Unit Listings - 1959

This is a listing of the units of the Canadian Army in 1959.

Regular Force

Armour

• Royal Canadian Dragoons (Redesignated The Royal Canadian Dragoons 12 Jan.)

• Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

• 1/8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)

• The 1st Fort Garry Horse

Infantry

• The Canadian Guards

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd 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

• 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

• The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)

• 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)(Militia)

• The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (RCAC)

• The Elgin Regiment (RCAC)

• The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)

• The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)

• The Sherbrooke Regiment (RCAC)

• 7th/11th Hussars

• Le Régiment de Trois-Rivières (RCAC)

• 1st Hussars

• The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)

• The Royal Canadian Hussars

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

• The Algonquin Regiment (RCAC)

• 12th Manitoba Dragoons

• The South Alberta Light Horse

• The Saskatchewan Dragoons

• 19th Alberta Dragoons

• 14th Canadian Hussars

• The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)

• The British Columbia Dragoons

• The Fort Garry Horse (Militia)

• Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC)

• The Windsor Regiment (RCAC)

Infantry

• 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

• 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

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

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

• The Perth Regiment

• The Highland Light Infantry of Canada

• The Brockville Rifles (Redesignation of 32nd Locating Battery (Brockville Rifles), RCA on 1 Dec and conversion back to infantry)

• The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment (Redesignation of 59th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA on 1 Dec and conversion back to infantry.)

• The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (MG) (Redesignated The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 1 Aug.)

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

• Le Régiment de la Chaudière

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

• 6th Battalion, Le Royal 22e Régiment

• Les Fusiliers Mont Royal

• The Princess Louise Fusiliers

• 1st Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York)

• 2nd Battalion, The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (North Shore)

• The West Nova Scotia Regiment

• Régiment de Joliette

• 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) (Redesignated The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa 1 Aug.)

• The Royal Winnipeg Rifles

• The Essex and Kent Scottish

• 48th Highlanders of Canada

• Le Régiment du Saguenay

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

• The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment

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

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

• 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 Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

• The Westminster Regiment

• The Calgary Highlanders

• Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke

• The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

• The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

• Irish Fusiliers of Canada (The Vancouver Regiment)

• The Scots Fusiliers of Canada (Redesignation of 54th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Scots Fusiliers of Canada), RCA on 1 Dec and conversion back to infantry.)

• The Royal Montreal Regiment

• The Irish Regiment of Canada

• The Toronto Scottish Regiment

• The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

• The Yukon Regiment