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{{short description|Canadian military college}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Royal Military College Saint-Jean
 | image                  = CMR Saint-Jean crest.svg
 | image_size             = 120
 | caption                = [[#Coat of arms and flag|Coat of arms]]
 | motto                  = {{langx|fr|link=no|Verité, Devoir, Vaillance}}
 | mottoeng               = Truth, Duty, Valour
 | established            = {{start date and age|1952}}
 | type                   = [[Military academy|Military college]]
 | chancellor             = [[Bill Blair (politician)|Bill Blair]] (''ex officio'' as [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Defence Minister]])
 | head_label             = [[Commandant]]
 | head                   = Col Guillaume Tremblay<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/com-com/bio/bc-cb-eng.asp |title=Commandant's Biography |publisher=Royal Military College Saint-Jean |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]]
 | state                  = [[Quebec]]
 | country                = Canada
 | campus                 = {{convert|80|acre|ha}}, waterfront, situated on the west bank of the [[Richelieu River]], [[Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)]]
 | coor                   = {{Coord|45|17|49|N|73|15|09|W|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:CA}}
 | undergrad              = up to 150
 | administrative_staff   = 100
 | affiliations           = [[International Association of Military Academies|IAMA/AIAM]], [[Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire|BCI]], [[Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec|RSEQ]], [[Cégep de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]]
 | website                = {{url|https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/index-eng.asp | cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca}}
| logo = Rmc saint jean textlogo.png
| logo_size  = 200
}}

The '''Royal Military College Saint-Jean''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean}}), commonly referred to as '''RMC Saint-Jean''' and '''CMR''', is a Canadian [[Military academy|military college]] and university. It is located on the historical site of [[Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)|Fort Saint-Jean]], in [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]], Quebec, 40&nbsp;km south of [[Montreal]]. RMC Saint-Jean is an arm of the [[Canadian Military Colleges|Canadian Military College]] (CMC) system that provides two college-level programs in Social Science and Science, which are closely integrated with the undergraduate programs offered by the [[Royal Military College of Canada]]. RMC Saint-Jean was granted independent university status in 2021, and it currently offers a bachelor's degree in International Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/registrars-office/canadian-military-colleges-universities-difference|title=Canadian Military Colleges – Universities with a Difference|first=Brigitte|last=Conrad-Avarmaa|date=25 January 2021|website=www.rmc-cmr.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Departement of National Defence|first=Chief Military Personnel|date=2021-06-07|title=University Status – Royal Military College Saint-Jean|url=https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/com-com/su-ul/su-ul-eng.asp|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca}}</ref>

== Academics ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  '''Science '''<ref name="Science">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/faculty/engraph/courses/progdesc_e.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181620/http://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/faculty/engraph/courses/progdesc_e.asp |url-status=dead |title=Nous ne pouvons trouver cette page Web (Erreur 404) – Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean / We couldn't find that Web page (Error 404) – Royal Military College Saint-Jean|archive-date=6 July 2011|website=www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca}}</ref>
!  '''[[Social Sciences]] '''<ref name="Science" />
|-
|
* [[Mathematics]]
* [[Biology]]
* [[Physics]]
* [[Chemistry]]
|
* Sociology
* [[Psychology]]
* History
* [[Political Science]]
* Politics
* Economics
|}

The core courses in both programs include: literature, [[humanities]], second language, and [[physical education]].

The mandate of the preparatory year is to develop in its students good work habits, academic diligence, critical facility, and team spirit.<ref>[http://www.det.st-jean.rmc.ca/faculty/engraph/home_e.asp Redirect<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20031218191249/http://www.det.st-jean.rmc.ca/faculty/engraph/home_e.asp |date=18 December 2003 }}</ref>

== Regular Officer Training Program ==

Officer and Naval Cadets at RMC Saint-Jean are eligible for the Regular Officer Training Program. This program is designed for officer candidates to obtain a bachelor degree (which is required to be an officer in the [[Canadian Armed Forces]]) while attending either the Royal Military College in Saint-Jean or the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]]. For certain degrees, it is possible to do ROTP through a civilian university if it is not offered at one of the military colleges.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Departement of National Defence |first=Chief Military Personnel |date=2020-04-03 |title=Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP) – Royal Military College Saint-Jean |url=https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/fe-fs/pfor-rotp/pfor-rotp-eng.asp |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hedrich |first=Serena |date=2015-03-23 |title=Regular Officer Training Plan (ROTP) |url=https://www.rmc-cmr.ca/en/registrars-office/regular-officer-training-plan-rotp |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.rmc-cmr.ca |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ROTP {{!}} Paid Education {{!}} Canadian Armed Forces |url=https://forces.ca/en/paid-education/rotp |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=forces.ca}}</ref>

== Uniforms ==
[[File:Royal Military College of Canada uniforms.jpg|thumb|RMC Saint-Jean uniforms]]

Officer/Naval cadets wear a variety of uniforms depending on the occasion and their environment: ceremonial dress (semi ceremonial); full dress (formal occasions); outside sports dress; service dress Air Force; service dress Navy; service dress Navy without jacket; Service dress Air Force without jacket; service dress Army without jacket; and combat dress.<ref name="forces">{{Cite web|url=http://www.forces.ca/interactive/rmc/kingston/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118182932/http://www.forces.ca/interactive/rmc/kingston/index.html|url-status=dead|title=Royal Military College of Canada uniforms and proficiency badges|archivedate=18 January 2012}}</ref>

In winter 2009, Royal Military College Officer/Naval cadets returned to wearing a distinctive Dress of the Day (DOD) uniform which consists of a white shirt, black sweater/light jacket, as well as black trousers/skirt with a red stripe down the side. The headdress is a black wedge with red piping.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmcclub.ca/everitaswp/?p=1129#comments |title=e-Veritas " Blog Archive " Top Headlines |publisher=Rmcclub.ca |access-date=22 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103013646/http://www.rmcclub.ca/everitaswp/?p=1129#comments |archive-date=3 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Mess dress]] is worn in the Senior Staff Mess for formal occasions such as mess dinners.

== Positions of responsibility ==
To further their leadership skills and abilities, Officer/Naval cadets are appointed to positions of responsibility according to merit or a need for development. Each cadet wears 1–5 of bars to indicate authority. An appointment typically last a semester.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Department of National Defence|first=Chief Military Personnel|date=2017-03-09|title=Badges – Royal Military College Saint-Jean|url=https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/ea-cs/ins-bad/ins-bad-eng.asp|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Position
!Description
!Bars
|-
|CSL/COMO
|The Cadet Squadron Leader (CSL) is responsible for the management of a squadron of cadets, which generally consists of around of 75 members.
|4
|-
|CSTO/INSTRO
|The Cadet Squadron Training Officer (CSTO) is responsible for discipline and ensuring good behaviour, dress, and deportment of all cadets in a squadron.
|3
|-
|CFL/COMI
|The Cadet Flight Leader (CFL) is responsible for one of the two flights of cadets within a squadron, which generally consists of around of 30 members.
|3
|-
|DCFL/ACOMI
|The Deputy Cadet Flight Leader (DCFL) is a 2 I/C to the CFL and is responsible for discipline and ensuring good behaviour, dress, and deportment of all cadets in a flight.
|2
|-
|SECL
|The Section Leader (SECL) is responsible for one of 4 section of cadets within a flight, which generally consists of around of 10 members.
|2
|-
|DCOMSEC/ACOMSEC
|The Deputy Section Commander is a 2 I/C to the COMSEC and is responsible for discipline and ensuring good behaviour, dress, and deportment of all cadets in a section.
|1
|}

