Lieutenant (Canada)
-2014.svg.png) Lieutenant (Canadian Army) |
-2015.svg.png) Lieutenant (Royal Canadian Air Force) |
Lieutenant is a rank of the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force. The equivalent rank in the Royal Canadian Navy is sub-lieutenant. A naval lieutenant is one rank superior to the army rank of lieutenant and the naval rank of sub-lieutenant.
Lieutenants and sub-lieutenants are equivalent to ranks with a NATO code of OF-1.[1]
The rank insignia of a lieutenant in the Canadian Army is two pips. In the Royal Canadian Air Force, the insignia is one ½-inch (13 mm) stripe with a ¼-inch (6.4 mm) stripe above it. The rank insignia of a sub-lieutenant is a ¼-inch (6.4 mm) stripe with one ½-inch (13 mm) stripe with the executive curl above it. On CADPAT and flying uniforms, the insignia are olive drab on army slip-ons and dark blue on air force slip-ons.
The British pronunciation of the French word "lieutenant" (as "lef-tenant") is used by the Canadian Armed Forces, but the American pronunciation of "loo-tenant" (which is closer to the original French pronunciation) is sometimes heard as well.
References
| Commissioned officer ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NATO rank code | Student Officer | OF-1 | OF-2 | OF-3 | OF-4 | OF-5 | OF-6 * |
OF-7 ** |
OF-8 *** |
OF-9 **** |
OF-10 ***** | ||
| Royal Canadian Navy | NCdt | A/SLt | SLt | Lt (N) | LCdr | Cdr | Capt (N) | Cmdre | RAdm | VAdm | Adm |
Not used | |
| Canadian Army | OCdt | 2Lt | Lt | Capt | Maj | LCol | Col | BGen | MGen | LGen | Gen | Not used | |
| Royal Canadian Air Force | OCdt | 2Lt | Lt | Capt | Maj | LCol | Col | BGen | MGen | LGen | Gen | Not used | |