Where To Wear A Poppy

Poppies are authorized for wear on your uniform from the last Friday of October until the end of Remembrance Day, November 11th.

In general, a poppy is worn “above one’s heart” on the left hand side. Generally, if you are wearing an article of clothing that has breast pockets, it is worn on the flap above your left breast pocket. If you have a medal hanging there you would place the poppy above the medal. If you are wearing an article of clothing with lapels, such as a CAF tunic or overcoat, or a civilian suit jacket, it is worn on the left lapel. For any other article of clothing, such as a windbreaker jacket the poppy should be worn in the approximate location of where a left breast pocket would be. One notable exception is that CAF members wearing combat clothing with a front rank slip-on shall wear the poppy on the top of the rank slip-on which is centered in the front of the jacket.

You may now also purchase a reusable black centre poppy pin to affix your lapel Poppy.  These are now authorized for wear on a Cadet or CAF uniform.

Visual guide for Cadet uniforms:

Visual guide for CAF uniforms:

For more information on wearing of a poppy on civilian attire, please see the Royal Canadian Legion’s poppy page.