The Infantry Regiments of the Canadian Forces

The Volunteer Militia until 1900

The Regiments 1900-20

Numbered Regiments in 1900				Named Regiments in 1920

The Governor General’s Foot Guards	→	→	→	The Governor General’s Foot Guards
1^st Regiment “Prince of Wales’ Fusiliers”	→	1911: 1^st Regiment “Canadian Grenadier Guards”	→	The Canadian Grenadier Guards
2^nd Regiment “Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada”	→	→	→	The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
3^rd Regiment “Victoria Rifles of Canada”	→	→	→	The Victoria Rifles of Canada
		1901: 4^th Regiment “Chasseurs Canadien”	→	Les Chasseurs Canadien
5^th Regiment “Royal Scots of Canada”	→	1904: 5^th Regiment “Royal Scots of Canada, Highlanders” ↲ ↳ 1906: 5^th Regiment “Royal Highlanders of Canada”	→	The Royal Highlanders of Canada
6^th Regiment “The Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles”	→	→	merged into	1^st British Columbia Regiment
7^th Regiment “Fusiliers”	→	→	→	The Western Ontario Regiment
8^th Regiment “Royal Rifles”	→	→	→	The Royal Rifles of Canada
9^th Regiment “Voltigeurs de Québec”	→	→	→	Les Voltigeurs de Québec
10^th Regiment “Royal Grenadiers”	→	→	→	The Royal Grenadiers of Canada
11^th Regiment “Argenteuil Rangers”	→	1912: disbanded
		1913: 11^th Regiment “Irish Fusiliers of Canada”	→	The Irish Fusiliers of Canada
12^th Regiment “York Rangers”	→	→	→	The York Rangers
13^th Regiment	→	1910: 13^th Royal Regiment	→	The Royal Hamilton Regiment
14^th Regiment “The Princess of Wales’ Own Rifles”	→	→	→	The Kingston Regiment (Princess of Wales’ Own)
15^th Regiment “Argyll Light Infantry”	→	→	→	The Argyll Light Infantry
16^th Prince Edward Regiment	→	→	merged into	The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
17^th Levis Regiment	→	1901: disbanded
		1902: 17^th Regiment of Infantry	→	Le Régiment de Lévis
18^th Saguenay Regiment	→	1909: 18^th Regiment “Franc-tireurs du Saguenay”	→	Les Franc-tireurs du Saguenay
19^th St. Catharines Regiment	→	1912: 19^th Lincoln Regiment	→	The Lincoln Regiment
20^th Halton Regiment “Lorne Rifles”	→	1909: 20^th Regiment “Halton Rifles”	→	The Halton Rifles
21^st Regiment “Essex Fusiliers”	→	→	→	The Essex Fusiliers
22^nd Regiment “The Oxford Rifles”	→	→	→	The Oxford Rifles
		1903: 23^rd Regiment “The Northern Fusiliers” ↲ ↳ 1904: 23^rd Regiment “The Northern Pioneers”	→	The Northern Pioneers
		1901: 24^th Kent Regiment	→	The Kent Regiment
25^th Elgin Regiment	→	1903: disbanded
		1904: 25^th Regiment	→	The Elgin Regiment
26^th Regiment “Middlesex Light Infantry”	→	→	→	The Middlesex Light Infantry
27^th Lambton Regiment “St. Clair Borderers”	→	→	→	The Lambton Regiment
28^th Perth Regiment	→	→	→	The Perth Regiment
29^th Waterloo Regiment	→	1915: 29^th Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada)	→	The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
30^th Regiment “Wellington Rifles”	→	→	→	The Wellington Rifles
31^st Grey Regiment	→	→	→	The Grey Regiment
32^nd Bruce Regiment	→	→	→	The Bruce Regiment
33^rd Huron Regiment	→	→	→	The Huron Regiment
34^th Ontario Regiment	→	→	→	The Ontario Regiment
35^th Regiment “Simcoe Foresters”	→	→	→	The Simcoe Foresters
36^th Peel Regiment	→	→	→	The Peel Regiment
37^th Regiment “Haldimand Rifles”	→	→	→	The Haldimand Rifles
38^th Regiment “Dufferin Rifles of Canada”	→	→	→	The Dufferin Rifles of Canada
39^th Regiment “Norfolk Rifles”	→	→	→	The Norfolk Rifles
40^th Northumberland Regiment	→	→	→	The Northumberland (Ontario) Regiment
41^st Regiment “Brockville Rifles”	→	→	→	The Brockville Rifles
42^nd Lanark and Renfrew Regiment	→	→	→	The Lanark and Renfrew Regiment
