The naval college was established in the dockyard at Halifax , Nova Scotia in 1911 as " Royal Naval College of Canada " . The Royal Naval College was established to impart a complete education in Naval Science . Graduates were qualified to enter the Imperial or Canadian Service as midshipmen although a Naval career was not compulsory . The course provided a grounding in Applied Science , Engineering , Mathematics , Navigation , History and Modern Languages and was accepted as qualifying for entry as second-year students in Canadian Universities . The program aimed to develop both the physical and mental including discipline , the ability to obey and take charge , and honour . Candidates had to be between their fourteenth and sixteenth birthdays on 1 July following the examination . The original Royal Naval College of Canada facilities were destroyed in December 1917 in the Halifax Explosion . What could be salvaged was moved to at the Royal Military College of Canada ( RMC ) in Kingston , Ontario . The " Royal Canadian Naval College " moved in 1919 to a building in the naval dockyard at Esquimalt , British Columbia . The college was closed in 1922
Halifax Explosion
Halifax Explosion
History of the Royal Canadian Navy