The self governing Dominion of Newfoundland’s only mounted unit is the RMNC (Royal Mounted Newfoundland Constabulary), which serves as the mounted contingent of the RNC (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary).
This famous unit traces its origins back to the Newfoundland Rangers, whom following reforms post referendum, were merged with the RNC in 1950. During peacetime the RMNC were tasked with policing the more remote areas of the Dominion, as well as performing other governmental duties.
However during the onset of Québécois Crisis between the late 1970s and early 1980s, the RMNC evolved, as did the rest of the RNC, into a paramilitary unit. At the height of the crisis, and the resulting conflict against Quebec, the mounted contingent totalled over 100 men, used for tracking, reconnaissance, pursuit, and, most prominently, patrol.

RMNC on parade cememorating Remembrance Day, 1980.