== Squadrons of the Cadet Wing ==
[[File:Tracy Squadron Royal Military College Saint-Jean.jpeg|thumb|Tracy Squadron, RMC Saint-Jean]]

The undergraduate body, known as the Cadet Wing, is subdivided into three smaller groupings called ''Squadrons'', under the guidance and supervision of senior cadets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rmcclub.ca/everitaswp/?p=1071|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102201741/http://www.rmcclub.ca/everitaswp/?p=1071 |url-status=dead |title=History of RMC Squadron Names|archive-date=2 January 2009}}</ref> The squadrons are currently named in honour of local communities that take their name from historical figures of [[New France]]. Squadrons are subdivided into flights and sections. In 2017, another squadron was added named Jolliet. These squadrons have a competition called the "Commandants Cup" which is a competition in the four pillars of the college.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Squadron #
!Name
!Historical figure
|-
|1
|[[Richelieu Squadron|Richelieu]]
|[[Cardinal Richelieu]]
|-
|2
||Iberville
|[[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]]
|-
|3
|Tracy
|[[Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy]]
|-
|4
|Jolliet
|[[Louis Jolliet]]
|}

In the 1960s, the three squadrons were named [[George-Étienne Cartier|Cartier]], [[Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve|Maisonneuve]] and [[Samuel de Champlain|Champlain]] in honour of historical figures.

== History ==
[[File:Royal Military College Saint-Jean.jpg|thumb|RMC Saint-Jean main entrance]]

In the fall of 2007, the federal government reopened the military college at Saint-Jean. The military college was slated for closure in 1995, but on 9 July 1994, the federal and provincial governments agreed to maintain it as a non-degree-granting college.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates |last=Pound |first=Richard W. |publisher=Fitzhenry and Whiteside |year=2005}}</ref>

The reopened RMC Saint-Jean greatly differs from the original college which opened in 1952 and from the RMC of Canada located in Kingston. The new RMC Saint-Jean encompasses the Canadian Forces Management and Development School, one of the oldest CF training establishments in the country. It is also the home to the Chief Warrant Officer Robert Osside Profession of Arms Institute, which develops the prospective future senior leaders of the Canadian Forces NCM Corps.

[[Michaëlle Jean]], Governor General of Canada, inaugurated the Royal Military College Saint-Jean on 24 May 2008, and she presented the new college coat of arms to the commandant, Colonel François Pion.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/The+Governor+General+of+Canada+Inaugurates+the+Royal+Military+College+of+Saint-Jean/3686349.html |title=The Governor General of Canada Inaugurates the Royal Military College of Saint-Jean |publisher=StreetInsider.com |access-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>

The Commandant of Royal Military College Saint-Jean reports to the Commander, Canadian Defence Academy (CDA). RMC Saint-Jean also has its own board of governors. Officer/Naval cadets at RMC Saint-Jean are issued scarlet uniforms. The first-year program at RMC Saint-Jean is freeing up beds at [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] allowing more Regular Officer Training Program (ROTP) cadets to attend RMC rather than civilian universities.<ref name="autogenerated3">{{cite web|date=31 July 2007|publisher=Rmcclub.wordpress.com}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Significance
|-
|1926
|
Fort Saint-Jean plaque (Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada 1926)
Constructed in 1743 by [[Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry|M. de Léry]] under orders from [[Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière|Governor la Galissonnière]]. This post was for all the military expeditions towards [[Lake Champlain]]. On 31 August 1760, Commandant de Roquemaure had it blown up in accordance with orders from the [[Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil|Governor de Vaudreuil]] to prevent its falling into the hands of the English. Rebuilt by [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Governor Carleton]], in 1773. During the same year, under the command of Major [[Charles Preston]] of the 26th regiment, it withstood a 45-day siege by the American troops commanded by [[Richard Montgomery|General Montgomery]].
|[[File:Historic plaque Fort-Saint-Jean 1926.JPG|100px]]
|-
|1926
|
Fort Saint-Jean plaque (Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada 1926, replaced 1980):

