal Canadian Navy as a Navy combat systems engineer on HMCS Algonquin.

* HMCS Saguenay, two ships that served the Royal Canadian Navy

For the Royal Canadian Navy submarine referred to as CC2, see HMCS CC2.

Brandon's Army Reserve unit is the 26th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, and the Canadian warship HMCS Brandon was named after the city.

Queen Elizabeth II Monarchy of Canada | of Canada in her role as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia, Naval, and Air Forces, pictured with the crew of Her Majesty's Canadian Ship | HMCS St. Laurent in Stockholm, Sweden, 11 June 1956.

* HMCS Star, a reserve unit of the Canadian Maritime Command

The corvette HMCS Sackville ( K181 ) is not part of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic but is located adjacent to the museum in the summer and works with the museum to interpret the Royal Canadian Navy.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were given overall command of the recovery operation with HMCS Preserver remaining on-scene commander.

* HMCS Algonquin, at least two ships of the Canadian Navy

The February 1, 1968 unification of the three service branches into the Canadian Forces saw HMCS Shearwater change its name to Canadian Forces Base Shearwater ( CFB Shearwater ).

* HMCS Nonsuch, a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve division in Edmonton, Alberta.

* HMCS Hunter, a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve division in Windsor, Ontario

* HMCS Discovery, the Vancouver stone frigate of the Canadian Forces Maritime Command reserve, established as a volunteer half-company of the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1924 and commissioned as Discovery in 1941.

HMCS Trinity is the name of the organization housed at Stadacona which is tasked with maintaining MARLANT communications with vessels and other Canadian Forces and allied units, as well as developing strategic and tactical operational intelligence for unit commanders.

Elizabeth II, Monarchy of Canada | Queen of Canada, in her role as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia and Naval and Air Forces, pictured with the crew of the Her Majesty's Canadian Ship | HMCS St. Laurent in Stockholm, Sweden, 11 June 1956

On October 5, 2004 HMCS Chicoutimi ( SSK 879 ), sailing from Faslane Naval Base, Scotland to Nova Scotia declared an emergency north-west of Ireland following a fire on board.

* CFB Shearwater, located on the southern border of Dartmouth is an air force base, formerly known as Naval Air Station Halifax, RCAF Station Dartmouth, RCAF Station Shearwater, HMCS Shearwater, and RCNAS Shearwater.

Deadman's Island, a small island off Stanley Park is the site of Vancouver's Naval Reserve Division HMCS Discovery.

Post-war, 1948, the Royal Canadian Navy took over the facility, naming it HMCS Shearwater, also known as Royal Canadian Naval Air Station Shearwater ( RCNAS Shearwater ).

* June 15 – The Royal Navy aircraft carriers HMS Eagle, HMS Illustrious, HMS Implacable, HMS Indefatigable, HMS Indomitable, HMS Perseus, and HMS Theseus, the Royal Canadian Navy aircraft carrier HMCS Magnificent, and the Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney and 37 squadrons of Fleet Air Arm and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve aircraft – including Fireflies, Sea Furies, Seafires, Attackers, Vampires, Skyraiders, Sea Hornets, Meteors, Avengers, Gannets, Wyverns, Sea Venoms, Sea Hawks, and Dragonflies – take part in the Coronation Review of the Fleet for Queen Elizabeth II.

All of Her Majesty's Canadian Ships have three messes aboard ; this extends to Naval Reserve Divisions and other Naval shore establishments which bear the title HMCS ( see stone frigate ).

The sequence of institutions at Royal Roads: HMCS Royal Roads, 1940 -' 42 ; the Royal Canadian Naval College, 1942 – 1947 ; the Royal Canadian Navy-Royal Canadian Air Force Joint Services College, 1947 – 1948 ; the Canadian Services College Royal Roads, 1948 – 1968 ; and the Royal Roads Military College, 1968-1995.

* HMCS Tecumseh, a Canadian Naval Reserve Division

* HMCS Queen is the Canadian Naval Reserve Division in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Naval personnel from New South Wales and Victoria took part in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, while HMCS Protector was sent by South Australia but saw no action.

NAS Halifax was transferred to the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service ( RCNAS ) at the end of World War I and the facility was renamed HMCS Shearwater.

He joined HMCS Donnaconna in 1959, within the framework of the UNDT ( University Naval Training Division ) and served in the Royal Canadian Navy until 1968.

CFB Esquimalt comprises facilities including Naden ( formerly HMCS Naden ), Her Majesty's Canadian ( HMC ) Dockyard Esquimalt, Fleet Maintenance Facility – Cape Breton ( FMF-CB ), a Fire Fighting and Damage Control School, the Naval Officer Training Centre ( NOTC Venture ), and extensive housing including 716 personnel married quarters located at nine sites such as Belmont Park, Work Point, and Royal Roads.

The Naval and Military Museum is located at HMCS Naden.

HMCS Naden was named after the Dominion Government Ship Naden, which was commissioned as a tender for the Royal Naval College of Canada from 1918 to 1922 for training in sail.