List of regiments of cavalry of the Canadian Militia (1900–1920)

This is a list of the named and numbered cavalry regiments of the Canadian Militia from around the start of 1900 until the Otter Commission reforms in 1920.

The full list is as follows:

Permanent Active Militia (Permanent Force)

Number Title Formed Changes Post 1920 Present successor
1 The Royal Canadian Dragoons 1883[1][2] N/A The Royal Canadian Dragoons Extant
2 Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) 1901 (as A Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles)[3][4]
  • 1903 (The Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles)
  • 1909 (Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians))
  • 1911 (Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians))
 Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Extant

Non-Permanent Active Militia

Number Title Formed Changes Post 1920 Present successor
1 The Governor General's Body Guard 1822[5][6] N/A The Governor General's Body Guard The Governor General's Horse Guards
2 1st Hussars 1856[7][8] N/A 1st Hussars Extant
3 2nd Dragoons 1872[9][10] N/A 2nd Dragoons 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA
4 3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons 1875[11][12] N/A 3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA
5 4th Hussars 1875[13][14] N/A 4th Hussars 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
6 5th Dragoons 1877[15][16] 1901 (Amalgamated into 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars) 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
7 5th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards 1872[17][18]
  • January 1903 (Full Regimental Status)
  • February 1903 (5th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)
 The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards
8 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars 1879[19][20] 1901 (Amalgamated with 5th Dragoons) 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
9 7th Hussars 1903[21][22] N/A 7th Hussars Sherbrooke Hussars
10 8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars 1848[23][24] N/A 8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
11 9th Mississauga Horse 1901 (as Toronto Mounted Rifles)[25][26]
  • 1903 (9th Toronto Light Horse)
  • 1905 (9th Mississauga Horse)
 The Ontario Mounted Rifles The Governor General's Horse Guards
12 10th Queen's Own Canadian Hussars 1856 (as The Queen's Own Canadian Hussars)[27][28]
  • 1903 (10th Queen's Own Canadian Hussars)
  • 1913 (Disbanded)
 N/A N/A
13 11th Hussars 1903[29][30] N/A 11th Hussars Sherbrooke Hussars
14 12th Manitoba Dragoons 1903[31][32] N/A 12th Manitoba Dragoons 12th Manitoba Dragoons
15 13th Scottish Light Dragoons 1904[33][34] N/A 13th Scottish Light Dragoons N/A
16 14th King's Canadian Hussars 1874[35]
  • 1903 (King's Canadian Hussars - Full Regimental Status)
  • 1904 (14th King's Canadian Hussars)
 The King's (Nova Scotia) Mounted Rifles 87th Field Battery, RCA

88th Field Battery, RCA

17 15th Light Horse 1905[36] N/A 15th Canadian Light Horse South Alberta Light Horse
18 16th Light Horse 1905 (as 16th Mounted Rifles)[37] N/A 16th Canadian Light Horse The North Saskatchewan Regiment
19 The 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars "Argenteuil Rangers" 1897[38]
  • 1907 (Full Regimental Status -  17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars)
  • 1912 (The 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (Argenteuil Rangers)
 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
20 18th Manitoba Mounted Rifles 1907[39] N/A The Manitoba Mounted Rifles 118th Medium Battery, RCA
21 19th Alberta Dragoons 1908 (as 19th Alberta Mounted Rifles)[40] 1911 (19th Alberta Dragoons) 19th Alberta Dragoons South Alberta Light Horse
22 20th Border Horse 1908 (as 20th Mounted Rifles)[41][42] 1910 (20th Border Horse) The Border Horse 12th Manitoba Dragoons
23 21st Alberta Hussars 1908[43] N/A The Alberta Mounted Rifles South Alberta Light Horse
24 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse 1908 (as Saskatchewan Light Horse)[44] April 1908 (22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse) The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles The North Saskatchewan Regiment
25 23rd Alberta Rangers 1906 (as The Alberta Rangers)[45] 1908 (23rd Alberta Rangers) The Alberta Mounted Rifles South Alberta Light Horse
26 24th Regiment Grey's Horse 1908[46] N/A 9th (Grey's) Horse N/A
27 25th Brant Dragoons 1909[47][48] N/A 10th Brant Dragoons 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA
28 26th Stanstead Dragoons 1910 (as 26th Canadian Horse (Stanstead Dragoons))[49][50] 1912 (26th Stanstead Dragoons) The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles 27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA
29 27th Light Horse 1910[51] N/A 14th Canadian Light Horse 14th Canadian Hussars
30 28th New Brunswick Dragoons 1911[52] N/A The New Brunswick Dragoons The Royal New Brunswick Regiment
31 29th Light Horse 1911[53] N/A 18th Canadian Light Horse 65th Field Battery, RCA
32 30th Regiment British Columbia Horse 1908 (as British Columbia Horse)[54][55]
  • 1911 (1st Regiment, British Columbia Horse)
  • 1912 (30th Regiment British Columbia Horse)
 The British Columbia Mounted Rifles The British Columbia Dragoons
33 31st Regiment British Columbia Horse 1908 (as British Columbia Horse)[56]
  • 1911 (2nd Regiment, British Columbia Horse)
  • 1912 (31st Regiment British Columbia Horse)
 5th British Columbia Light Horse
34 32nd Manitoba Horse 1912 (as 32nd Light Horse)[57][58] November 1912 (32nd Manitoba Horse) The Manitoba Horse The Fort Garry Horse
35 33rd Vaudreuil & Soulanges Hussars 1912[50] 1914 (Disbanded) N/A N/A
36 34th Fort Garry Horse 1912 (as 34th Regiment of Cavalry)[59][60] 1913 (34th Fort Garry Horse) The Fort Garry Horse The Fort Garry Horse
37 35th Central Alberta Horse 1913[61] N/A N/A N/A
38 36th Prince Edward Island Light Horse 1901 (as L Squadron, Prince Edward Island Mounted Rifles)[62][63]
  • October 1901 (L Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles)
  • 1903 (Prince Edward Island Light Horse)
  • February 1914 (Full Regimental Status)
  • April 1914 (36th Prince Edward Island Light Horse)
 The Prince Edward Island Light Horse The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)
39 Victoria Independent Squadron 1914[50] N/A The British Columbia Mounted Rifles The British Columbia Dragoons

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External links

  • Guide to Sources Relating to the Canadian Militia (Infantry, Cavalry, Armored)
  • The Cavalry Regiments of the Canadian Forces: The Volunteer Militia from 1872 -1920
  • Cavalry Regiments 1900-1913
  • Cavalry Regiments 1914-1939