43^rd Regiment “Ottawa and Carleton Rifles”	→	1902: 43^rd Regiment “Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifles”	→	The Ottawa Regiment (The Duke of Cornwall’s Own)
44^th Lincoln and Welland Regiment	→	→	→	The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
45^th Victoria Regiment	→	1917: 45^th Victoria and Haliburton Regiment	→	The Victoria and Haliburton Regiment
46^th Durham Regiment	→	→	→	The Durham Regiment
47^th Frontenac Regiment	→	→	→	The Frontenac Regiment
48^th Regiment “Highlanders”	→	→	→	The 48^th Regiment (Highlanders)
49^th Regiment “Hastings Rifles”	→	→	merged into	The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
50^th Regiment “Huntingdon and Hemmingford Rangers”	→	1903: disbanded
		1913: 50^th Regiment “Highlanders”	merged into	The Canadian Scottish Regiment
		1914: 51^st Regiment Rifles ↲ ↳ 1914: 51^st Regiment “The Soo Rifles” ↲ ↳ 1914: 51^st Regiment (Soo Rifles)	→	The Soo Rifles
52^nd Brome Regiment	→	1903: merged into 79^th Shefford and Brome Regiment
		1913: 52^nd Regiment “Prince Albert Volunteers”	merged into	The North Saskatchewan Regiment
53^rd Sherbrooke Regiment	→	→	→	The Sherbrooke Regiment
54^th Richmond Regiment	→	1903: 11^th Hussars
		1910: 54^th Regiment “Carabiniers de Sherbrooke”	→	Les Carabiniers de Sherbrooke
55^th Regiment “Megantic Light Infantry”	→	1912: disbanded
		1914: 55^th Regiment	→	The Canadian Irish Rangers
56^th Grenville Regiment “Lisgar Rifles”	→	→	→	The Grenville Regiment (Lisgar Rifles)
57^th Regiment “Peterborough Rangers”	→	→	→	The Peterborough Rangers
58^th Compton Regiment	→	1903: 7^th Hussars
		1914: 58^th Westmount Rifles	→	The Royal Montreal Regiment
59^th Stormont and Glengary Regiment	→	→	→	The Stormont and Glengary Regiment
		1913: 60^th Rifles of Canada	merged into	The South Saskatchewan Regiment
61^st Montmagny and l’Islet Regiment	→	1902: 61^st Régiment de Montmagny	→	Le Régiment de Montmagny
62^nd Regiment “St. John Fusiliers”	→	→	→	The St. John Fusiliers
63^rd Regiment “Halifax Rifles”	→	→	→	The Halifax Rifles
64^th Regiment “Voltigeurs de Beauharnois”	→	1901: 64^th Regiment of Rifles “Voltigeurs de Chateauguay” ↲ ↳ 1902: 64^th Chateauguay and Beauharnois Regiment	→	Le Régiment Châteauguay and Beauharnois
65^th Regiment “Mount Royal Rifles"	→	1902: 65^th Regiment “Carabiniers Mont-Royal”	→	Les Carabiniers Mont-Royal
66^th Regiment “Princess Louise Fusiliers”	→	→	→	The Princess Louise Fusiliers
67^th Regiment “Carleton Light Infantry”	→	→	→	The Carleton Light Infantry
68^th King’s County Regiment	→	1912: disbanded
		1914: 68^th Regiment ↲ ↳ 1914: 81^st Hants Regiment ↓
		1914: 68^th Regiment “Earl Grey’s Own Rifles”	→	The North British Columbia Regiment
69^th Annapolis Regiment	→	→	→	The Annapolis Regiment
		1910: 70^th Colchester and Hants Regiment ↲ ↳ 1910: 76^th Colchester and Hants Rifles ↓
		1914: 70^th Regiment	→	The Hull Regiment
71^st York Regiment	→	→	→	The York Regiment
		1910: 72^nd Highlanders of Canada ↲ ↳ 1912: 72^nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada ↲ ↳ 1912: 72^nd Regiment “Seaforth Highlanders of Canada”	→	The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
73^rd Northumberland Regiment	→	→	→	The Northumberland (New Brunswick) Regiment
74^th Regiment	→	1903: 74^th Regiment “The Brunswick Rangers”	→	The New Brunswick Rangers
75^th Lunenburg Regiment	→	→	→	The Lunenburg Regiment
76^th Regiment “Voltigeurs de Châteauguay”	→	1901: merged into 64^th Regiment of Rifles “Voltigeurs de Chateauguay”
		from 70^nd Colchester and Hants Regiment ↲ ↳ 1912: 76^th Colchester and Hants Rifles	merged into	The Colchester and Hants Regiment