''"As a result of the Iroquois wars a first fort was erected at Saint-Jean by the French in 1666. In 1748 a second fort was built to protect the French colony against British military expeditions coming up the Richelieu. Later on, as a result of the American Revolution two redoubts were built to protect the now English colony against an American invasion. Following the 1837 uprising a new military complex was built on the site of its predecessors. It is this complex which has served since 1952 as the core of the new Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean."''
|[[File:Fort Saint-Jean plaque by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.jpg|100px]]
|-
|1948
|In the post-war reorganization of the Canadian Forces, the Canadian Military Colleges Circle (CMC) was formed with RMC, ''[[Royal Roads Military College]]'' (RRMC) and ''Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean'' (CMR), now known as RMC Saint-Jean
|-
|1950
|The Old Brigade, alumni celebrating 50 or more years since they entered one of the military colleges, are inducted.
|-
|1952
|The Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR) was established to conduct tri-service cadet training within the Canadian Forces. It was a [[Classical education movement#Secondary education – the quadrivium|classical college]], with the initial purpose of providing a more equitable representation of [[French Canadians]] in the three services of the Canadian Forces. During the spring of 1952, [[Louis Saint-Laurent]], [[Prime Minister of Canada]], made the decision to found a bilingual military college in Quebec, to open in September. In 1952 the [[Governor General of Canada]] officially opened the CMR.
|[[File:Royal Military College Saint Jean 60th anniversary 1932-2012.jpg|100px|Royal Military College Saint Jean 60th anniversary 1952–2012]]
|-
|1968
|Pavillon Lahaie was built, featuring laboratory, library and office space
|-
|1971
|CMR established a formal partnership with the [[Université de Sherbrooke]], after which CMR cadets were able to obtain a bachelor's degree without leaving Saint-Jean.
|-
|1972
|Publication of ''"Le Defilé 1952–1972 Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean 20th Anniversary Yearbook"''
|-
|1973
|
* The CMR [[March (music)|March]], "La marche du Richelieu", composed in 1954 by Madame Denise Chabot, the wife of head of French department LCol C.A. Chabot, became the official college march.<ref>[http://www.museedufortsaintjean.ca/FR/histoire/canadienne/cmr/marche/marche-du-richelieu.mp3 "La marche du Richelieu"].</ref> "La Gaillarde" is the slow march.
* To honour the academic staff of Canadian Military Colleges, the bands play "March of the Peers: from [[Iolanthe]]" (1881) words [[Sir William S. Gilbert]], music [[Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan]] (1842–1900), arrangement Bryceson Treharne which opens with a fanfare leading to a swaggering march from Sullivan's ‘Iolanthe’.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://my.tbaytel.net/tgroulx/marches.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716184606/http://my.tbaytel.net/tgroulx/marches.htm |url-status=dead |title=Regimental Marches|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>
|-
|1974
|Col (Ret'd) André D. Gauthier OMM, CD, then Vice-Commandant and Director of Cadets 1973–1975 presented "CADET" (1974), an 18-inch statuette of an Officer Cadet to CMR, which is currently displayed in the Commandant's Office. The then Cadet Wing Commander, 10055 OCdt Pierre Trahan (CMR 1974) served as the model 'at attention' and in the moment of drawing his sword to bring it to a full salute as on a ceremonial parade ground.
|-
|1 October 1977
|The College is granted the [[Freedom of the City]].
|-
|1977–1991
|
* 25th Anniversary celebrations on 8 October 1977.
* Plaque presented to Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean by the RMC Club 8 October 1977
|-
|1983
|First Terry-Fox run in Saint-Jean 1983: 2,000 runners attended the 2nd race held Sun 9 September 1984
|-
|1984
|
* Honour Guard of 114 cadets at the visit of Pope Jean-Paul II on 20 September 1984
* On Saturday 12 May 1984, the band performed at the CMR graduation for the first time
|-
|1985
|The Quebec government passed an act granting CMR its own [[university charter]].
|-
|1988
|CMR was authorized to grant [[master's]] and [[doctorate]] degrees.
|-
|1992
|The College is granted the Freedom of the City.
|-
|1994
|Col (Ret'd) André D. Gauthier OMM, CD, then Vice-Commandant and Director of Cadets 1973–1975, loaned over 30 military-themed statuettes and bas reliefs, which were displayed at the Cadet Mess at CMR until the college's closure. These works now form part of the Gauthier Collection of over 70 items on display at RMC.
|-
|1995
|
* The College is granted the Freedom of the City.
* Following the end of the [[Cold War]] and massive government cutbacks on defence spending, the [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]] closed [[Royal Roads Military College]] (RRMC) and Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR).
* RRMC is no longer a military institution, and is now maintained by the Government of [[British Columbia]] as [[Royal Roads University]].
* The loss of CMR and RRMC along with their many traditions and history as military colleges remains a bitter event for many cadets and alumni.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cda-cdai.ca/library/klepak.htm |title=The Future of the Reserves—Dr. Klepak |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502235928/http://www.cda-cdai.ca/library/klepak.htm |archive-date=2 May 2009}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|
* The reopening of CMR was discussed during the Debates of the Senate (Hansard) 1st Session, 39th Parliament, Volume 143, Issue 93 on Thursday, 3 May 2007.
* The reopening of CMR was announced in July 2007 for the fall term 2007.
|-
|2008
|
* Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, inaugurated the bilingually named Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) and Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR Saint-Jean).
* On 24 May 2008, she presented the new college coat of arms to the commandant, Colonel François Pion.<ref name=autogenerated2 />
* RMC Saint-Jean now operates as part of [[ASU Saint-Jean]] as Campus Saint-Jean where preparatory year ("prep year") cadets acquire the necessary academic standard needed to attend RMC.
|[[File:Mess Table at Royal Military College Saint-Jean.jpg|100px|Officer Cadet's Le Saint-Maurice mess tables commemorate old & new Coat of Arms of RMC Saint-Jean]]
|-
|2012
|
* Royal Military College Saint-Jean celebrates 60th anniversary 1952–2012.
* On 22 April, the College is granted the Freedom of the City.
|[[File:Music 61st Batallion Royal 22e Regiment.jpg|100px|Royal Military College Saint Jean 60th anniversary gala, music by 6<sup>e</sup> Battalion Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]]
|-
|2015
|Royal Military College Saint-Jean Dutch Canadian Friendship Tulip Garden
|
|-
|2017
|
*Held Leadersphere Symposium 2017 and hosted International Symposium on the Development of Military Academies (ISoDoMA)
* Developed the Chief Warrant Officer Robert-Osside Profession of Arms Institute
|
|-
|2018
|RMC Saint-Jean once again offers courses to obtain a university degree in International Studies<ref name="canada.ca">{{Cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/news/2017/07/change_of_commandceremonyatroyalmilitarycollegesaint-jean.html|title=Change of Command Ceremony at Royal Military College Saint-Jean|first=National|last=Defence|date=7 July 2017|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>
|
|-
|2020
|The Academic year of 2019–2020 is cut short at RMC Saint-Jean and [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMCC]] in March 2020, due to the [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] pandemic. Cadets continued their studies through online class.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6726125/coronavirus-rmc-asked-leave-campus/|title=Coronavirus: RMC cadets being asked to leave campus as soon as possible|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/canadian-forces-close-colleges-and-training-centres-to-fight-covid-19|title=Canadian Forces close colleges and training centres to fight COVID-19 {{!}} National Post|last=Canada|first=P. M. N.|newspaper=National Post|date=2020-03-24|language=en-CA|access-date=2020-03-30}}</ref>
|
|-
|2021
|On 14 May 2021 the first class since 1995 graduated:

* 12 Officer Cadets graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies and received their commissions
* 4 Senior NCMs completed a University Certificate in International Studies from CMR.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2021-05-15 |title=First Bachelor degrees granted at Royal Military College Saint-Jean since 1995 |url=https://www.miragenews.com/first-bachelor-degrees-granted-at-royal-560554/,%20https://www.miragenews.com/first-bachelor-degrees-granted-at-royal-560554 |access-date=2021-05-24 |newspaper=Mirage News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|
|}

== Features and buildings ==
[[File:Royal Military College St Jean pin.JPG|thumb|RMC Saint-Jean pin]]

Richelieu, Jolliet, Tracy and Iberville Squadrons live in the Cartier and Champlain Blocks. The Vanier, DeLéry, Dextraze, Lahaie and Massey Pavillons along with the Old Mess are shared. The campus provides technological support: library, laboratories, learning materials, and Internet access. RMC Saint-Jean infrastructure is currently used by the [[Canadian Forces]] located at [[ASU Saint-Jean]] and by a non-profit corporation called ''Campus du [[Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)]]'', which arranges for the upkeep of many of the educational facilities and leases them out to educational institutions such as the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] (UQAM) for their local program while also renting out others for short events such as large [[banquet]]s or [[Convention (meeting)|conventions]].
The Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings lists six recognized Federal Heritage Buildings on the Royal Military College Saint-Jean grounds:<ref name="pc.gc.ca">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/error404.html|title=Parcs Canada &#124; Parks Canada|website=www.pc.gc.ca}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Building
!Built
!class="unsortable"|Recognition
!class="unsortable"|Photo
|-
|Cartier Pavilion ||1955
|
* Honours [[Jacques Cartier]], French navigator and explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France
* Residence for officers, officer cadets and civilian students
|[[File:Cartier Building RMCSJ.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Champlain Pavilion ||1953
|
* Residence for officers, officer cadets and civilian students
|[[File:ChamplainCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[Chief Warrant Officer|CWO]] Couture Building 16 ||2012
|
* Drill hall named after Chief Warrant Officer Couture, who served for 17 years at RMC Saint-Jean from 1962 to 1979, and who died in 2010.
* Display cabinet features his uniform, photo, sword and pace stick.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/cmr-rmc/60/cd-dc-eng.asp|title=Nous ne pouvons trouver cette page Web (Erreur 404) – Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean / We couldn't find that Web page (Error 404) – Royal Military College Saint-Jean|date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204942/http://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/cmr-rmc/60/cd-dc-eng.asp|archive-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
|[[File:C16CMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|DeLery Building ||1957
|
* Academic classrooms and administrative offices named after [[Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry]], a [[military engineer]] who built [[Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)]] in 1748
|[[File:DeLeryCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Dextraze Pavilion || 1992
|
* Dining room named after General [[Jacques Dextraze|J.A. Dextraze]], H18111, former [[Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Chief of the Defence Staff]]
|[[File:Dextraze Mess at RMCSJ.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Lahaie Pavilion || 1968–74
|
* Library laboratories and additional offices for professors and staff named after brigadier general Marcelin L. Lahaie, the first commandant at CMR.
|[[File:Lahaie Building at RMCSJ.jpg|180px]]

