Thanks for the info sarge and Bill,
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With the yellow banding (not sure of the proper name), the cap is for a cavalry regiment. There were many mounted or cavalry regiments in the prairies, and officer's kit was frequently bought from UK outfitters. From the design, the cap appears to be pre Second World War, but that is speculative.
Note the RCMP also wear the yellow band as they were originally considered a mounted unit. Sarge, the yellow banding was the cavalry branch colour, which armoured units adopted. My dad's Grey & Simcoe Foresters forage cap had yellow banding from the time that they were armored.
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I think your right that it could have been used by Armor as well as RCMP but was primarily cavalry. I have attached two pictures of the hat with the RCMP KC badge (fits like a glove) and the Essex tank (lugs too close together to fit). I would be great if it was a RCMP hat a member had privately purchased, but aside from the great fit I don't know if there is a way to prove it.
