Unit Listings - 1970

This is a listing of the units of the Canadian Army in 1970.

Regular Force

Armour

• Royal Canadian Dragoons

• Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)

• 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)

• The Fort Garry Horse Regular component disbanded 15 Jun.

• 12e Régiment Blindé du Canada

Infantry

• The Canadian Guards 2nd battalion disbanded 6 Jul; regiment added to Supplementary Order of Battle.

• The Royal Canadian Regiment

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

  • 3rd Battalion created.

• Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry

  • 1st Battalion

  • 2nd Battalion

  • 3rd Battalion created.

• Royal 22e Regiment

  • 1er Bataillon

  • 2e Bataillon

  • 3e Bataillon

• The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada Last Regular Force battalion disbanded, 27 Apr.

• The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Regular Force battalions disbanded 1 Jul.

• The Canadian Airborne Regiment

Militia

Armour

• The Governor General's Horse Guards

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

• The Grey and Simcoe Foresters (RCAC) Converted back to infantry.

• The Elgin Regiment (RCAC)

• The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)

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

• The Sherbrooke Hussars

• 12e Régiment Blindé du Canada (Milice)

• 1st Hussars

• The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)

• Royal Canadian Hussars

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

• The South Alberta Light Horse

• The Saskatchewan Dragoons

• The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)

• The British Columbia Dragoons

• The Fort Garry Horse (Militia) redesignated as The Fort Garry Horse after Regular component disbanded.

• 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 redesignated as The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada after disbandment of last Regular Force battalion.

• 3rd Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada redesignated as The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada after disbandment of last Regular Force battalion.

• 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (London and Oxford Fusiliers) redesignated 4th Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (London and Oxford Fusiliers) 1 Sep.

• Les Voltigeurs de Québec

• The Royal Regiment of Canada

• The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)

• The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment

• Le Régiment de la Chaudière

• Le Régiment de Saguenay

• The Lincoln and Welland Regiment

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

• The Essex and Kent Scottish

• The Highland Fusiliers of Canada

• The Grey and Simcoe Foresters converted back to infantry from armoured.

• The Brockville Rifles

• The Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment

• The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

• 48th Highlanders of Canada

• The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment

• Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke

• The Royal Montreal Regiment

• The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders

• The Royal New Brunswick Regiment

• 4e Bataillon, Royal 22e Regiment (Châteauguay)

• Les Fusiliers Mont Royal

• The Princess Louise Fusiliers

• The Royal New Brunswick Regiment

• The West Nova Scotia Regiment

• The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada

• The Royal New Brunswick Regiment

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

• The Queens' Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada

• 6e bataillon, Le Royal 22e Régiment (Saint-Hyacinthe)

• Le Régiment de Maisonneuve

• The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)

• Les Fusiliers du St. Laurent

• The Royal Winnipeg Rifles

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

• Le Régiment de la Chaudière

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

• The Regina Rifle Regiment

• The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment

• The Algonquin Regiment

• The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) redesignated The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) 1 Apr.

• The Rocky Mountain Rangers

• The Calgary Highlanders

• The North Saskatchewan Regiment Two battalions amalgamated into one, 1 Sep.

• 2nd Battalion, The Irish Regiment of Canada

• The Toronto Scottish Regiment

• The Royal Westminster Regiment

• The Royal Newfoundland Regiment