|-
|Maisonneuve pavilion || 1953
|
* Dormitory named after [[Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve]], founder of [[Montreal]], Quebec; used as a residence by Officers, Officer Cadets, and civilian students.
|[[File:MesCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Massey Building Musée Fort-Saint-Jean Pavillon ''Les Forges'' ||1937
|
* Named after [[Vincent Massey]] former [[Governor General of Canada]]
* The old forge building (1839) burned in 1883; The site was transformed into a mess for officer cadets known as the 'old forge'.
* The current building houses the Corporation du Fort Saint-Jean, a non-profit corporation which manages the site; Fort Saint-Jean Museum and is rented for private functions.
* The Musée du Fort Saint-Jean is located in ''Les Forges''; the tour includes a historic interpretation of the campus's military facilities, heritage-related and contemporary.
|[[File:FortSJMusCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Officer Cadet Mess, Mess Saint-Maurice building ||1956
|
* Officer Cadet mess at the college known as the Mess Saint-Maurice, named after [[Saint Maurice]], a Roman military leader who was killed for not punishing Christians.
|[[File:MessCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Vieux Mess building ||1839
|
* The Vieux Mess building, used for special events and mess dinners.
| [[File:VieuxmessCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Parade square || 1955
|
* {{convert|300|by|400|ft|m|0}}
|[[File:P6CMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Private Married Quarters (PMQ)||bricks (1935), wood (1952)
|
* Residence for military personnel and their families
|[[File:PMQs at RMCSJ.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Administration Building No. 24 (1937–38) ||1938
|
* Recognized Federal Heritage Building (1989), Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Canada, QC
|[[File:AdmBuildingCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Vanier Pavilion || 1957
|
* Sport Complex, gymnasium, skating rink, pool, also outdoor soccer, [[tennis]], and [[Canadian football]] fields
* Named after [[Georges P. Vanier]], former [[Governor General of Canada]]
|[[File:VanierSportcomplexCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Former Guardhouse and Museum, Building 26
|1885
|
* Served as a guardhouse & museum (1972–2006)
|[[File:Old_Guardhouse,_Royal_Military_College_of_Canada.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Montcalm Barracks
|1839
|Named after General [[Louis-Joseph de Montcalm]]
* Recognized Federal Heritage Building 1987
* Originally served as classrooms before being converted to a dormitory for officer cadets.
|[[File:MontcalmCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Gallisonnière Barracks
|1838
|Named after New France Governor [[Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière]]
* Recognized Federal Heritage Building 1987
* Originally served as classrooms before being converted to a dormitory for officer cadets.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Gallisonnière Block / Supply |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_fhbro_eng.aspx?id=2871 |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=www.pc.gc.ca |language=en}}</ref>
|[[File:GalCMR.jpg|180px]]
|}

=== Museum ===
{{Infobox museum
| name            = Fort Saint-Jean Museum
| image           = 
| established     = 1965
| curator         = Eric Ruel
| location        = Massey Building, Old Forge, on campus of Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Quebec
| website         = [http://www.museedufortsaintjean.ca/ museedufortsaintjean.ca]
}}

The museum is located in Fort Saint-Jean on the campus of the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean. The museum's mandate is to collect, conserve, research and display material relating to the history of the CMR, its former cadets and its site, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Guided tours are offered. The museum contains collections of military memorabilia, military artefacts, maps, models, videos and historical objects. The site has been occupied since 1666 by different garrisons, a shipyard and a military college.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.cmrstjean.com/musee/ |title=CMR |publisher=Cmrstjean.com |date=1 September 2006 |access-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726122019/http://www.cmrstjean.com/musee/ |archive-date=26 July 2011 }}</ref>
The CMR Ex-Cadet Foundation manages the museum which recognizes more than 325 years (1666–1995) of military history at the fortifications located on the Richelieu River. The flora and centenary trees enhance the site. The RMC Saint-Jean art collection includes a bronze sculpture of a cadet 'Truth Duty Valour (1976)', by [[William McElcheran]] (Canadian 1927–1999) "Presented to ‘Le Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean’ by the commandant, staff & cadets of R.M.C., Canada on the occasion of the sister College's visit, 12–17 May 1976".

The museum club began as a club for cadets in 1972 with the head of the museum club serving as curator. Officer Cadets were part of the team that converted the old guard house into a proper museum. Office Cadets designed diorama(s) used in the museum and the business card from the museum featured a picture of one of the officer cadet's model soldiers on it.

The museum was closed from 1998 to 2003. The Museum Committee of the CMR Ex-Cadet Club Foundation was founded on 22 January 2003. When the museum was accredited a Canadian Forces Museum, the Museum Committee became an independent entity separate from the Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.museedufortsaintjean.ca/EN/apropos/histoire/histoire.htm|title=Musée du Fort Saint-Jean Museum|website=www.museedufortsaintjean.ca}}</ref>

In 2006, while Hélène Ladouceur served as curator, the museum site moved from the old guardhouse to the entrance of the former Protestant Chapel. LGen (ret.) and Senator Roméo A. Dallaire presided over the official opening, which took place on 29 March 2006.

Eric Ruel became the museum curator in 2006. The museum website [https://www.museedufortsaintjean.ca museedufortsaintjean.ca] was created in June 2007.

In May 2012, while Eric Ruel served as curator, the museum relocated to the historical pavilion "les Forges". The museum is open Wednesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 17:00, from 24 May until 1 September.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Archaeology digs have taken place on the site from 2009 to 2013 through the Quebec Archaeo Month, an initiative of Archéo-Québec. Funded by the Directorate of History and Heritage of the Canadian Forces as part of a five-year agreement between the Fort Saint-Jean Museum, Laval University and the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, the Archaeology Digs are supported by the Corporation du Fort Saint-Jean and archaeologists from Parks Canada. The museum is a member of the [[Canadian Museums Association]], Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), [[Virtual Museum of Canada]] and the Organization of Military Museums of Canada Inc. The museum is an accredited museum within the Canadian Forces Museum System.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081022134208/http://www.rmc.ca/other/museum/index_e.html Museum of the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean] at the Wayback Machine</ref> The museum has formed a cooperating association of friends of the museum to assist with projects.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081018184438/http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/027-05_e.asp Canadian Forces Museums] at the Wayback Machine</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Musée du Fort Saint-Jean Museum |url=https://www.museedufortsaintjean.ca/EN/index-en.htm |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.museedufortsaintjean.ca}}</ref>

<gallery>
File:FortStJeanPeachey1790.jpg|Fort Saint-Jean circa 1775, siege of the fort
File:Artillery @ Royal Military College of Canada Saint Jean.jpg|Artillery at Royal Military College Saint-Jean
File:Brucie, Cadet, Sculpture, Royal Military College of Canada.jpg|Cadet Sculpture 'Truth, Duty, Valour' by William McElcheran
</gallery>

