Royal Canadian Infantry Corps

The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps is the infantry corps of the Canadian Army and includes regular and reserve force regiments.

Originally formed as the Canadian Infantry Corps on 2 September 1942 to encompass all existing infantry regiments, including regiments of foot guards, in the Canadian Army. The corps was granted its "royal" designation in 1947 and was designated Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 30 April 1947 to be redesignated The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 22 March 1948 and revert to Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 17 February 1964.

The badge of the Infantry Branch consists of Argent three maple leaves conjoined on one stem within an annulus Gules fimbriated and inscribed INFANTRY • INFANTERIE in letters Or, the whole ensigned by the Royal Crown proper set above a scroll Or inscribed with the Motto in letters Sable and surmounted by two rifles in saltire Or. The three maple leaves conjoined on one stem, taken from the Royal Arms of Canada, represent service to Canada, and the Crown, service to the Sovereign. The crossed rifles denote infantry and have been used in badges of infantry units as well as of the officer cadet programme. Red and white are the national colours of Canada. "INFANTRY" and "INFANTERIE" are a form of the bilingual branch title and "DUCIMUS“ is the motto of the corps.

In 1968, with the unification of the Canadian Army into the Canadian Armed Forces, the name of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps was changed to simply the "Infantry Branch". As of April 2013, the traditional designation "Royal Canadian Infantry Corps" has been officially restored. Today, the administration and training of both the regular and reserve infantry that form part of the Canadian Army is the responsibility of the Infantry School, which runs officer classification courses as well as NCO and Warrant Officer trades training at CFB Gagetown.



Regular Force
Note: each regular force regiment retains a parachute company in its respective 3rd battalion.
 * 1) The Royal Canadian Regiment
 * 2) *1st Battalion (CFB Petawawa) - Mechanized Infantry
 * 3) *2nd Battalion (CFB Gagetown) - Mechanized Infantry
 * 4) *3rd Battalion (CFB Petawawa) - Light Infantry (Parachute Company, Air Assault Company, Mountain Ops Company)
 * 5) Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
 * 6) *1st Battalion (CFB Edmonton) - Mechanized Infantry
 * 7) *2nd Battalion (CFB Shilo) - Mechanized Infantry
 * 8) *3rd Battalion (CFB Edmonton) - Light Infantry (Parachute Company, Air Assault Company, Mountain Ops Company)
 * 9) Royal 22e Régiment
 * 10) *1er Bataillon (CFB Valcartier) - Mechanized Infantry
 * 11) *2e Bataillon (Quebec City) - Mechanized Infantry
 * 12) *3e Bataillon (CFB Valcartier) - Light Infantry (Parachute Company, Air Assault Company, Mountain Ops Company)

After the Second World War the infantry was expanded to meet Canada's global responsibilities as part of NATO. Initially, the militia regiments provided men to a number of composite battalions:
 * 1st and 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalions
 * 1st and 2nd Canadian Rifle Battalions
 * 1st and 2nd Canadian Highland Battalions

In 1953 it was decided that the composite battalions would be regimented. The two Canadian Infantry battalions were amalgamated with the 3rd Battalions of both The Royal Canadian Regiment and Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry to form a new, four battalion regiment of foot guards, the Canadian Guards. The Rifle and Highland battalions were regimented by forming Regular Force units of the senior rifle and highland regiments of the Militia, the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.


 * The Canadian Guards
 * 1st Battalion - 1953-1968 (3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment)
 * 2nd Battalion - 1953-1970 (3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
 * 3rd Battalion - 1953-1957 (1st Canadian Infantry Battalion)
 * 4th Battalion - 1953-1957 (2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion)
 * The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
 * 1st Battalion - 1953-1970 (1st Canadian Rifle Battalion)
 * 2nd Battalion - 1953-1968 (2nd Canadian Rifles Battalion)
 * The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
 * 1st Battalion - 1953-1970 (1st Canadian Highland Battalion)
 * 2nd Battalion - 1953-1970 (2nd Canadian Highland Battalion)
 * The Canadian Airborne Regiment - 1968-1995

Primary Reserve

 * 1) Governor General's Foot Guards
 * 2) The Canadian Grenadier Guards
 * 3) The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
 * 4) The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada
 * 5) Les Voltigeurs de Québec
 * 6) The Royal Regiment of Canada
 * 7) The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)
 * 8) The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment
 * 9) Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
 * 10) The Lincoln and Welland Regiment
 * 11) The Royal Canadian Regiment
 * 12) *4th Battalion
 * 13) Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada
 * 14) The Grey and Simcoe Foresters
 * 15) The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)
 * 16) The Brockville Rifles
 * 17) Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
 * 18) Les Fusiliers du St-Laurent
 * 19) Le Régiment de la Chaudière
 * 20) Royal 22e Régiment
 * 21) *4th Battalion
 * 22) *6th Battalion
 * 23) Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
 * 24) The Princess Louise Fusiliers
 * 25) Royal New Brunswick Regiment
 * 26) *1st Battalion
 * 27) The West Nova Scotia Regiment
 * 28) The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
 * 29) The Nova Scotia Highlanders
 * 30) Le Régiment de Maisonneuve
 * 31) The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)
 * 32) The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
 * 33) The Essex and Kent Scottish
 * 34) 48th Highlanders of Canada
 * 35) Le Régiment du Saguenay
 * 36) The Cape Breton Highlanders
 * 37) The Algonquin Regiment
 * 38) The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
 * 39) The Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
 * 40) The North Saskatchewan Regiment
 * 41) The Royal Regina Rifles
 * 42) The Rocky Mountain Rangers
 * 43) The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
 * 44) Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
 * 45) The Royal Westminster Regiment
 * 46) The Calgary Highlanders
 * 47) Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
 * 48) The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
 * 49) The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
 * 50) Royal Montreal Regiment
 * 51) The Irish Regiment of Canada
 * 52) *2nd Battalion
 * 53) The Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's Own)
 * 54) Royal Newfoundland Regiment
 * 55) *1st Battalion
 * 56) *2nd Battalion

Supplementary Order of Battle
Regiments on the Supplementary Order of Battle legally exist but have no personnel or materiel.
 * 1) The Canadian Guards
 * 2) Victoria Rifles of Canada
 * 3) The Royal Rifles of Canada
 * 4) Le Régiment de Joliette
 * 5) The Perth Regiment
 * 6) The South Saskatchewan Regiment
 * 7) The Winnipeg Grenadiers
 * 8) The Yukon Regiment