| Unit Name: | 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA |
| Dates: | 1855 |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Type: | Artillery |
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| Size: | Regiment (2 batteries and a regimental headquarters troop) |
| Command Structure: | The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (RCA) |
| Garrison: | Morrison Artillery Park (MAP) at Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa) - Uplands Site, Ontario |
| Nickname: | The Bytown Gunners |
| Patron: | St. Barbara |
| Motto: | Latin: Quo fas et gloria ducunt|lit=Whither right and glory lead |
| Colors: | The guns of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillerythemselves |
| Colors Label: | Colours |
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| Equipment: | 105 mm Howitzer, C3 |
| Equipment Label: | Weapon system |
| Battle Honours: | The word Latin: Ubique|lit=Everywhere, takes the place of all past and future battle honours in recognition of the artillery's widespread service in all battles and campaigns since its creation |
| Website: | www.army-armee.forces.gc.ca/en/4-canadian-division/30-field-artillery-regiment/index.page |
| Commander1: | Lieutenant-Colonel J.R. Watts CD MA |
| Commander1 Label: | Commanding officer (CO) |
| Commander2: | Chief Warrant Officer W.R. Hall CD |
| Commander2 Label: | Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) |
| Identification Symbol: | 30 Fd Regt RCA (French: links=no|30 RAC ARC) |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Unit abbreviation |
| Identification Symbol 2: | Dark blue beret |
| Identification Symbol 2 Label: | Headdress |
The 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA (French: links=no|30<sup>e</sup> Régiment d'artillerie de campagne, ARC) is a bilingual Canadian Army (Primary Reserve) artillery regiment located in Ottawa, Ontario, and is allocated to 33 Canadian Brigade Group, 4th Canadian Division. The unit parades at a new complex at the Canadian Forces Support Unit (Ottawa) - Uplands Site following the collapse of their former location at CFRB Dows Lake under the weight of snow in 2009. The unit performs ceremonial gun salute duties when required in the National Capital area, and is a field unit equipped with 105 mm Howitzers, C3.[1]
Originated by/from the 2nd "Ottawa" Battery on 27 Sept, 1855
There is no lineal connection to previous artillery units in Ottawa.[2] (British North American Act, 27 Sept 1855) basis for Artillery units continuously located in Ottawa since 1855, officially. Artillery unit established by British government prior to 1855.
The 1st Field Artillery Brigade, CFA, CEF was authorized on 6 August 1914 and embarked for Britain on 27 September 1914. It disembarked in France on 12 February 1915, where it provided artillery support as part of the 1st Canadian Division's Divisional Artillery in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The brigade disbanded on 23 October 1920.[2]
The regiment contributed individual augmentees to the various Task Forces which served in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2014.[3]
Members of the unit have taken part in:
In 2013, the regiment officially established and had certified, a regimental museum called The Bytown Gunners Firepower Museum. Since that time, this museum has continued to develop into a significant OMMC military museum open to the general public based upon reservations.