List of units of the Canadian Army

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The following is a list of units of the Canadian Army as of 2007.

Royal Canadian Armoured Corps

Regular Force

1. Royal Canadian Dragoons — Armoured
2. Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) — Armoured
3. 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada — Armoured

Reserve Force (Primary Reserve)

1. The Governor General's Horse Guards — Household Cavalry (Reconnaissance)
2. The Halifax Rifles (RCAC) — Reconnaissance
3. 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) — Reconnaissance
4. The Ontario Regiment (RCAC) — Reconnaissance
5. The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) — Reconnaissance
6. Sherbrooke Hussars — Reconnaissance
7. 12^e Régiment blindé du Canada (Milice) — Reconnaissance
8. 1st Hussars — Armoured Reconnaissance
9. The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) — Reconnaissance
10. The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) — Reconnaissance
11. The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) — Reconnaissance
12. The South Alberta Light Horse — Reconnaissance
13. The Saskatchewan Dragoons — Reconnaissance
14. The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) — Reconnaissance
15. The British Columbia Dragoons — Reconnaissance
16. The Fort Garry Horse — Reconnaissance
17. Le Régiment de Hull (RCAC) — Reconnaissance
18. The Windsor Regiment (RCAC) — Reconnaissance

Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

Regular Force

Note: each regular force regiment retains a parachute company.

1. The Royal Canadian Regiment
   • 1st Battalion (CFB Petawawa)—mechanized infantry
   • 2nd Battalion (CFB Gagetown)—mechanized infantry
   • 3rd Battalion (CFB Petawawa)—light infantry and parachute company
2. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
   • 1st Battalion (CFB Edmonton)—mechanized infantry
   • 2nd Battalion (CFB Shilo)—mechanized infantry
   • 3rd Battalion (CFB Edmonton)—light infantry and parachute company
3. Royal 22^e Régiment
   • 1^er Bataillon (CFB Valcartier)—mechanized infantry
   • 2^e Bataillon (Quebec City)—mechanized infantry
   • 3^e Bataillon (CFB Valcartier)—light infantry and parachute company

Reserve Force (Primary Reserve)

1. Governor General's Foot Guards—dismounted infantry
2. The Canadian Grenadier Guards—dismounted infantry
3. The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada—dismounted infantry
4. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada—dismounted infantry
5. Les Voltigeurs de Québec—dismounted infantry
6. The Royal Regiment of Canada—dismounted infantry
7. The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)—dismounted infantry
8. The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment—dismounted infantry
9. The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment—dismounted infantry
10. The Lincoln and Welland Regiment—dismounted infantry
11. The Royal Canadian Regiment—Reserve Force:
    • 4th Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment—dismounted infantry
12. The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada—dismounted infantry
13. The Grey and Simcoe Foresters—dismounted infantry
14. The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)—dismounted infantry
15. The Brockville Rifles—dismounted infantry
16. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders—dismounted infantry
17. Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent—dismounted infantry
18. Le Régiment de la Chaudière—dismounted infantry
19. Royal 22^e Régiment—Reserve Force:
    • 4th Battalion Royal 22^e Régiment (Châteauguay)—dismounted infantry
    • 6th Battalion Royal 22^e Régiment—dismounted infantry
20. Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal—dismounted infantry
21. The Princess Louise Fusiliers—dismounted infantry
22. The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
    • 1st Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (Carleton and York)—dismounted infantry
    • 2nd Battalion The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (North Shore)—dismounted infantry
23. The West Nova Scotia Regiment—dismounted infantry
24. The Nova Scotia Highlanders—dismounted infantry
    • 1st Battalion The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North)—dismounted infantry
25. Le Régiment de Maisonneuve—dismounted infantry
26. The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa—dismounted infantry
27. The Royal Winnipeg Rifles—dismounted infantry
28. The Essex and Kent Scottish—dismounted infantry
29. 48th Highlanders of Canada—dismounted infantry
30. Le Régiment du Saguenay—dismounted infantry
31. The Cape Breton Highlanders—dismounted infantry
32. The Algonquin Regiment—dismounted infantry
33. The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)—dismounted infantry
34. The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment—dismounted infantry
35. The North Saskatchewan Regiment—dismounted infantry
36. The Royal Regina Rifles—dismounted infantry
37. The Rocky Mountain Rangers—dismounted infantry
38. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)—dismounted infantry
39. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada—dismounted infantry
40. The Royal Westminster Regiment—dismounted infantry
41. The Calgary Highlanders—dismounted infantry
42. Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke—dismounted infantry
43. The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada—dismounted infantry
44. The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)—dismounted infantry
45. The Royal Montreal Regiment—dismounted infantry
46. The Irish Regiment of Canada
    • 2nd Battalion The Irish Regiment of Canada—dismounted infantry^[1]
47. The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
48. Royal Newfoundland Regiment
    • 1st Battalion The Royal Newfoundland Regiment—dismounted infantry
    • 2nd Battalion The Royal Newfoundland Regiment—dismounted infantry