77^th Wentworth Regiment	→	→	→	The Wentworth Regiment
78^th Colchester, Hants and Pictou Regiment “Highlanders”	→	1910: 78^th Pictou Regiment “Highlanders”	→	The Pictou Regiment
79^th Shefford Regiment	→	1903: 79^th Shefford and Brome Regiment ↲ ↳ 1904: 13^th Scottish Light Dragoons
		1910: 79^th Highlanders of Canada ↲ ↳ 1910: 79^th Cameron Highlanders of Canada	→	The Cameron Highlanders of Canada
80^th Nicolet Regiment	→	1918: disbanded
81^st Portneuf Regiment	→	1901: disbanded
		from 68^th Regiment ↲ ↳ 1914: 81^st Hants Regiment	merged into	The Colchester and Hants Regiment
82^nd Queen’s County Regiment	→	1906: 82^nd “Abegweit Light Infantry” Regiment	→	The Prince Edward Island Regiment
83^rd Joliette Regiment	→	→	→	Le Régiment de Joliette
84^th St. Hyacinthe Regiment	→	→	→	Le Régiment St. Hyacinthe
85^th Regiment	→	→	→	Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
86^th Three Rivers Regiment	→	→	→	The Three Rivers Regiment
87^th Quebec Regiment	→	→	→	Le Régiment de Québec
88^th Regiment	→	1901: disbanded
		1912: 88^th Regiment “Victoria Fusiliers”	merged into	The Canadian Scottish Regiment
89^th Témiscouata and Rimouski Regiment	→	→	→	Le Régiment Témiscouata and Rimouski
90^th Regiment “Winnipeg Rifles”	→	→	→	The Winnipeg Rifles
		1903: 91^st “Highlanders” ↲ ↳ 1904: 91^st Regiment “Canadian Highlanders”	→	The The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
92^nd Dorchester Regiment	→	→	→	Le Régiment de Dorchester
93^rd Cumberland Regiment	→	→	→	The Cumberland Regiment
94^th Victoria Regiment “Argyll Highlanders”	→	→	→	The Cape Breton Highlanders
		1907: 95^th Regiment ↲ ↳ 1908: 95^th Rifle Regiment ↲ ↳ 1909: 95^th Saskatchewan Rifles ↲ ↳ 1912: 95^th Regiment ↲ and split off 105^th Regiment ↳ 1913: 95^th "Saskatchewan Rifles"	merged into	The South Saskatchewan Regiment
		1905: 96^th The Lake Superior Regiment	→	The Lake Superior Regiment
97^th Regiment of Rifles	→	1903: 97^th Regiment “Algonquin Rifles”	→	The Algonquin Rifles
		1908: 98^th Regiment	→	The Rainy River and Kenora Regiment
		1908: 99^th Regiment ↲ ↳ 1911: 99^th Manitoba Rangers	→	The Manitoba Rangers
		1908: 100^th Regiment ↲ ↳ 1910: 100^th Winnipeg Grenadiers	→	The Winnipeg Grenadiers
		1908: 101^st Regiment ↲ ↳ 1909: 101^st Regiment “Edmonton Fusiliers”	→	The Edmonton Regiment
		1908: 102^nd Regiment ↲ ↳ 1909: 102^nd Regiment “Rocky Mountain Rangers”	→	The Rocky Mountain Rangers
		1910: 103^rd Regiment “Calgary Rifles”	{	The Calgary Regiment The Alberta Regiment
		1910: 104^th Regiment ↲ ↳ 1913: 104^th Regiment “Westminster Fusiliers of Canada”	merged into	1^st British Columbia Regiment
		split off from 95^th Saskatchewan Rifles ↲ ↳ 1912: 105^th Regiment ↲ ↳ 1912: 105^th Regiment “Fusiliers” ↲ ↳ 1914: 105^th Regiment “Saskatoon Fusiliers”	merged into	The North Saskatchewan Regiment
		1912: 106^th Regiment “Winnipeg Light Infantry”	→	The Winnipeg Light Infantry
		1914: 107^th (East Kootenay) Regiment	→	The Kootenay Regiment
		1915: 108^th Regiment	→	The Waterloo Regiment
		1914: 109^th Canadian Militia Regiment	→	disbanded
		1916: 110^th Irish Regiment	→	The Irish Regiment
				The Mississauga Regiment
				The Toronto Regiment

The Regiments in 1914

The Battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force

The Regiments in 1921

The Regiments in 1935

The Reorganisation of the Non Permanent Militia and the Reserve in 1936

The Regiments in 1939

The PANDA Battalions

The Regiments of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps in 2010

Alphabetical List of the Regiments