Organization

Canadian Army

Domestic Military Organization

Headquarters

Militia HQ

Canadian Forces HQ

National Defence HQ (NDHQ)

Political Institutions

Dept. of Militia & Defence

►►Minister of Militia & Defence

►►Militia Council

Department of National Defence

►►Minister of National Defence

►►Chiefs of Staff Committee

Reorganizations

1902-1904 Dundonald Reforms
1920 Otter Committee
1936 Reorganization
1954 Kennedy Board
1957 Anderson Report
1964 Suttie Commission
1968 Unification
1995 Special Commission

Organizational Corps/Branches

1900-1968 Organizational Corps
1968-2000 Branches

Field Forces

1914-1919  

Canadian Expeditionary Force
CEF Regional Affiliations

Territorial Reinforcement Regts.

1919

Canadian Exped Force Siberia

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 Canadian Army

1st Canadian Corps

2nd Canadian Corps

Atlantic Command

Pacific Command
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division

3rd Infantry Division

4th (Armoured) Division
5th (Armoured) Division
6th Division 

7th Division 

8th Division 
1st Armoured Brigade
2nd Armoured Brigade
3rd Armoured Brigade
3rd Tank Brigade

 1950-1953
1 Com Div | 25 Inf Bde

Foreign Headquarters

Allied Forces HQ (AFHQ)

►►15th Army Group

►►►8th Army

SHAEF

►►21st Army Group

►►►2nd British Army
►►►►Beach Groups

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

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

5 CMBG

1st Cdn Division (1954-1958)

1st Cdn Division (1988-2000)

Special Service Force

Auxiliary Services
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

Unit Listings by year

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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

Armoured Units 1940-1945

Cdn Dental Corps 1939-1945
Cdn Intelligence Corps 1942-45

Cdn Provost Corps 1940-1945

Infantry Battalions 1939-1945

RCOC 1939-1945

Unit Listings - 1935

This is a listing of the units of the Canadian Army in 1935.

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

  • 1st Hussars

  • 2nd Dragoons

  • 3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons

  • 4th Hussars of Canada

  • The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

  • 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars

  • 7th Hussars

  • 8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars

  • The Mississauga Horse

  • 10th Queen's Own Canadian Hussars

  • The Prince Edward Island Light Horse

  • 11th Hussars

  • 12th Manitoba Dragoons (Amalgamated with The Border Horse 31 Jan with no change in designation.)

  • 13th Scottish Light Horse

  • King's Canadian Hussars

  • 15th Canadian Light Horse

  • 16th Canadian Light Horse

  • 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars

  • The Manitoba Mounted Rifles

  • 19th Alberta Dragoons

  • The Border Horse (Amalgamated with 12th Manitoba Dragoons 31 Jan.)

  • The Alberta Mounted Rifles

  • The South Alberta Horse

  • The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles

  • 9th Grey's Horse

  • 10th Brant Dragoons

  • 14th Canadian Light Horse

  • The New Brunswick Dragoons

  • The British Columbia Dragoons

  • The British Columbia Hussars

  • The Manitoba Horse

  • The Fort Garry Horse

Infantry

  • The Governor General's Foot Guards

  • The Canadian Grenadier Guards

  • The Queens Own Rifles of Canada

  • Victoria Rifles of Canada

  • Les Chasseurs Canadiens

  • The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (Redesignated The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada 1 Jul.)

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

  • The Western Ontario Regiment

  • The Royal Rifles of Canada

  • Les Voltigeurs de Quebec

  • The Royal Grenadiers

  • The Irish Fusiliers of Canada

  • The York Rangers

  • The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

  • The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment

  • The Argyll Light Infantry

  • Le Regiment de Levis

  • Les Franc-tireurs du Saguenay

  • The Lincoln Regiment

  • The Halton Rifles

  • The Essex Scottish

  • The Oxford Rifles

  • The Northern Pioneers

  • The Kent Regiment

  • The Elgin Regiment

  • The Middlesex Light Infantry

  • The Lambton Regiment

  • The Perth Regiment

  • The Highland Light Infantry of Canada

  • The Wellington Rifles

  • The Grey Regiment

  • The Bruce Regiment

  • The Huron Regiment

  • The Ontario Regiment

  • The Simcoe Foresters

  • The Peel and Dufferin Regiment

  • The Haldimand Rifles

  • The Dufferin Rifles of Canada

  • The Norfolk Regiment

  • The Northumberland Regiment

  • The Brockville Rifles

  • The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment

  • The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

  • The Lincoln and Welland Regiment

  • The Victoria and Halliburton Regiment

  • The Durham Regiment

  • The Frontenac Regiment

  • 48th Highlanders of Canada

  • The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

  • The Sault Ste. Marie Regiment

  • The Sherbrooke Regiment

  • Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke

  • The Irish Canadian Rangers

  • The Grenville Regiment (Lisgar Rifles)

  • The Peterborough Rangers

  • The Royal Montreal Regiment

  • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders

  • The King's Own Rifles of Canada

  • Le Regiment Montmagmy

  • The St. John Fusiliers

  • The Halifax Rifles

  • Le Regiment de Chateauguay

  • 65th Regiment (Carabiniers Mont-Royal)

  • The Princess Louise Fusiliers

  • The Carleton Light Infantry

  • The North British Columbia Regiment

  • The Annapolis Regiment

  • Le Regiment de Hull

  • The York Regiment

  • The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

  • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment

  • The New Brunswick Rangers

  • The Lunenburg Regiment

  • The Wentworth Regiment

  • The Pictou Highlanders

  • The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

  • The Colchester and Hants Regiment

  • The Prince Edward Island Highlanders

  • Regiment de Joliette

  • Le Regiment de St. Hyacinthe

  • Le Regiment de Maisonneuve

  • The Three Rivers Regiment

  • Le Regiment de Quebec

  • 1st Battalion The Canadian Scottish Regiment

  • 2nd Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment

  • Fusiliers du St. Laurent

  • The Winnipeg Rifles (Redesignated The Royal Winnipeg Rifles 3 Jun.)

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

  • Le Régiment de Dorchester et Beauce

  • The Cumberland Highlanders

  • The Cape Breton Highlanders

  • The South Saskatchewan Regiment

  • The Regina Rifle Regiment

  • The Lake Superior Regiment

  • The Algonquin Regiment

  • The Kenora Light Infantry

  • The Manitoba Rangers

  • The Winnipeg Grenadiers

  • The Edmonton Regiment

  • The Edmonton Fusiliers

  • The Rocky Mountain Rangers

  • The Calgary Highlanders

  • The Calgary Regiment

  • The Prince Albert Volunteers

  • The Winnipeg Light Infantry

  • The Kootenay Regiment

  • The Scots Fusiliers of Canada

  • The Irish Regiment of Canada

  • The Toronto Scottish Regiment

  • The Toronto Regiment

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

  • The North Alberta Regiment

  • The South Alberta Regiment

  • The Assiniboia Regiment

  • The Battleford Light Infantry

  • The Saskatoon Light Infantry

  • The Weyburn Regiment

  • The Saskatchewan Border Regiment

  • The Yorkton Regiment

  • The Westminster Regiment

  • The Vancouver Regiment


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