Canadian Military Engineers

Regular Force

• 1 Combat Engineer Regiment
• 2 Combat Engineer Regiment
• 4 Engineer Support Regiment
• 5 Combat Engineer Regiment

Reserve Force (Primary Reserve)

Regiments

• 31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgins)
• 32 Combat Engineer Regiment (formerly 2 Field Engineer Regiment)
• 33 Combat Engineer Regiment (formerly 3 Field Engineer Squadron)
• 34 Combat Engineer Regiment (formerly 3 Field Engineer Regiment)
• 35 Combat Engineer Regiment (formerly 10 Field Engineer Squadron)
• 39 Combat Engineer Regiment (Formed from the squadrons of 39 Canadian Brigade Group)
• 41 Combat Engineer Regiment (formerly 8 Field Engineer Regiment and 33 Field Engineer Squadron)

Independent squadrons

• 45 Engineer Squadron
• 56 Engineer Squadron
• 20 Engineer Squadron

Royal Canadian Artillery

Regular Force

• 1st Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
• 2nd Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
• 5^e Régiment d'artillerie légère du Canada
• 4th Air Defence Regiment, RCA

Reserve Force (Primary Reserve)

Regiments

• 1st (Halifax-Dartmouth) Field Artiller Regiment, RCA
• 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 5th (British Columbia) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 6th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 7th Toronto Regiment, RCA
• 10th Field Regiment, RCA
  • 64th (Yorkton) Field Battery, RCA
• 11th Field Regiment, RCA
• 15th Field Regiment, RCA
• 20th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 26th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 30th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 49th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
• 62nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
  • 81st Field Battery, RCA
  • 185th Field Battery, RCA
  • 186th Field Battery, RCA
• 1st Air Defence Regiment (Lanark and Renfrew Scottish), RCA

Independent Batteries

• 20th Independent Field Battery, RCA
• 84th Independent Field Battery, RCA
• 116th Independent Field Battery, RCA

Canadian Forces Medical Service

In 2004 the Canadian Forces Medical Service (CFMS) of the Canadian Forces underwent a reorganization. The army reserve units, which had formerly been titled medical companies (Med Coy), were renamed field ambulances (Fd Amb) to match the titles of the regular units. They had been designated as Field Ambulances previously, between 1906 and 1954. In addition, all regular and reserve army units were removed from the brigades and placed in a new formation under the Canadian Forces Health Services Group which is not part of the army:

Regular Force

• 1 Field Ambulance, Edmonton
• 2 Field Ambulance, Petawawa
• 5 Field Ambulance, Valcartier
• 1 Canadian Field Hospital, Petawawa

Reserve Force (Primary Reserve)

• CF Health Services Primary Reserve List, Ottawa
• 11 Field Ambulance, Victoria
• 12 Field Ambulance, Vancouver
• 15 Field Ambulance, Edmonton
• 16 Field Ambulance, Regina
• 17 Field Ambulance, Winnipeg
• 18 Field Ambulance, Thunder Bay
• 23 Field Ambulance, Hamilton, London, Windsor
• 25 Field Ambulance, Toronto
• 28 Field Ambulance, Ottawa
• 33 Field Ambulance, Halifax
• 35 Field Ambulance, Sydney, St. John's, Saint John
• 51 Field Ambulance, Montreal
• 52 Field Ambulance, Sherbrooke
• 55 Field Ambulance, Quebec City

Service Battalions

Regular Force

• 1 Service Battalion
• 2 Service Battalion
• 5 Service Battalion

Reserve Force (Primary Reserve)

• 31 (London, Windsor, Hamilton) Service Battalion
• 32 (Toronto) Service Battalion
• 33 (North Bay, Ottawa) Service Battalion
• 34 (Montréal) Service Battalion
• 35 (Québec) Service Battalion
• 36 (Halifax, Sydney) Service Battalion
• 37 (Saint John, St. John's) Service Battalion
• 38 (Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay) Service Battalion
• 39 (Victoria, Vancouver) Service Battalion
• 41 (Calgary, Edmonton) Service Battalion

Military Police Units

In 2006, the decision was taken to create Area-wide Military Police units within the Land Force. These units comprise all Regular and Reserve Force Army Military Police within each Land Force Area.

• 1 Military Police Unit, Edmonton
• 2 Military Police Unit, Toronto
• 3 Military Police Unit, Halifax
• 5 Military Police Unit, Montreal

Signals Units

Canadian Armed Forces portal

• 2 Area Support Group Signal Squadron - Petawawa
• 2 CMBG Headquarters & Signal Squadron - Petawawa

Notes

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