About Us

The Association has been in existence since 1886. It was incorporated under the name Royal North West Mounted Police Veterans’ Association by Letters Patent under the Companies Act on January 14, 1924, and steps were taken on December 1, 1954 to change the Association’s name to reflect the present-day name of the Force. On June 27, 2014, the Association governance changed with a Certificate of Continuance under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.

The Kingston Region Division was established in 2000. The Division welcomes individuals who qualify for the various levels of membership, and who nominally reside in the area bounded by the City of Quinte West in the west, the Quebec border to the east, and the Ottawa Valley to the north.

PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION The Association came into being out of a recognition many years ago that the training, experience and comradery that members had obtained/developed during their active service, could still be put to very meaningful use in individual and collective service to Canada, the Force and other former members (or members of their immediate families and their dependents), even after their separation from the Force. That worthwhile precept, is still apropos today. To that end, the Association continues to subscribe to the following worthy purposes and objects in its Articles:

to promote and assist in the promotion and advancement of the best interests of Canada, especially respect for its Constitution;

to be of service to the Government of Canada when required and requested;

to co-operate with and to render assistance to the Police, especially the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in all matters of common interest;

to promote the physical, social and economic welfare of the Association’s  members and their immediate families;

to establish such benevolent fund or funds for the purpose of aiding former members of the RCMP and their immediate families or dependents requiring assistance, and to appoint trustees to supervise the administration and management of any such funds;