Cadets Canada elemental ranks explained

The rank structures of the three elements of the Canadian Cadet Organizations are as follows, comparatively:

*If an Army Cadet Corps has an affiliation with a unit of the Canadian Army that traditionally has different titles for the Ranks of "Private", "Corporal", and "Master Corporal", then they are then entitled to make use of those alternative titles for the ranks of "Lance Corporal", "Corporal", and "Master Corporal" in their units as well. Additionally, the second Army Cadet rank of "Lance Corporal", formerly "Private", was changed in January 2010, due to the French translation "Soldat" also translating to the word "Soldier" in English.

Branch	Master Corporal	Corporal	Lance Corporal
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)	Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)	Trooper / cavalier (Tpr / cav)
Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery	Master Bombardier / bombardier-chef (MBdr / bdrc)	Bombardier / bombardier (Bdr / bdr)	Gunner / artilleur (Gnr / artr)
Corps of Royal Canadian Engineers	Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)	Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)	Sapper / sapeur (Spr / spr)
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals	Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)	Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)	Signalman / signaleur (Sgmn /[sig'') |- |[[Corps of Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]]|Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)|Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)|Craftsman / artisan (Cfm / artn)|-|Royal Canadian Infantry Corps (RCIC) members of guards regiments|Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)|Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)|Guardsman / garde (Gdm / gde)|-|RCIC members of rifle regiments|Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)|Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)|Rifleman / carabinier (Rfm / car)|-|RCIC members of fusilier regiments|Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)|Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)|Fusilier / fusilier (Fus / fus)|-|Highland (Scottish) Regiment|Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)|Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)|Highlander / montagnarde (Hldr / mon)|-|RCIC members of voltigeur regiment|Master Corporal / caporal-chef (MCpl / cplc)|Corporal / caporal (Cpl / cpl)|Voltigeur / voltigeur (Vol / vol)|}In the guard regiments, Warrant Officers are known as "Colour Sergeants". Former Sea Cadet Ranks Rank Insignia Insignia Description Former Location in Rank Structure Notes Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre Chief Petty Officer / Capitaine d'armes de CIECM (SCSTC CPO / cddc) Simplified version of the 1957 Arms of Canada over two crossed sabres. Above CPO1, at CDT-9 (Special) Grade Formerly worn by a Sea Cadet appointed as Coxswain of a Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre (SCSTC). This rank was quietly retired in September of 2022, with each SCSTC's ranking Cadet now wearing normal CPO1 slip-ons, in line the practices already in place at Air and Army Cadet training centres. Qualified Petty Officer First Class / maître de 1re classe (admissible)(QPO1 / cm 1 [A]) A three-bar chevron surmounted by two crossed anchors and a St Edward's Crown. Between Petty Officers Second and First Class Used from 1953-2008, when Corps were only allowed to promote a limited number of Petty Officers First and Second Class. When these limits were reached, cadets qualifying for promotion to the aforementioned ranks would be appointed as QPO1/2s temporarily and fully promoted when slots opened up. Some corps also referred to these ranks as Acting Petty Officer First/Second Class. Qualified Petty Officer Second Class / maître de 2e classe (admissible) (QPO2 / cm 2 [A]) A three-bar chevron surmounted by an anchor. Between Master Cadet and Petty Officer Second Class See also Royal Canadian Air Cadets Royal Canadian Army Cadets Royal Canadian Sea Cadets Navy League Cadet Corps (Canada) Ranks of the cadet forces of the United Kingdom New Zealand Cadet Forces ranks Australian Defence Force Cadets ranks Ranks of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Cadet grades and insignia of the Civil Air Patrol External links https://web.archive.org/web/20171002051908/http://www.62phantomaircadets.ca/Cadet_Ranks.html http://captainjackson.ca/ranks/