Unit Listings - 1954

This is a listing of the units of the Canadian Army in 1954.

Regular Force

Armour

• 1st Armoured Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons)

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

Infantry

• The Canadian Guards

  • 1st Battalion created 15 Apr by redesignation of 3 RCR.

  • 2nd Battalion created 8 Jan by redesignation of 3 PPCLI.

  • 3rd Battalion

  • 4th Battalion

• The Royal Canadian Regiment

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

  • 3rd Battalion redesignated as 1 Cdn Gds 15 Apr.

• Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

  • 3rd Battalion redesignated 2 Cdn Gds 8 Jan.

• 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) redesignated from infantry regiment 1 Oct.

• 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) redesignated from infantry regiment 1 Oct.

• 12th Manitoba Dragoons (18th Armoured Regiment)

• The South Alberta Light Horse (29th Armoured Regiment) redesignated from infantry regiment 28 Sep.

• 20th Saskatchewan Armoured Regiment (Redesignated The Saskatchewan Dragoons (20th Armoured Regiment) 31 Jul.)

• 19th Alberta Armoured Car Regiment (Redesignated 19th Alberta Dragoons (19th Armoured Car Regiment) 1 Nov.)

• 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 (Redesignated The Governor General's Foot Guards (5th Battalion, Canadian Guards) 1 Sep.)

• The Canadian Grenadier Guards (Redesignated The Canadian Grenadier Guards (6th Battalion, Canadian Guards) 1 Sep.)

• 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 Quebec (Motor) (Redesignated Les Voltigeurs de Québec (Mit) 1 Sep. Amalgamated with Le Régiment de Québec (Mit) 1 Sep with no change in title.)

• 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 Oxford Rifles (Amalgamated with The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)(MG) to form The London and Oxford Fusiliers (3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment) 1 Oct.)

• The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)(MG) (Amalgamated with The Oxford Rifles to form The London and Oxford Fusiliers (3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment) 1 Oct.

• The Elgin Regiment (Redesignated The Elgin Regiment (27th Armoured Regiment) 1 Oct.)

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

• The Perth Regiment (Amalgamated with The Highland Light Infantry of Canada to form The Perth and Waterloo Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada) 1 Oct.)

• The Highland Light Infantry of Canada (Amalgamated with The Perth Regiment to form The Perth and Waterloo Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada) 1 Oct.)

• The Midland Regiment (Absorbed by The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment 1 Sep.)

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

• Le Régiment de Montmagmy (Absorbed by Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent 1 Sep.)

• Le Régiment de Québec (Mit) (Absorbed by Les Voltigeurs de Québec (Mit) 1 Sep.)

• Fusiliers du St. Laurent (Redesignated Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent (5th Battalion, Royal 22e Regiment) and absorbed Le Régiment de Montmagny 1 Sep.)

• The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (Amalgamated with The Pictou Highlanders, and 189 LAA Battery RCA, to form 1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders 1 Oct.)

• Le Régiment de la Chaudière

• Le Régiment de Chateauguay (Redesignated 4ieme Bataillon, Royal 22e Régiment (Châteauguay) 1954.)

• Le Régiment de St. Hyacinthe

• Les Fusiliers Mont Royal

• The Princess Louise Fusiliers (MG)

• The Carleton and York Regiment (Amalgamated with The New Brunswick Scottish to form 1st Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York) 31 Oct.)

• The West Nova Scotia Regiment (Redesignated The West Nova Scotia Regiment (MG) 1 Oct.)

• The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment (Amalgamated with 28 Field Battery RCA, to form 2nd Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (North Shore) 30 Sep.)

• The New Brunswick Scottish (Amalgamated with The Carleton and York Regiment to form 1st Battalion, The New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York) 31 Oct.)

• The Pictou Highlanders (Motor) (Amalgamated with The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, and 189 LAA Battery RCA, to form 1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders 1 Oct.)

• Le Régiment de Maisonneuve

• The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Redesignated The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG) 1 Sep.)

• The Royal Winnipeg Rifles

• The Essex Scottish (Amalgmated with The Kent Regiment to become The Essex and Kent Scottish 1 Oct.)

• 48th Highlanders of Canada

• Le Régiment de Saguenay (Redesignated Le Régiment du Saguenay (Mit) 1 Sep.)

• The Cape Breton Highlanders (United with The North Nova Scotia Highlanders and The Pictou Highlanders, to form 2nd Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders 15 Sep.)

• The Algonquin Regiment (Redesignated The Algonquin Regiment (26th Armoured Regiment) and converted to armour 1 Oct.)

• The Kent Regiment (Amalgamated with The Essex Scottish to become The Essex and Kent Scottish 1 Oct.)

• Le Régiment de Levis (Absorbed by Le Régiment de la Chaudière 1 Sep.)

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

• The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor)

• The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers (Amalgamated with 50th Field Squadron, RCE and redesignated The Prince Albert and Battleford Volunteers (Machine Gun) 1 Sep.)

• The Regina Rifle Regiment

• The South Saskatchewan Regiment

• The Rocky Mountain Rangers

• The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (Redesignated The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) 19 Oct.)

• The Winnipeg Grenadiers

• The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (Redesignated The Queens' Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (Motor) 1 Oct.)

• The Westminster Regiment (Motor) (Redesignated The Westminster Regiment 6 Oct.)

• The Calgary Highlanders

• Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke

• The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

• The Winnipeg Light Infantry

• The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

• The Royal Montreal Regiment (MG) (Redesignated The Royal Montreal Regiment 1 Sep.)

• The Irish Regiment of Canada

• The Toronto Scottish Regiment

• The South Alberta Regiment (Amalgamated with 41st Anti-Tank Regiment (Self-Propelled), RCA, and 68th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RCA, to form The South Alberta Light Horse (29th Armoured Regiment), 28 Sep.)

• The Saskatoon Light Infantry (MG)

• The Royal Newfoundland Regiment

• The Yukon Regiment