=== Memorials ===

{|
|-
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Other
!Description
!Photo
|-
|25th Anniversary Monument
|
* Donated by the Club des Anciens du CMR de Saint-Jean in 1977 to honour 25th anniversary of college
* Unveiled by Prime Minister [[Pierre Elliott Trudeau]]
|[[File:Obelisk Royal Military College Saint Jean.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[Second World War]] Memorial (1 Dec 1945) 24063-009
|
* A granite slab erected on 1 December 1945 is dedicated to the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of No. 48 Canadian Infantry (Basic) Training unit who died during the [[Second World War]].<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=3909|title=Royal Military College (48 Canadian Infantry (Basic) Training unit): Memorial 24063-009 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
* Includes the Bible's 2 Timothy 4:7 (King James Version): ''I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.''
* Donated by the Club des Anciens du CMR de Saint-Jean
|[[File:WW2 Memorial CMRSJ.jpg|180px]]
|-
|24063-018
|
* A plaque on a granite slab is dedicated to former Sergeant-Majors of the Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean.<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=6012|title=Royal Military College (Sergeant-Majors): Memorial 24063-018 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
|[[File:RSM.CMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|24063-005
|
* The stone shaft was erected on 26 September 1964 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the [[Royal 22e Régiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]] (French-Canadian).<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=3910|title=Royal 22nd Regiment (founding): Memorial 24063-005 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
* The Regiment trained at Fort Saint-Jean in 1914.
* The monument lists the Regiment's battle honours.
|[[File:Royal 22e Régiment memorial (1964) at Royal Military College Saint-Jean.jpg|180px]]
|-
|R22R 100th anniversary Plaque
|100th anniversary of the founding of the [[Royal 22e Régiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]] in 1914.
|[[File:R22RCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|A Century of Service
|
* A plaque commemorates the centennial of the [[Royal Canadian Regiment]] 1883–1983, Canada's oldest permanent force infantry regiment. Elements of the regiment garrisoned Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu from 1884 to 1908 and in 1924.
|[[File:Century of Service Plaque The Royal Canadian Regiment 1883-1983.jpg|180px]]
|}

=== Plaques ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Plaque
!Description
|-
|
* [[Fort Saint-Jean (Quebec)]] plaque 24063-025<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=3966|title=Fort Saint-Jean plaque: Memorial 24063-025 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
|
* Built in 1748 during the French régime. During the 1837 rebellion, French-Canadian nationalists of the [[Parti Patriote]] planned to attack Fort Saint-Jean, then under British control with British troops.
*The plan was not executed: "En 1839, des travaux sont entrepris au Fort Saint-Jean dans le but d'y édifier un important camp militaire qui pourrait contrer toute tentative de rébellion ultérieure."
|-
|
* 24063-008 Fort Saint-Jean<ref>{{National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials|id=6010|title=Fort Saint-Jean memorial: Memorial 24063-008 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
|
* A bronze plaque on a slab commemorating Fort Saint-Jean was erected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in 1926 and replaced in 1980.
|}

=== Naval, military, and air memorials ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Military Vehicles
!Description
!Graphic
|-
|[[Air Defense Anti-Tank System]] (ADATS)
|Near Dextraze pavilion
|
|-
|Anchor of {{HMCS|Bonaventure}}
|
* HMCS ''Bonaventure''. Royal Military College Saint-Jean. This anchor is one of the two anchors of HMCS ''Bonaventure'', a ''Majestic''-class aircraft carrier. First built for the Royal Navy as HMS ''Powerful'', this aircraft carrier served the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1957 to 1970. She was the last aircraft carrier to serve Canada. This starboard side anchor of "The Bonnie" was donated by the Canadian Forces Maritime Command 6 May 1998 and is located at the Massey Building, Musée Fort-Saint-Jean Pavilion ''Les Forges''.

|[[File:BonadventureCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Plaque on stockless anchor of HMCS ''Bonaventure''
|
* Plaque on stockless anchor of HMCS ''Bonaventure'' at Royal Military College Saint-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. HMCS ''Bonaventure'' was a ''Majestic''-class aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy as HMS ''Powerful''. She served in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Forces Maritime Command from 1957 to 1970 and was the third and the last aircraft carrier to serve Canada. The anchor depicted is the starboard anchor of "The Bonnie" and is located by the Massey Building, ''Les Forges'' Musée Fort-Saint-Jean Pavilion. The anchor of "The Bonnie" was donated to the museum by the Canadian Forces Maritime Command on 6 May 1998.
|[[File:HMCS Bonaventure anchor plaque.JPG|180px]]
|-

|[[Anchor|Admiralty pattern anchors]] of {{HMS|Fury|1814|6}}
|
* [[William Parry (explorer)|Commander William Edward Parry, RN, FRS]] abandoned his beset HMS ''Fury'' at "Fury Beach", Somerset Island, Nunavut in 1825. ''Fury''{{'}}s anchors are on display at RMC Saint-Jean parade field.
|[[File:Ancres Fury. Anchors of HMS Fury (1814)..jpg|180px]]
|-

|Plaque at HMS ''Fury'' anchors
|
* [[William Parry (explorer)|Commander William Edward Parry, RN, FRS]] abandoned his beset HMS ''Fury'' at "Fury Beach", Somerset Island, Nunavut in 1825. ''Fury''{{'}}s anchors and plaque are on display at RMC Saint-Jean parade field.
|[[File:HMS Fury (1814) plaque..JPG|180px]]
|-

|[[Ordnance QF 17-pounder]]
|
* These 75mm anti-tank cannons were used during the Second World War.
|[[File:QF17pdrCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[AVGP]] M-130 a Canadian armoured personnel carrier
|borders parade square near Richelieu River
|[[File:M113CMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[AVGP]] Grizzly, a Canadian armoured personnel carrier
|borders parade square near Richelieu River
|[[File:GrizzlyCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck]]
|
* Designed and manufactured in Canada after 1952
* It could reach a speed of 1046&nbsp;km/h at 16,460m.
|[[File:CF-100CMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[Leopard 1]]
|by staff residences
|[[File:Lepoard1CMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[Canon-obusier]]
|
* English bronze shell-gun cannon, [[howitzer]] was manufactured 1841–1846.
|[[File:CannonbronzeCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Cannon
|
* This German 77&nbsp;mm cannon circa 1916 was a Great War prize.
|[[File:Ger77mmCMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[Centurion tank]]
|
* Canada purchased Centurion tanks in 1950 to replace Sherman tanks.
* Four men were required to operate the 53-ton, 35&nbsp;km/h tank with a V-12 Rolls-Royce motor, deploying 20-pound ammunition.
|[[File:Tank_@_Royal_Military_College_Saint-Jean.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[M109 howitzer]] M109A4
|by staff residences
|[[File:M109CMR.jpg|180px]]
|-
|[[M4 Sherman]] tank
|
* Manufactured in the United States, used by Canada during the Second World War
* Five men were required to operate the 33 ton, 40&nbsp;km/h tank deploying 76&nbsp;mm munition.
|[[File:Sherman Tank at RMCSJ.jpg|180px]]
|-
|Naval signal cannon
|
* This six-shot cannon launched projectiles from {{HMCS|Mackenzie|DDE 261|6}} to signal the presence of the Navy.
* It is used at RMC Saint-Jean to celebrate the graduation of officer cadets.
|[[File:NavalsignalcannonCMR.jpg|180px]]
|}

