Unit Listings - 1936

This is a listing of the units of the Canadian Army in 1936.

Permanent Active Militia (Permanent Force)

Cavalry

• Royal Canadian Dragoons

• Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

Infantry

• The Royal Canadian Regiment

• Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

• Royal 22e Regiment

Non-Permanent Active Militia

Cavalry

• Governor General's Body Guard (Amalgamated with The Mississauga Horse and renamed The Governor General's Horse Guards 15 Dec.)

• 1st Hussars

• 2nd Dragoons (Amalgamated with 10th Brant Dragoons 15 Dec to become 2nd/10th Dragoons.)

• 3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons (Amalgamated with The Peterborough Rangers, HQ and C Coy, 4th Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps to become The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough Regiment)(MG) 15 Dec.)

• 4th Hussars of Canada (Amalgamated with The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards 15 Dec.)

• The Princess Louise Dragon Guards (Amalgamated with 4th Hussars of Canada 15 Dec to become 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards.)

• 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars (Amalgamated with 1st Armoured Car Regiment and redesignated 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars (Armoured Car) 15 Dec.)

• 7th Hussars (Amalgamated with 11th Hussars to become 7th/11th Hussars 1 Apr.)

• 8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars

• The Mississauga Horse (Amalgamated with The Governor General's Body Guard 15 Dec.)

• 10th Queen's Own Canadian Hussars (Disbanded 1 Feb.)

• The Prince Edward Island Light Horse

• 11th Hussars (Amalgamated with 7th Hussars to become 7th/11th Hussars 1 Apr.)

• 12th Manitoba Dragoons

• 13th Scottish Light Horse (Disbanded 15 Dec.)

• King's Canadian Hussars (Redesignated King's Canadian Hussars (Armoured Car) 15 Dec while absorbing C Company, Colchester and Hants Regiment, and B Company, 6th Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps.)

• 15th Canadian Light Horse (Amalgamated with The South Alberta Horse to form 15th Alberta Light Horse 16 Feb.)

• 16th Canadian Light Horse (Amalgamated with The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles to form 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse 15 Dec.)

• 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars

• The Manitoba Mounted Rifles

• 19th Alberta Dragoons (Amalgamated with the Alberta Mounted Rifles on 16 Feb with no change in designation.)

• The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles (Amalgamated with 16th Canadian Light Horse, to form 16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse 15 Dec.)

• 9th Grey's Horse (Disbanded 1 Feb.)

• 10th Brant Dragoons (Amalgamated with 2nd Dragoons to form 2nd/10th Dragoons 15 Dec.)

• 14th Canadian Light Horse

• The New Brunswick Dragoons (Disbanded, less HQ and HQ Sqn absorbed by The Saint John Fusiliers, and B Sqn amalgamated with C Coy, 7th Machine Gun Battalion, Canadian Machine Gun Corps, to form 104th Field Battery, RCA, 15 Apr.)

• The British Columbia Dragoons

• The British Columbia Hussars (Redesignated The British Columbia Hussars (Armoured Car) 15 Dec.)

• The Manitoba Horse (Amalgamated with the Fort Garry Horse 15 Dec.)

• The Fort Garry Horse (Amalgamated with The Manitoba Horse 15 Dec 1936 with no change in designation.)

• The Alberta Mounted Rifles (Amalgamated with the 19th Alberta Dragoons 16 Feb.)

• South Alberta Horse (Amalgamated with 15th Canadian Light Horse to create 15th Alberta Light Horse 16 Feb.)

Infantry

• The Governor General's Foot Guards

• The Canadian Grenadier Guards

• The Queens Own Rifles of Canada

• Victoria Rifles of Canada

• Les Chasseurs Canadiens (Disbanded 15 Dec.)

• The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

• The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles)

• The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (Redesignated The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)(MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Royal Rifles of Canada

• Les Voltigeurs de Quebec

• The Royal Grenadiers (Amalgamated with The Toronto Regiment to form The Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers 15 Dec.)

• The Irish Fusiliers of Canada (Amalgamated with The Vancouver Regiment 1 Jun to become The Irish Fusiliers of Canada (Vancouver Regiment).)

• The York Rangers (Amalgamated with The Queen's Rangers (1st American Regiment) 15 Dec to become The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment)(MG).)

• The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Amalgamated with The Wentworth Regiment to create The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) 15 Dec.)

• The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (Redesignated The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Argyll Light Infantry (Redesignated The Argyll Light Infantry (Tank) 15 Dec.)

