The Canadian Active Service Force
Raised 1940
Units Mobilized 24 May 1940
Corps and Army Troops:
3rd, 4th Pioneer Battalions, RCE - Formation Delayed
3rd, 4th Road Construction Companies, RCE - Not Formed
Internal Security Formations:
16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse - Lloydminster, Saskatchewan (To 10th Brigade 1 August 1940)
The Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment - Sherbrooke, PQ
The Royal Rifles of Canada (Mobilized in late June 1940) - Quebec, PQ (To Newfoundland in November 1940)
The Victoria Rifles of Canada (Mobilized in July 1940) - Montreal, PQ (To Newfoundland in November 1940)
The Midland Regiment (Northumberland and Durham) - Cobourg, Ontario
The Kent Regiment - Chatham, Ontario
The Algonquin Regiment - North Bay, Ontario
The Edmonton Fusiliers M-G - Edmonton, Alberta
13th Canadian Infantry Brigade - Niagara Peninsula
The Dufferin and Halimand Rifles (Mobilized July 1940)
The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Mobilized 23 June 1940)
The Lincoln and Welland Regiment (Mobilized 23 June 1940)
Field Formations:
3rd Canadian Infantry Division
12th Field Regiment, RCA (16th/43rd, 11th/69th Field Batteries)
13th Field Regiment, RCA (44th/62nd, 22nd/78th Field Batteries)
14th Field Regiment, RCA (32nd/34th, 66th/81st Field Batteries)
3rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA (4th, 94th, 52nd, 105th Anti-Tank Batteries)
6th, 16th, 18th Field Companies, RCE
3rd Field Park Company, RCE
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (To 9th Brigade 1 August 1940)
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa M-G (Mobilized 1/9/39. To Iceland 7 July 1940)
1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish
7th Canadian Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
Le Régiment de la Chaudière Regiment (Mobilized 1/9/39 with 1st Division)
The Regina Rifles (To 7th Brigade in September 1940)
8th Canadian Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
The Queen's Own Rifles (10 August 1940 to Newfoundland. On return in December 1940 to 8th Brigade)
The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
4th Canadian Infantry Division
15th Field Regiment, RCA (41st/102nd, 3rd/47th Field Batteries)
16th Field Regiment, RCA (24th/75th, 87th/88th Field Batteries)
17th Field Regiment, RCA (60th/76th, 37th Field Batteries)
4th Anti-Tank Regiment, RCA (98th, 24th, 52nd, 105th Anti-Tank Batteries)
8th, 9th, 10th Field Company, RCE
4th Field Park Company, RCE
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The British Columbia Regiment
The South Alberta Regiment
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles (1 August 1940 to 7th Brigade and replaced by16th/22nd Saskatchewan Horse)
10th Canadian Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
11th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The Lake Superior Regiment
The Irish Regiment of Canada
The Elgin Regiment
11th Canadian Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
12th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The Governor General's Foot Guards
The Canadian Grenadier Guards
The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
12th Canadian Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
Artillery Units:
5th Light AA Battery, RCA - Formed in United Kingdom
3rd Light AA Regiment, RCA (38th, 16th, 17th Light AA Batteries) - Mobilized 28 September 1940 for 2nd Division
Units Mobilized July 1940
1st Motorcycle Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons/Lord Strathcona's Horse) - 6 July 1940
2nd Motorcycle Regiment (The Governor General's Horse Guards) - 24 May 1940
3rd Motorcycle Regiment (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars) - 6 July 1940
4th Motorcycle Regiment (8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars) - July 1940
5th Motorcycle Regiment (The British Columbia Dragoons) - 24 May 1940
Units Mobilized 13 August 1940 - 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade
HQ 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade - Raised at Camp Borden to train and administer armoured units in Canada
1st Mechanized Cavalry Regiment (1st Hussars) - From 1st Division
The Fort Garry Horse - From 2nd Division
The Ontario Regiment (Tank) - From Army Troops
The Three Rivers Regiment (Tank) - From Army Troops
The Royal Canadian Dragoons (Armoured Cars) - Attached from 21 September 1940 - Permanent Force
Lord Strathcona's Horse - Attached from 15 November 1940 - Permanent Force