== Commandants ==
With college numbers and rank held as commandant<ref>{{Cite book |author=Castonguay, Jacques |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/977576136 |title=Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean; les premiers vingt ans, the first twenty years. [Texte de Jacques Castonguay. |date=c. 1972 |oclc=977576136}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Name
!Year
!Significance
!Photo
|-
|H11171 Colonel [[Marcelin L. Lahaie]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|1952–1957
|First Commandant of Royal Military College Saint-Jean.<br />The Lahaie Pavilion, built in 1972, is named in his honour.
|[[File:Marcelin L. Lahaie.jpg|Marcelin L. Lahaie|150px]]
|-
|Group Captain Jean G. Archambault, AFC, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|1957–1960
|
|
|-
|Captain J.A.T. Marcel Jetté, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|1960–1963
|
|
|-
|H12481 Colonel J. Armand Ross, [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] (Honorary 1975)
|1963–1966
|Brigadier General Armand Ross's [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] was for his actions at Zutphen, Netherlands<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com/RossJA.htm|title=RossJA|website=www.canadaveteranshallofvalour.com}}</ref>
|
|-
|Colonel Roland Antoine Reid, C.M., C.V.O., [[Military Cross|MC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC
|1966–1968
|Founding president of Canadian Battlefields Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3046|title=BGen Roland Reid Order of Canada}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|
|-
|H12882 Colonel Jacques Chouinard, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC (Honorary 1973)
|1968–1970
|
|
|-
||H14129 Colonel [[Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC (Honorary 1975)
|1970–1971
|As General, he served as Chief of the Defence Staff from 1983 to 1986. He was President of AEG Canada Inc. 1986–1995.
|
|-
|3814 & H12478 [[Brigadier General|Brigadier-General]] Jean-Paul A. (Jack) Cadieux, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC ([[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1957)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts-eng.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708194142/http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts-eng.jsp|archive-date=8 July 2012|url-status=dead|title=Artefacts Canada Humanities Database|access-date=14 September 2021}}</ref>
|1971–1973
|
|
|-
|Colonel J. Arthur R. Vandal, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts-eng.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707191656/http://www.pro.rcip-chin.gc.ca/bd-dl/artefacts-eng.jsp|archive-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead|title=Artefacts Canada Humanities Database|access-date=14 September 2021}}</ref>
|1973–1975
|
|
|-
|4377 [[Lieutenant-General|Lieutenant General]] Richard J. Evraire, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] (CMR/[[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1959)
|1975–1978
|
In 2012, he was added to the wall of honour at the Royal Military College of Canada.
|[[File:Wall of Honour, Royal Military College of Canada.jpg|180px]]
|-
|3759 Colonel Charles-Eugène Savard, [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|OMM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC (CMR 1957)
|1978–1981
|
|
|-
|5359 Colonel (Ret'd) J. Yvon Durocher, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC (CMR/[[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1962)
|1981–1983
|
|
|-
|5643 Colonel (Ret'd) Rudolphe J. Parent, [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|OMM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC (CMR/[[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1963)
|1983–1986
|
|
|-
|6116 Colonel (Ret'd) J.L.H. Claude Archambault, [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|OMM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], ADC (CMR/[[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1964)
|1986–1989
|
|
|-
|H7860 [[Brigadier General|Brigadier-General]] (ret'd) Senator [[Roméo Dallaire]] (CMR RMC 1969)
|1989–1991
|Senator, educator, author
|[[File:Roméo DALLAIRE.Général MINUAR.jpg|frameless|213x213px]]
|-
|6496 [[Brigadier General|Brigadier-General]] (Ret'd) Charles J.C.A. Émond [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] (CMR/[[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1965)
|1991–1994
|
|
|-
|8738 Colonel (Ret'd) J.Marcel Parisien (CMR RMC 1971)
|1995
|
|
|-
|12603 Colonel J.U. François Pion [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|OMM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] ([[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1980)
|2007–2010
|
|
|-
|14154 Col Guy Maillet, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] (CMR/[[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1983)
|2010–2013
|
|
|-
|17312 Colonel M.A.J. [[Jennie Carignan|(Jennie) Carignan]], [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|OMM]] [[Meritorious Service Medal (Canada)|MSM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
([[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1986–1990)
|2013–2015
||2009–2010 First woman in Canadian Forces history to command a combat arms unit in theater, Task Force Kandahar Engineer Regiment – Afghanistan
2011 – The Women's Executive Network – Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women – (Xstrata Nickel Trailblazers & Trendsetters Award)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://financialpost.com/executive/executive-women/canadas-most-powerful-women-top-100|title=Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100|newspaper=Financial Post|date=6 December 2011}}</ref>
|
|-
|18562 Colonel Simon Bernard (CMR 1993)
|2015–2017
|
* Developed the Chief Warrant Officer Robert-Osside Profession of Arms Institute
|
|-
|18087 Colonel [[Gervais Carpentier]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]](CMR/RMC 1992)
|2017–2019
|In the fall of 2018, RMC Saint-Jean started offering the International Studies program, reintroducing university programs at RMC Saint-Jean<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 September 2019 |title=Brochure RMC Saint-Jean – Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) |url=https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/fe-fs/brochure/brochure-eng.asp#prog |website=www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca}}</ref>
|[[File:Royal_Military_College_Saint-Jean_Mess_Dinner_(cropped).jpg|center|184x184px]]
|-
|20830 Brigadier general [[Nicolas J-L Pilon|Nicolas Joseph Jean-Louis Pilon]], [[Meritorious Service Medal (Canada)|MSM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] (RMC 1996)
|2019–2021
|During Bgen Pilon's tenure, RMC Saint-Jean returned to university status and saw the first graduating class since 1995 graduate.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2021-06-04 |title=Minister of National Defence marks passage of Bill 93, which recognizes Royal Military College Saint-Jean as an educational {{!}} Mirage News |url=https://www.miragenews.com/minister-of-national-defence-marks-passage-of-571541/,%20https://www.miragenews.com/minister-of-national-defence-marks-passage-of-571541 |access-date=2021-06-24 |newspaper=Mirage News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2021-05-15 |title=First Bachelor degrees granted at Royal Military College Saint-Jean since 1995 {{!}} Mirage News |url=https://www.miragenews.com/first-bachelor-degrees-granted-at-royal-560554/,%20https://www.miragenews.com/first-bachelor-degrees-granted-at-royal-560554 |access-date=2021-06-24 |newspaper=Mirage News |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|
|-
|21316 Colonel [[Gaétan Bédard]], CD (CMR/RMC 1999)
|2021–
|
|
|}

== Notable people ==
[[File:Berthiaume Congo 1960.jpg|thumb|Jean Berthiaume in 1960]]

* [[Charles H. Belzile]]
* [[Jean Berthiaume]]
* [[François Bonnardel]]
* [[Jennie Carignan]]
* [[Roméo Dallaire]]
* [[Joseph A. Day]]