• Le Regiment de Levis

• Les Franc-tireurs du Saguenay

• The Lincoln Regiment (Amalgamated with The Lincoln and Welland Regiment 15 Dec; name remained The Lincoln and Welland Regiment.)

• The Lorne Rifles (Scottish) (Amalgamated with The Peel and Dufferin Regiment 15 Dec to become The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment).)

• The Essex Scottish

• The Oxford Rifles

• The Northern Pioneers (Amalgamated with The Algonquin Regiment 15 Dec.)

• The Kent Regiment (Amalgamated with B Coy 2 MG Bn to become The Kent Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Elgin Regiment

• The Middlesex Light Infantry (Amalgamated with The Huron Regiment to become The Middlesex and Huron Regiment 1 Sep.)

• The Lambton Regiment (Disbanded and converted to artillery 15 Dec.)

• The Perth Regiment (Redesignated The Perth Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Highland Light Infantry of Canada

• The Wellington Regiment (Disbanded 14 Dec.)

• The Grey Regiment (Amalgamated with The Simcoe Foresters to become The Grey and Simcoe Foresters 15 Dec.)

• The Bruce Regiment (Disbanded 15 Dec.)

• The Huron Regiment (Amalgamated with The Middlesex Light Infantry to become The Middlesex and Huron Regiment 1 Sep.)

• The Ontario Regiment (Redesignated The Ontario Regiment (Tank) 15 Dec.)

• The Simcoe Foresters (Amalgamated with The Grey Regiment to become The Grey and Simcoe Foresters 15 Dec.)

• The Peel and Dufferin Regiment (Amalgamated with The Lorne Rifles (Scottish) 15 Dec to become The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment).)

• The Haldimand Rifles (Amalgamated with The Dufferin Rifles of Canada and C Coy 3 MG Bn to become The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada 15 Dec.)

• The Dufferin Rifles of Canada (Amalgamated with The Haldimand Rifles and C Coy 3 MG Bn to become The Dufferin and Haldimand Rifles of Canada 15 Dec.)

• The Norfolk Regiment (Disbanded 14 Dec.)

• The Northumberland Regiment (Amalgamated with The Durham Regiment to become The Midland Regiment (Northumberland and Durham) 15 Dec.)

• The Brockville Rifles

• The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment

• The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Amalgamated with B Coy 4th MG Bn to become The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Lincoln and Welland Regiment

• The Victoria and Halliburton Regiment (Disbanded 14 Feb and reorganized as artillery unit.)

• The Durham Regiment (Amalgamated with The Northumberland Regiment to become The Midland Regiment (Northumberland and Durham) 15 Dec.)

• The Frontenac Regiment (HQ and B companies converted to artillery, A Company amalgamated with The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• 48th Highlanders of Canada

• The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

• The Sault Ste. Marie Regiment (Amalgamated with A Coy The Algonquin Regiment 15 Dec to become The Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury Regiment (MG).)

• The Sherbrooke Regiment (Redesignated The Sherbrooke Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke

• The Irish Canadian Rangers (Disbanded 1 Feb.)

• The Grenville Regiment (Lisgar Rifles) (Disbanded and converted to artillery 15 Dec.)

• The Peterborough Rangers (Amalgamated with 3rd Prince of Wales Dragoons and HQ and C Coys 4 MG Bn to become The Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterbororugh Regiment)(MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Royal Montreal Regiment (Redesignated The Royal Montreal Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders

• King's Own Rifles of Canada (Redesignated The King's Own Rifles of Canada (MG) when amalgamation occured with B Coy 12th MG Battalion.)

• Le Regiment Montmagmy

• The St. John Fusiliers (Redesignated The St. John Fusiliers (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Halifax Rifles

• Le Regiment de Chateauguay (Redesignated Le Regiment de Chateauguay (Mit) 15 Dec.)

• Les Fusiliers Mont Royal

• The Princess Louise Fusiliers (Redesignated The Princess Louise Fusiliers (MG) 1 Dec.)

• The Carleton Light Infantry (Amalgamated with The York Regiment to become The Carleton and York Regiment 12 Dec.)

• The North British Columbia Regiment (Converted to artillery 15 Dec 1936.)

• The Annapolis Regiment (Amalgamated with The Lunenburg Regiment to become The West Nova Scotia Regiment 15 Dec.)

