Membership

Become a Member

Membership is open to former or actively serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces, RCMP, CSIS, veterans of allied forces, and interested civilians who support the objectives of the Institute.

We provide ties, crest badge, and pin for all new members.

Apply or Renew your 2025 Ordinary Membership.

Ordinary Members can be actively serving, Veterans, or civilians, up to age 75.

 

Apply or Renew your 2025 Age-Exempt Membership.

Senior Members, who turned 75 prior to 1 January 2025, are exempt from annual dues.

Donations support our guest speaker programme and communications, as well as our scholarship and local cadet corps. As RKUSI is not a charitable organization, it is not possible to issue tax receipts.

Payment Information

RKUSI’s membership year runs from 1 January – 31 December. Dues are currently set at $50.00/year, and are not prorated.

Credit or debit card online payments

A PayPal account is NOT required to use PayPal. PayPal simply allows you to make payments using a variety of methods including:

  • a PayPal Cash balance,
  • a bank account,
  • debit card,
  • or credit cards, including the major ones like Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express.

RKUSI does not collect or store any financial information as part of the transaction. The entire payment process is securely managed by PayPal.

Interac e-Transfer

In your banking application:

  1. Add RKUSI to your banking contact list using payments@rkusi.org.
  2. Initiate a transfer of $50.00.
  3. Add Your Name + “2025 RKUSI Membership” to the Message Line.
  4. RKUSI accepts auto deposits, so no security question and password is required.
Cheques

Make your cheque payable to “Royal Kingston United Services Institute” (in full, no abbreviation).

Hand-deliver your payment to any member of the RKUSI Executive at the next scheduled meeting or mail your cheque to:

Ron Blank
Secretary/Treasurer RKUSI
1289 Greenwood Pk Dr
Kingston, ON
K7K 0E3

Cash

Hand-deliver your payment to any member of the RKUSI Executive at the next scheduled meeting. Please provide the exact amount, as we may not have change available.