The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army up to the time of Unification.

Lineage

• Permanent Force

  • 1 Apr 1919: Regular component of the corps formed as Canadian Signalling Instructional Staff

  • 15 Dec 1920: Redesignated The Canadian Permanent Signal Corps

  • 15 Jun 1921: Redesignated The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

• Militia

  • 24 Oct 1903: Militia component formed as Signalling Corps

  • 4 Jun 1913: Redesignated The Canadian Signal Corps

  • 1 Aug 1921: Redesignated Canadian Corps of Signals

  • 29 Apr 1936: Redesignated Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

  • 22 Mar 1948: Redesignated The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

On 24 October 1968, the corps was amalgamated with equivalent navy and air force services to form the Communications and Electronics Branch of the Canadian Forces as part of Unification.

Functions

The corps and its predecessors provided communications support to the other corps and regiments of the Canadian Army.

History

The signal service acted as a component of the Canadian Engineers during the First World War, providing signal companies for the four divisions, two artillery signal units, and a corps signal company for the Canadian Corps. A signal company also served with the Canadian contingent in Siberia in 1919.

On 31 March 1929, The Corps of Guides was absorbed by the corps.

During the Second World War, the corps provided a variety of signals units to all formations of the Canadian Army.