== Hall of Fame ==
Royal Military College Saint-Jean inaugurated its Hall of Fame on 7 September 2013. Potential candidates must have studied at, been employed as a member of the faculty or staff at, or have had a notable involvement with Royal Military College Saint-Jean over the course of its existence since 1952. The Hall of Fame contributors include the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean Ex-Cadet Foundation, the Class of 1963 and the Fort Saint-Jean Branch of the RMC Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://everitas.rmcclub.ca/le-college-militaire-royal-de-saint-jean-inaugure-son-temple-de-la-renommee-royal-military-college-saint-jean-inaugurates-its-hall-of-fame/|title=Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean inaugure son Temple de la renommée / Royal Military College Saint-Jean Inaugurates its Hall of Fame|access-date=14 September 2021|archive-date=14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914071525/https://everitas.rmcclub.ca/le-college-militaire-royal-de-saint-jean-inaugure-son-temple-de-la-renommee-royal-military-college-saint-jean-inaugurates-its-hall-of-fame/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Departement of National Defence |first=Chief Military Personnel |date=2015-06-23 |title=Hall of Fame – Royal Military College Saint-Jean (RMC Saint-Jean) |url=https://www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca/tr-hf/tr-hf-eng.asp |access-date=2022-03-22 |website=www.cmrsj-rmcsj.forces.gc.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame |url=https://fondation-anciens.com/en/hall-of-fame |access-date=2023-03-20 |website=fondationdesanciensducmr |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Plaque Presented to Royal Military College Saint-Jean by ex cadet club 8 Oct 1977.jpg|thumb|Plaque Presented to Royal Military College Saint-Jean by ex-cadet club 8 October 1977]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Student #
!Name
!Induction
|-
|H7543
|Hon. [[Joseph A. Day]], Senator
|2013
|-
|12320
|General [[Walter Natynczyk|Walt Natynczyk]]
|2013
|-
|4377
|Lieutenant general [[Richard J. Evraire]]
|2013
|-
|H15198
|Professor [[Jacques Castonguay]], former Royal Military College Saint-Jean Principal
|2013
|-
|H7860
|Lieutenant-general, Hon. [[Roméo Dallaire]], [[Order of Canada|OC]], [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[National Order of Quebec|GOQ]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]], Senator
|2013
|-
|7502
|Jacques Lyrette, B. Eng, M. Eng, [[Canadian Academy of Engineering|FCAE]]
|
|-
|8008
|Serge Bernier [[PhD]], [[Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]], COPA, [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|
|-
|7196
|Gilles Ouimet P. Eng., MBA, FCPA
|
|-
|H12478
|Brigadier-General Jean-Paul A. Cadieux
|
|-
|N/A
|[[Sir David Daniel Ruddy]], BSc, MA, PhD, KC*HS, KCLJ, FRSA, FRSAI, FSA Scot.
|
|-
|
|Lieutenant-general [[J.O. Michel Maisonneuve]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|2022
|-
|
|Major-General Lise Bourgon [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|2022
|-
|
|Lieutenant-general [[Guy Thibault|Guy Robert Thibault]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] 
|2022
|-
|
|Lieutenant-general Stuart Beare, [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Meritorious Service Medal (Canada)|MSM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] 
|2022
|-
|
|Mrs Hélène Ladouceur, Manager
|2023
|-
|
|Commander [[Marc Garneau]], [[Order of Canada|OC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|2023
|-
|
|Lieutenant-Colonel (ret'd) Hal Klepak, Ph.D., [[Order of Canada|OC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|2024
|}

=== Alumni ===

Shown with college numbers.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Student #
!Name
!College Year
!Significance
|-
|7861
|Lieutenant-General Senator [[Roméo Dallaire]], [[Order of Canada|OC]], [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[National Order of Quebec|GOQ]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]]
|CMR [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]]
|Senator, Former Commander of UN Mission to Rwanda, author of ''[[Shake Hands with the Devil (book)|Shake Hands with the Devil]]'' and ''[[They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children]]''.
|[[File:Darfur-Rally 019.jpg|150px|Roméo Dallaire]]
|-
|8276
|Doctor [[Marc Garneau]] [[Companion of the Order of Canada|CC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], PhD, F.C.A.S.I., [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
|CMR [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1970
|Canadian [[astronaut]] aboard [[Space Shuttle]]s ''Challenger'' and ''Endeavour'', logged nearly 700 hours in space; [[NASA Exceptional Service Medal]] in 1997
|[[File:Marc Garneau STS-97.jpg|150px|Marc Garneau]]
|-
|3776
|[[Vice-Admiral]] [[Hugh Macneil (Naval Officer)|Hugh MacNeil]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]]
|CMR 1957
|Senior Canadian naval officer
|
|-
|5105
|Doctor [[Jack Granatstein]] [[Order of Canada|OC]], PhD, LL.D., F.R.S.C.
|CMR [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1961
|Canadian historian
|
|-
|9573
|[[Steven MacLean (astronaut)|Steven MacLean]], [[Royal Canadian Geographical Society|FRCGS]] 
|CMR 1973
|Canadian [[astronaut]]
|[[File:Steve MacLean.jpg|150px|Steven MacLean]]
|-
|4393
|Doctor [[Desmond Morton (historian)|Desmond Morton]], [[Order of Canada|OC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]], [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada|FRSC]], PhD
|CMR [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1959
|Canadian historian
|
|-
|12320
|General [[Walter Natynczyk]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|OMM]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|CMR [[Royal Roads Military College|RRMC]] 1979
|Chief of the Defence Staff; Deputy Commanding General of the Multi-National Corps during Operation Iraqi Freedom
|[[File:Walter Natynczyk.png|Walter Natynczyk|150px]]
|-

