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The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), located in Kingston, Ontario, is the military academy of the Canadian Forces.

RMC was established by an act of the Canadian Parliament in 1874 "for the purpose of providing a complete education in all branches of military tactics, fortification, engineering, and general scientific knowledge in subjects connected with and necessary to thorough knowledge of the military profession." On June 1, 1876, the Military College of Canada opened its doors to the first class of eighteen cadets. The names of these "Old Eighteen" are memorized by all cadets today. In 1878, Queen Victoria, granted the college the right to use the prefix "Royal." The college motto is "Truth, Duty, Valour".

Following World War II, the Canadian Military Colleges Circle (CMC) was formed with RMC, Le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean (CMR) and the Royal Roads Military College (RRMC). CMC was established to train officers of the three services of the Canadian Forces. In 1995, following the end of the Cold WarThe Cold War (c. 1945- 1991) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. On one side was the Soviet Union and its allies, often referred to as the E, the Department of National Defence closed CMR and RRMC. CMR is now part of ASU Saint-Jean and the government of British ColumbiaBritish Columbia or simply B. French: la Colombie-Britannique is the westernmost of Canada's provinces. It was the sixth province to join the confederation of Canada (in 1871). As of 2004, the population was 4,168,123 British Columbians . Geography Its ca rents installations of RRMC from DND to run Royal Roads UniversityRoyal Roads University is a public university in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is the only public university in Canada devoted to exclusively offering applied and professional programs, primarily at the Master's level. Located on the site of the.

The province of Ontario granted a university charter to RMC by passing "The Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act" in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac enabling RMC to offer degrees in Arts, Science, and Engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Today, courses are offered both on site and by distance learning. There are approximately 1000 undergraduate students and 250 graduate students on campus.

RMC is located on Point Frederick, a small peninsula at the point where the St. Lawrence River leaves Lake Ontario. The location has been an active military base since 1789 and was an important naval base during the War of 1812.