• Le Regiment de Hull

• The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

• The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment

• The New Brunswick Rangers

• The Lunenburg Regiment (|Amalgamated with The Annapolis Regiment to become The West Nova Scotia Regiment 15 Dec.)

• The Wentworth Regiment (Amalgamated with The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry to create The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) 15 Dec.)

• The Pictou Highlanders

• The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

• The Colchester and Hants Regiment (Amalgamated with The Cumberland Highlanders and C Coy 6th MG Battalion 1 Dec to become The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (MG).)

• The Prince Edward Island Highlanders

• Regiment de Joliette

• Le Regiment de St. Hyacinthe

• Le Regiment de Maisonneuve

• The Three Rivers Regiment (Redesignated The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank) 15 Dec.)

• Le Regiment de Quebec (Redesignated Le Regiment de Quebec (Mit) 15 Dec.)

• 1st Battalion The Canadian Scottish Regiment

• 2nd Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Designated 2nd Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• Fusiliers du St. Laurent

• The Royal Winnipeg Rifles

• The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) (Amalgamated with HQ, A and B Coys 3 MG Bn to become The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's) (MG) 15 Dec.)

• Le Régiment de Dorchester et Beauce (Redesignated Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Mitrailleuses) 15 Dec.)

• The Cumberland Highlanders (Amalgamated with Colcehester and Hants Regiment and C Coy 6th MG Battalion 1 Dec to become The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (MG).)

• The Cape Breton Highlanders

• The South Saskatchewan Regiment

• The Regina Rifle Regiment

• The Lake Superior Regiment

• The Algonquin Regiment (B, C and D Coys amalgamated with Northern Pioneers while retaining name 15 Dec. A Coy amalgamated with Sault Ste. Marie Regiment 15 Dec.)

• The Kenora Light Infantry (Converted to artillery 15 Dec.)

• The Manitoba Rangers (Disbanded 14 Dec.)

• The Winnipeg Grenadiers (Amalgamated with 10th MG Bn to become The Winnipeg Grenadiers (MG) 15 Nov.)

• The Edmonton Regiment

• The Edmonton Fusiliers (Redesignated The Edmonton Fusiliers (MG) upon amalgamation with A Coy 13 MG Bn.)

• The Rocky Mountain Rangers

• The Calgary Highlanders

• The Calgary Regiment (Absorbed HQ and B Coys 13 MG Bn, redesignated The Calgary Regiment (Tank) 15 Dec.

• The Prince Albert Volunteers (Amalgamated with The Battleford Light Infantry 15 Dec to become The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers.)

• The Winnipeg Light Infantry (Redesignated The Winnipeg Light Infantry (MG) 12 Dec.)

• The Kootenay Regiment (Disbanded 14 Dec.)

• The Scots Fusiliers of Canada

• The Irish Regiment of Canada (Amalgamated with HQ and A Coys 1 MG Bn and designated The Irish Regiment of Canada (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Amalgamated with HQ and A Coys, 1st MG Bn to become The Toronto Scottish Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Toronto Regiment (Amalgamated with The Royal Grenadiers to form The Royal Regiment of Toronto Grenadiers 15 Dec.)

• The Queen's Rangers (1st American Regiment) (Amalgamated with The York Rangers to become The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) 15 Dec.)

• The North Alberta Regiment (Disbanded 1 Feb.)

• The South Alberta Regiment (Amalgamated C Coy 13 MG Bn 1 Apr.)

• The Assiniboia Regiment (Converted to artillery 30 Nov.)

• The Battleford Light Infantry (Amalgamated with The Prince Albert Volunteers 15 Dec to become The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers.)

• The Saskatoon Light Infantry (Amalgamated with C Coy 12 MG Bn to become The Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG).)

• The Weyburn Regiment (Amalgamated with The Saskatchewan Border Regiment 15 Dec to become The South Saskatchewan Regiment.)

• The Saskatchewan Border Regiment (Amalgamated with The Weyburn Regiment 15 Dec to become The South Saskatchewan Regiment.)

• The Yorkton Regiment (Disbanded 14 Dec.)

• The Westminster Regiment (Amalgamated with C Coy 11 MG Bn to become The Westminster Regiment (MG) 15 Dec.)

• The Vancouver Regiment (Amalgamated with The Irish Fusiliers of Canada 1 Jun to become The Irish Fusiliers of Canada (Vancouver Regiment).)

• The Essex Regiment (Tank) raised 15 Dec.

• The New Brunswick Regiment (Tank) formed 15 Dec from HQ and B Coys 7 MG Bn.