This is a listing of the units of the Canadian Army
in 1901.
Permanent Active Militia
(Permanent Force)
Cavalry
- Royal Canadian Dragoons
- Strathcona's Horse (serving in South Africa)
- "A" Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles
organized 1 Jul
Infantry
- The Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry
(Redesignated The Royal Canadian Regiment 1 Nov)
Non-Permanent Active Militia
Cavalry
- The
Governor General's Body Guard
- 1st Hussars
- 2nd
Dragoons
- 3rd Prince
of Wales' Canadian Dragoons
- 4th Hussars
- Princess
Louise Dragoon Guards
- 5th
Dragoons (Amalgamated with 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Hussars on 1 Jun).
- 6th Duke of
Connaught's Royal Hussars (Redesignated 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian
Hussars on 1 Jun after amalgamation with 5th Dragoons.)
- 8th
Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars
- Toronto
Mounted Rifles authorized 1 Apr 1901 (formed from three new companies as well
as "J" and "K" squadrons of Canadian Mounted Rifles).
- L Squadron,
Prince Edward Island Mounted Rifles authorized 1 Jun. (Redesignated L
Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles 1 Oct).
- 10th
Queen's Own Canadian Hussars
- Manitoba
Dragoons disbanded 1 Jun, "B" Troop redesignated as D Squadron, Canadian
Mounted Rifles.
- 14th King's
Canadian Hussars
- Duke of
York's Royal Canadian Hussars
Canadian Mounted Rifles
On 1 Jan, the
Canadian Mounted Rifles were raised as independent squadrons throughout Canada,
patterned after the Canadian Mounted Rifles units raised for the Boer War.
- "A"
Squadron was raised 1 Jan 1901, and transferred on 1 Jul to the Permanent
Force. Transferred 1 Jul 1901 to Permanent Force as Canadian Mounted Rifles.
- "B"
Squadron raised at Portage La Prairie, MB, redesignated on 1 Jun from "B"
Troop, Manitoba Dragoons
- "C"
Squadron, raised 1901.
- "D:
Squadron, raised 1901.
- "E"
Squadron, raised 1901.
- "F"
Squadron, raised 1901.
- "G"
Squadron, raised 1901 at Calgary, AB.
- "H"
Squadron, raised 1901 at Fort Macleod, AB.
- "I"
Squadron, raised 1901 at Medicine Hat, AB.
- "J" and "K"
Squadrons raised 1901; both were regimented 1 Apr to form Toronto Mounted
Rifles.
- "L"
Squadron, raised 1 Jun as "L" Squadron, Prince Edward Island Mounted Rifles.
Redesignated 1 Oct as "L" Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles.
Infantry
- The
Governor General's Foot Guards
- 1st
Regiment Prince of Wales Fusiliers
- 2nd
Regiment, Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
- 3rd
Regiment, Victoria Rifles of Canada
- 4th
Regiment, Chasseurs Canadiens authorized 1 May
- 5th
Regiment, Royal Scots of Canada
- 6th
Regiment, The Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles
- 7th
Regiment, Fusiliers
- 8th
Regiment, Royal Rifles
- 9th
Regiment, Voltigeurs de Quebec
- 10th
Regiment, Royal Grenadiers
- 11th
Regiment, Argenteuil Rangers
- 12th
Regiment York Rangers
- 13th
Regiment
- 14th
Regiment, Princess of Wales' Own Rifles
- 15th
Regiment, Argyll Light Infantry
- 16th Prince
Edward Regiment
- 18th
Saguenay Regiment
- 19th St.
Catharines Regiment
- 20th Halton
Regiment, Lorne Rifles
- 21st
Regiment, Essex Fusiliers
- 22nd
Regiment The Oxford Rifles
- 24th Kent
Regiment authorized 1 Jan
- 25th Elgin
Regiment
- 26th
Regiment, Middlesex Light Infantry
- 27th
Lambton Regiment, St. Clair Borderers
- 28th Perth
Regiment
- 29th
Waterloo Regiment
- 30th
Regiment, Wellington Rifles
- 31st Grey
Regiment
- 32nd Bruce
Regiment
- 33rd Huron
Regiment
- 34th
Ontario Regiment
- 35th
Regiment, Simcoe Foresters
- 36th Peel
Regiment
- 37th
Regiment, Haldimand Rifles
- 38th
Regiment (Dufferin Rifles of Canada)
- 39th
Regiment (Norfolk Rifles)
- 40th
Northumberland Regiment
- 41st
Regiment, Brockville Rifles
- 42nd Lanark
and Renfrew Regiment
- 43rd Ottawa
and Carleton Rifles
- 44th
Lincoln and Welland Regiment
- 45th
Victoria Regiment
- 46th Durham
Regiment
- 47th
Frontenac Regiment
- 48th
Regiment (Highlanders)
- 49th
Regiment (Hastings Rifles)
- 50th
Regiment, Huntington and Hemmingford Rangers
- 52nd Brome
Regiment
- 53rd
Sherbrooke Regiment
- 54th
Richmond Regiment
- 55th
Regiment Megantic Light Infantry
- 56th
Grenville Regiment
- 57th
Regiment Peterborough Rangers
- 58th
Compton Regiment
- 59th
Stormont and Glengarry Regiment
- 61st
Montmagny and L'Islet Regiment
- 62nd
Regiment, St. John Fusiliers
- 63rd
Regiment (Halifax Rifles)
- 64th
Regiment Voltigeurs de Beauharnois (Amalgamated (with 76th Regiment) and
redesignated 64th Regiment of Rifles Voltigeurs de Chateauguay 1 May)
- 65th
Regiment Mount Royal Rifles
- 66th
Regiment (Princess Louise Fusiliers)
- 67th
Regiment, The Carleton Light Infantry
- 68th King's
County Regiment
- 69th
Annapolis Regiment
- 71st York
Regiment
- 73rd
Northumberland Regiment
- 74th
Regiment
- 75th
Lunenburg Regiment
- 76th
Regiment Voltigeurs de Chateauguay (Amalgamated with 64th Regiment on 1 May)
- 77th
Wentworth Regiment
- 78th
Colchester, Hants and Pictou Regiment
- 79th
Shefford Regiment
- 80th
Nicolet Regiment
- 81st
Portneuf Regiment (Disbanded 1 May)
- 82nd
Queen's County Regiment
- 83rd
Joliette Regiment
- 84th St.
Hyacinthe Regiment
- 85th
Regiment
- 86th Three
Rivers Regiment
- 87th Quebec
Regiment
- 88th
Regiment (Disbanded 1 May)
- 89th
Temiscouata and Rimouski Regiment
- 90th
Regiment Winnipeg Rifles
- 92nd
Dorchester Regiment
- 93rd
Cumberland Regiment
- 94th
Victoria Regiment Argyll Highlanders
- 97th
Regiment of Rifles
- The Dawson
Rifles
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