Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets learn about the naval and maritime environment by participating in a variety of activities on and off the water.
Let the adventure begin......
Sea Cadets specialize in sailing, seamanship, shipboard life, naval communications, power boat handling, boat repair, and marine engineering. Selected senior cadets have the opportunity to attend international exchanges, to sail aboard a Tall Ship or participate in ship deployments aboard Canadian Navy and Coast Guard ships. Additionally, Sea Cadets can compete for a chance to participate in annual sailing regattas!Sea Cadets also participate in ceremonial events and citizenship activities that allow them to connect to their Canadian naval heritage.The hands-on activities, exciting challenges and leadership opportunities for Sea Cadets are many. Canada’s motto, A Mari usque ad Mare (“From Sea to Sea“) can be applied to Sea Cadets. With Sea Cadet Corps found all across the country and given Canada’s abundance of water and shoreline, the opportunities are many whether inland or on either coast .You are bound to observe a Sea Cadet making a splash somewhere, from sea to sea!Sea Cadets participate in...
- Sailing
- Nautical activities
- Naval communications
- Team sports
- Shipboard life
- Tall Ship training
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Sea Cadet Rank Changes
Effective 15 September 2020, ranks within the Cadet Program have been updated to meet the intent of inclusiveness as they are now gender neutral. The changes align with the action currently underway by the RCN in regards to changes to their rank structure, reflecting a more gender neutral title. These changes also reflect comments made through previous consultations with Sea Cadets who supported more gender neutral ranks.
The new ranks for the Sea Cadet Program are as follows:
- Ordinary Cadet (OC)
- Able Cadet (AC)
- Leading Cadet (LC)
- Master Cadet (MC)
- Petty Officer Cadet 2nd Class (POC2)
- Petty Officer Cadet 1st Class (POC1)
- Chief Petty Officer Cadet 2nd Class (CPOC2)
- Chief Petty Officer Cadet 1st Class (CPOC1)
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Covid-19 Update
Please refer to our Newsroom (Home Page) for an up-to-date list of NLC and RCSC Corps required to shift to online training.
These restrictions have been put in place by Public Health Units due to COVID-19 conditions (positivity rate, low vaccination rate, school case counts, active case counts /100k).