Hi Simon, That is a beautiful badge, and it is not recorded in any of the standard references. It may be a badge for the CFA, circa 1920-1927, or it may be a pre-1914 badge.
The army in Canada was organized into the permanent force and the militia (or reserve army depending on the date). In the post First World War period the permanent and reserve components of the artillery were awarded the "UBIQUE"distinction. This resulted in a new cap badge being authorized in 1927. (Going through the archive files it was clearly stated both the components were entitled to the new badges. I have previously indicated the CFA continued to wear the Canada badge, but this was not correct. Even though the militia component continued as the Canadian Field Artillery until granted the Royal Canadian Artillery distinction in 1936, they did adopt the new badges after 1927.)
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