Commodore (Canada)
{{Short description|General officer military rank, Canadian Navy}}
{{refimprove|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox military rank
|name=Commodore
|image=File:Canada-Navy-OF-6-collected.svg
|caption=Left: shoulder board
Right: cuff insignia
|country=Canada
|service branch=Royal Canadian Navy
|abbreviation=Cmdre
|NATO rank=OF-6
|higher rank=Rear-admiral
|lower rank=Captain(N)
|equivalents=Brigadier-general
|native_name={{nobold|{{lang|fr|Commodore}}}}}}
Commodore (Cmdre; {{Langx|fr|commodore [cmdre]}}) is a Canadian Forces rank used by commissioned officers of the Royal Canadian Navy. Brigadier-general is the equivalent rank in the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force.{{Cite web|last=Canada|first=Service|date=2017-09-25|title=Military ranks|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-26|website=aem|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710161638/https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html |archive-date=2019-07-10 }}
It is the lowest general/flag officer rank, senior to a naval Captain (colonel in Canadian Army or Air Force), and junior to a rear admiral (major general).
Insignia
A wide gold band with executive curl is displayed on each sleeve of the service dress and mess dress. Shoulder boards and rank slip-ons have a single maple leaf, above which is a crossed sabre and baton surmounted by St Edward's Crown.
File:Canada-Navy-OF-6-collected.svg|Current shoulder board and cuff insignia
Image:CDN-Navy-Cdre-Shoulder.svg|Dress uniform tunic - pre-2010
File:Cdre-Can-2010.png|Cuff insignia - July 2010
Image:Canadian Commodore Shoulder Boards.png|Shoulder boards for:
short-sleeve shirt,
tropical white tunic,
summer white mess dress,
2C shipboard mess dress
Image:Navy slip-on Cmdre.png|Uniform shirts
Image:Navy olive Cmdre.png|CADPAT uniform