Royal Canadian Legion

Founded in 1925, The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service veterans organization. Its membership is more than 400,000 worldwide. It was originally called the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Services League, and in 1926 Parliament incorporated the organization. Queen Elizabeth II gave the Legion the right to affix the word “Royal” to its name in 1962. Since its inception, the Legion Hall has become the social centre of many Canadian towns, and today the Legion is one of the largest community service organizations in Canada.