Editing Foot guards (section)

==Canada==
[[File:GuardKandahar.jpg|thumb|[[Canadian Grenadier Guards]]men next to a [[LAV III]] in [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan]]
The [[Canadian Army Reserve]] includes two regiments of foot guards, the [[Governor General's Foot Guards]] and the [[Canadian Grenadier Guards]], both formed in the 19th century.<ref name=ggfg/><ref name=govtcanadadress>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/dress-manual/chapter-6/annex-b.html|title=Dress instructions - Annex B Royal military colleges and infantry regiments|publisher=Government of Canada|date=30 August 2023|access-date=14 December 2024|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref><ref name=cgg>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/army/corporate/2-canadian-division/the-canadian-grenadier-guards.html|title=Canadian Grenadier Guards|publisher=Government of Canada|date=2 February 2022|access-date=14 December 2024|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> The two regiments of foot guards are the senior reserve infantry regiments in Canada and train in an infantry role to support [[Canadian Armed Forces]] domestic operations and support the [[Regular Force]] in international operations.<ref name=ggfg/><ref name=cgg/> The two units form part of Canada's household troops and serve as a symbol of the armed forces' relationship with the [[Canadian monarchy]] and also perform public duties in [[Ottawa]] as a result.<ref name=ceremonialguard>{{cite web|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/army/corporate/4-canadian-division/ceremonial-guard.html|title=Ceremonial Guard|publisher=Government of Canada|date=2 September 2021|access-date=14 December 2024|website=www.canada.ca}}</ref> 
[[File:Ottawa Ontario Canada ~ Changing of The Guard ~ Rideau Hall (49850732831).jpg|thumb|Members of the [[Governor General's Foot Guards]] mount a sentry post at [[Rideau Hall]]. The unit is one of two regiments of foot guards in Canada.]]
The [[Royal Regiment of Canada]] is another Army Reserve unit that is uniformed as a regiment of foot guards, although they are formally a [[line infantry]] regiment.<ref name=govtcanadadress/> The regiment adopted the uniform of its predecessor, the [[Royal Grenadiers]], which was uniformed after the British Grenadier Guards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.militaryheritage.com/royalregimentofcanada.htm|title=History and Uniform of the Royal Regiment of Canada, 1862-1970|access-date=15 December 2024|website=www.militaryheritage.com}}</ref>

The Canadian Army Regular Force also established a foot guard regiment in 1953, known as the [[Canadian Guards]]. However, the unit was reduced to nil strength in 1970 and reassigned to the army's [[Supplementary Order of Battle]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10191873/1/ljcs-3152-champion.pdf|doi=10.14324/111.444.ljcs.2023v37.005|title=The ‘Nation in Arms’, ‘Attempted Rearmament’ and the ‘Brigade of Guards’, 1936–1939|last=Champion|first=C. P.|year=2023|page=65|journal=The London Journal of Canadian Studies|volume=37|issue=1}}</ref> 

===Public duties===
Along with their infantry role, the two regiments of foot guards are also tasked with ceremonial public duties at [[Rideau Hall]] and [[Parliament Hill]] in Ottawa as the country's household troops.<ref name=ggfg/><ref name=cgg/><ref name=ceremonialguard/> While both units perform public duties in the capital, only the Governor General's Foot Guards are based in Ottawa, with the Canadian Grenadier Guards based in [[Montreal]].<ref name=ggfg/><ref name=cgg/> 

In addition to supporting ceremonial duties at Rideau Hall and other events for the [[Governor General of Canada]], the Governor General's Foot Guards' Public Duties Company also oversees the [[Ceremonial Guard]]. The Ceremonial Guard is a subunit of the Governor General's Foot Guards that operates during the summer and is open to members of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] who want to participate in ceremonial public duties. Service members in the Ceremonial Guard wear the uniforms of the two Canadian foot guard regiments, regardless of their actual regimental or unit affiliation, as they perform public duties traditionally carried out by the foot guard regiments.<ref name=ceremonialguard/>