Unit Listings - 1956

This is a listing of the units of the Canadian Army in 1956.

Regular Force

Armour

• 1st Armoured Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons)

• Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)(2nd Armoured Regiment)

Infantry

• The Canadian Guards

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

  • 3rd Battalion

  • 4th Battalion

• The Royal Canadian Regiment

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

• Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

• Royal 22e Regiment

  • 1er Bataillon

  • 2e Bataillon

  • 3e Bataillon

• The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

• The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

Militia

Armour

• The Governor General's Horse Guards (3rd Armoured Regiment)

• IV Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (4th Armoured Car Regiment)

• The Halifax Rifles (23rd Armoured Regiment)

• 8th Princess Louise's (New Brunswick) Hussars (5th Armoured Regiment)

• The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (28th Armoured Regiment)

• The Elgin Regiment (27th Armoured Regiment)

• The Ontario Regiment (11th Armoured Regiment)

• The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment (25th Armoured Regiment))

• The Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured Regiment)

• 7th/11th Hussars (16th Armoured Regiment)

• Le Régiment de Trois-Rivières (24th Armoured Regiment)

• 1st Hussars (6th Armoured Regiment)

• 17th (Prince Edward Island) Reconnaissance Regiment

• 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars (15th Armoured Regiment)

• 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (17th Reconnaissance Regiment)

• The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (13th Armoured Regiment)

• The Algonquin Regiment (26th Armoured Regiment)

• 12th Manitoba Dragoons (18th Armoured Regiment)

• The South Alberta Light Horse (29th Armoured Regiment)

• The Saskatchewan Dragoons (20th Armoured Regiment)

• 19th Alberta Dragoons (19th Armoured Car Regiment)

• 14th Canadian Hussars (8th Armoured Regiment)

• The King's Own Calgary Regiment (14th Armoured Regiment)

• The British Columbia Dragoons (9th Reconnaissance Regiment)

• The Fort Garry Horse (10th Armoured Regiment)

• Le Régiment de Hull (21st Armoured Regiment)

• The Windsor Regiment (22nd Armoured Regiment)

Infantry

• The Governor General's Foot Guards (5th Battalion, Canadian Guards)

• The Canadian Grenadier Guards (6th Battalion, Canadian Guards)

• 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

• Victoria Rifles of Canada

• 3rd Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada

• The Royal Rifles of Canada

• Les Voltigeurs de Québec (Mit)

• The Royal Regiment of Canada

• The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)

• The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment

• The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

• The Lincoln and Welland Regiment

• The London and Oxford Fusiliers (3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment)

• The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)

• The Perth and Waterloo Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada)

• The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (MG)

• Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent (5th Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment)

• Le Régiment de la Chaudière

• 4ieme Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment (Châteauguay)

• Le Régiment de St. Hyacinthe (Redesignated 6th Battalion, Le Royal 22e Régiment 2 Feb.)

• Les Fusiliers Mont Royal

• The Princess Louise Fusiliers (MG)

• 1st Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York) (Redesignated 1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York) 18 May.)

• 2nd Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (North Shore) (Redesignated 2nd Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (North Shore) 18 May.)

• The West Nova Scotia Regiment (MG)

• 1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)

• 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton)

• Le Régiment de Maisonneuve

• The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG)

• The Royal Winnipeg Rifles

• The Essex and Kent Scottish

• 48th Highlanders of Canada

• Le Régiment du Saguenay (Mit)

• The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)

• The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)

• 1st Battalion, The North Saskatchewan Regiment (The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers) (Machine Gun)

• 2nd Battalion, The North Saskatchewan Regiment (The Saskatoon Light Infantry)(Machine Gun)

• The Regina Rifle Regiment

• The South Saskatchewan Regiment

• The Rocky Mountain Rangers

• The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)

• The Winnipeg Grenadiers

• The Queens' Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (Motor)

• The Westminster Regiment

• The Calgary Highlanders

• Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke

• The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

• The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

• The Royal Montreal Regiment

• The Irish Regiment of Canada

• The Toronto Scottish Regiment

• The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

• The Yukon Regiment