Organization
Canadian Army
Domestic Military Organization
Reorganizations

►1902-1904 Dundonald Reforms
►1920 Otter Committee
►1936 Modernization
►1954 Kennedy Board
►1957 Anderson Report
►1964 Suttie Commission
►1968 Unification
►1995 Special Commission
Organizational Corps/Branches

►1900-1968 Organizational Corps
►1968-2000 Branches

Listings
1900-1913|1914-1963|1964-2000
Organizational Formations

►Reserve Bdes - 1941-1945

►13 Cdn Infantry Training Bde

►14 Cdn Infantry Training Bde

►27th Canadian Brigade

►1 CMBG

►2 CMBG

►3 CMBG

►4 CMBG

►5e Groupement de Combat

►1st Cdn Division (1954-1958)

►1st Cdn Division (1988)

►Special Service Force
Alliances

►1914-1918 Triple Alliance
►1939-1945 Allies
►1949-1999 NATO
Veteran's Organizations

Defence Associations

►Canadian Cavalry Association
 ►Canadian Infantry Association
 ►Intelligence Branch Association

►National Defence Emp Assoc
 ►RCAC (Cavalry)
 ►RCA Association
 ►RCOC Association
 ►Union of Nat Def Employees

Veteran's Associations

►ANAVETS
 ►Royal Canadian Legion
Supplementary Order of Battle
Field Forces

1914-1919  

►Canadian Expeditionary Force
►CEF Regional Affiliations

1919

►Canadian Siberian Exped Force

1939-1940 (1945) 

 ►Canadian Active Service Force

1945

►Canadian Army Pacific Force

1950-1953

►Canadian Army Special Force
Field Force Formations
1914-1918  
Canadian Corps
1st Div | 2nd Div | 3rd Div | 4th Div 5th Div
1939-1945
1st Cdn Army
I Cdn Corps | II Cdn Corps
1st Inf Div | 2nd Inf Div | 3rd Inf Div 4th (Arm) Div | 5th (Arm) Div
6th Div  | 7th Div | 8th Div |
 1st Arm Bde | 2nd Arm Bde
1950-1953
1 Com Div | 25 Inf Bde
Special Forces

►1st Canadian Para Battalion

►First Special Service Force

►Pacific Coast Militia Rangers

►Canadian Rangers

►Special Air Service (SAS) Coy

►The Canadian Airborne Regt

Unit Listings by year

1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904
1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909
1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914
1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919
1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924
1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929
1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934
1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939
1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944
1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949
1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954
1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964
1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974
1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984
1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994
1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
Unit Listings by Corps/Branch

►RCOC
Rank and Responsibility

►Officers

►Warrant Officers

►Non-Commissioned Officers

►Non-Commissioned Mbrs (Men)

►Table of Ranks & Responsibilities

►Table of Ranks & Appointments

►Staff Officers

►Rank & Appt Abbreviations

 

Reorganizations

Several major examinations and/or reorganizations of the Canadian Army took place in the 20th Century.

  • 1900: Redesignation of Militia battalions as regiments.

  • 1902-1904: Dundonald Reforms

  • 1920: Otter Committee

  • 1936: Deterioration of the international political situation in the face of aggression by Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan prompted reorganization and modernization of the Canadian Army in 1936. Establishment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia was reduced from a paper figure of 134,000 in 15 divisions to 86,557 in 7. Mechanization of some cavalry units was achieved, and by 1939 artillery units had been increased from 97 to 155. The Canadian Machine Gun Corps was disbanded as a separate arm, the first tank units were created (both MGs and tanks were now the responsibility of the infantry).

  • 1954: Kennedy Board

  • 1957: Anderson Report

  • 1964: Suttie Commission

  • 1968: Unification

  • 1995: Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves

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