|H12878
|[[Colonel (Canada)|Colonel]] [[Jean Berthiaume]], [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Order of Saint John (chartered 1888)|KStJ]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|CMR 1952
|First Administrative Director at the CMR, Commandant of the 1st Battalion, [[Royal 22e Régiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment]], Chief of Staff of the [[ONUC]] mission in 1960, Commandant of the Quebec Western District
|[[File:JA Berthiaume CC1-155-1986.jpg|JA Berthiaume CC1-155-1986|150px]]
|-
|18095
|[[Sylvain Charlebois]], PhD
|CMR [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] 1992
|Canadian Researcher, author, columnist for [[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] and [[Toronto Sun]] <br />
|
|-
|17312
|[[Jennie Carignan|Lieutenant-general Jennie Carignan OMM MSC MSM CD]]
|CMR 1990
|Chief of Staff of Army Operations (2016–2018), Commander NATO Mission Iraq (26 November 2019 – Present). First female general from a combat trade.
|
|-
|
|[[Sylvain Laporte]]
|CMR, [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]]
|11th [[President of the Canadian Space Agency|President]] of the [[Canadian Space Agency]]
|
|-
|18087
|[[Brigadier general|Brigadier General]] [[Gervais Carpentier]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|CMR 1992
|Senior military officer, Canadian National Military Representative to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
|[[File:Royal_Military_College_Saint-Jean_Mess_Dinner_(cropped).jpg|center|frameless|163x163px]]
|-
|21316 
|Colonel [[Gaétan Bédard]], CD
|CMR, RMC 1999
|Senior military officer
|
|-
|10468
|[[Jerry S.T. Pitzul|Major-General Jerry S.T. Pitzul]], [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]] [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] [[Queen's Counsel|QC]]
|CMR 1975
|[[Judge Advocate General (Canada)|Judge-Advocate-General]] from 1998 to 2006
|
|-
|14872
|Lieutenant-Colonel [[Pierre Lemieux]], [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MP]]
|CMR 1985
|Member of Parliament for [[Glengarry—Prescott—Russell (federal electoral district)|Glengarry—Prescott—Russell]]
|[[File:Pierre_Lemieux_2013.jpg|center|190x190px]]
|-
|6454
|[[William Leach (Canadian Army officer)|Lieutenant-General William Charles Leach]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|CMR, RMC 1965
|[[Commander of the Canadian Army|Chief of the Land Staff]] of the [[Canadian Forces]]
|
|-
|6097
|Lieutenant-General [[Paul Addy]], CMM, CD
|CMR, RMC 1964
|Senior military officer
|
|-
|18056
|[[:fr:Dominic Arpin|Dominic JL Arpin]]
|CMR 1987
|TV host, journalist, movie columnist
|[[File:Dominic Arpin en 《On est tous debout》- 2.jpg|162x162px|Dominic Arpin en 《On est tous debout》- 2]]
|-
|6090
|The Right Reverend [[George Bruce (bishop)|George L.R. Bruce]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|CMR, RMC 1965
|Diocesan Bishop of Ontario
|
|-
|6014
|[[Lieutenant-general (Canada)|Lieutenant-General]] [[Fred Sutherland (Canadian Air Force General)|Fred Sutherland]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]]
|CMR, RMC 1965
|[[Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Vice Chief of the Defence Staff]], [[Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force|Commander, Air Command]]
|
|-
|
|Lieutenant-general [[Guy Thibault|Guy Robert Thibault]] [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|CMM]], [[Meritorious Service Cross|MSC]], [[Canadian Forces' Decoration|CD]] 
|CMR, RMC
1982
|[[Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)|Vice Chief of the Defence Staff]]
|
|}

=== Faculty. ===
[[File:Roch Carrier, recent.jpg|thumb|Roch Carrier in 2006]]
* [[Roch Carrier]], author of ''Le Chandail de hockey'' or ''The Hockey Sweater'', and later National Librarian of Canada.
* [[Janine Krieber]], wife of former Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/dion-always-discusses-policies-with-her-wife-says-1.329312|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002161816/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080930/election2008_080930/20080930?s_name=election2008 |url-status=dead |title=Dion always discusses policies with her, wife says|date=30 September 2008|archive-date=2 October 2008|website=CTVNews}}</ref>

== In fiction and popular culture ==
The College's central place in Canadian military circles has made it the setting for novels, plays, films and other cultural works.
* 4377 Lt. Gen. [[Richard J. Evraire]], CD (CMR/RMC 1959) wrote the play Chambre 204 (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu: Editions Mille Roches, 1982) inspired by his time at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5382|title=Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean Speech on the Occasion of the Reopening of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean|date=23 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123212916/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5382 |archive-date=23 November 2008 }}</ref>

== Coat of arms and flag ==
{{Infobox COA wide
|image = CMR Saint-Jean crest.svg
|imagesize = 150px
|notes =
|year=2008
|adopted =15 May 2008
|crest = A dexter arm embowed vambraced and gauntleted proper holding a sprig of three maple leaves Or all ensigned by the Royal Crown proper
|torse =
|helm =
|escutcheon = Azure two swords in saltire Argent hilts and pommels Or surmounted by an open book proper bound and edged Or all between two maple leaves in pale and two fleurs-de-lis in fess Or, on a chief Argent three mural crowns Azure masoned Or
|supporters =
|compartment =
|motto = ''Vérité Devoir Vaillance''
|orders =
|other_elements =
|banner =Gules on a Canadian pale Argent a maple leaf charged with an annulus Gules fimbriated inscribed ''Royal Military College of Canada • Collège militaire royal du Canada'' in letters Or and ensigned with the Royal Crown proper;
|badge =Azure two swords in saltire Argent hilts and pommels Or surmounted by an open book proper bound and edged Or all between two maple leaves in pale and two fleurs-de-lis in fess Or, on a chief Argent three mural crowns Azure masoned Or;
|symbolism = This motto is used by Canadian military colleges. The structure of the crest is typical of Canadian military colleges, this one distinguished by the torse's colours and the gold maple leaves.
|previous_versions =
}}
<gallery>
File:Drapeau du Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean.svg|alt=|Flag of RMC Saint-Jean
</gallery>

== Books ==
* H15198 Dr. Jacques Castonguay "Pourquoi a-t-on fermé le Collège militaire de Saint-Jean?" [[Montreal]], Art Global, 2005<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jacquescastonguay.com/militaire.htm|title=Le site officiel de Jacques Castonguay|website=www.jacquescastonguay.com}}</ref>
* H15198 Dr. Jacques Castonguay "Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean" Meridien 1989
* H15198 Dr. Jacques Castonguay "Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean: une université à caractère différent" Septentrion, 1992 {{ISBN|2-921114-78-X}}, 9782921114783<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jacquescastonguay.com/10-college-militaire-royal-different.htm|title=Le site officiel de Jacques Castonguay|website=www.jacquescastonguay.com}}</ref>
* H15198 Jacques Castonguay "The unknown Fort, Editions du Levrier" 1966<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jacquescastonguay.com/02-unknown-fort.htm|title=Le site officiel de Jacques Castonguay|website=www.jacquescastonguay.com}}</ref>
* H15198 Jacques Castonguay "Le Defile 1952–1972 College Militaire Royal de St Jean 20th Anniversary Yearbook" 1972
* H15198 Jacques Castonguay "Les defies du Fort Saint-Jean, Editions du Richelieu" 1975<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jacquescastonguay.com/05-Les-defis.htm|title=Le site officiel de Jacques Castonguay|website=www.jacquescastonguay.com}}</ref>
* Peter J.S. Dunnett, "Royal Roads Military College 1940–1990, A Pictorial Retrospective" ([[Royal Roads Military College]], [[Victoria, British Columbia]], 1990)
* 4377 Colonel Richard J. Evraire, CD (CMR/RMC 1959) "Chambre 204" (Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu: Editions Mille Roches, 1982)
* Jean-Yves Gravel. "La fondation du Collège militaire royale de Saint Jean." Revue d'histoire de l'amérique française 27, no. 2 (sept. 1973).
* H16511 Dr. Richard A. Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College since the Second World War", Ottawa, [[University of Ottawa Press]], 1991.
* H16511 Dr. Richard A. Preston, "Canada's Royal Military College: A History of the Royal Military College" Toronto, [[University of Toronto Press]], 1969.
* 4669 Toivo Roht (CMR RMC 1960) "Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, [[Royal Roads Military College]] and [[Royal Military College of Canada]] 1955–2006" 2007
* H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember" In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876–1918. Volume II: 1919–1984. [[Royal Military College of Canada]] [[Kingston, Ontario]]. The Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada 1984

== See also ==
* [[Canadian Military Colleges]]
** [[Royal Military College of Canada]]
** [[Royal Roads Military College]]
* [[Royal Naval College of Canada]]
* [[Canadian Interuniversity Sport]]
* [[Canadian government scientific research organizations]]
* [[Canadian university scientific research organizations]]
* [[Canadian industrial research and development organizations]]
* [[History of military education in Canada]]

== References ==
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