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 successor1The Royal Canadian Dragoons1883N/AThe Royal Canadian DragoonsExtant2Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)1901 (as A Squadron, Canadian Mounted Rifles) 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 successor1The Governor General's Body Guard1822N/AThe Governor General's Body GuardThe Governor General's Horse Guards21st Hussars1856N/A1st HussarsExtant32nd Dragoons1872N/A2nd Dragoons57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA43rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons1875N/A3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA54th Hussars1875N/A4th Hussars4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards65th Dragoons18771901 (Amalgamated into 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars)6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian HussarsThe Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)75th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards1872 January 1903 (Full Regimental Status) February 1903 (5th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards)The Princess Louise Dragoon Guards4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards86th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars18791901 (Amalgamated with 5th Dragoons)6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian HussarsThe Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)97th Hussars1903N/A7th HussarsSherbrooke Hussars108th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars1848N/A8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)119th Mississauga Horse1901 (as Toronto Mounted Rifles) 1903 (9th Toronto Light Horse) 1905 (9th Mississauga Horse)The Ontario Mounted RiflesThe Governor General's Horse Guards1210th Queen's Own Canadian Hussars1856 (as The Queen's Own Canadian Hussars) 1903 (10th Queen's Own Canadian Hussars) 1913 (Disbanded)N/AN/A1311th Hussars1903N/A11th HussarsSherbrooke Hussars1412th Manitoba Dragoons1903N/A12th Manitoba Dragoons12th Manitoba Dragoons1513th Scottish Light Dragoons1904N/A13th Scottish Light DragoonsN/A1614th King's Canadian Hussars1874 1903 (King's Canadian Hussars - Full Regimental Status) 1904 (14th King's Canadian Hussars)The King's (Nova Scotia) Mounted Rifles87th Field Battery, RCA 88th Field Battery, RCA1715th Light Horse1905N/A15th Canadian Light HorseSouth Alberta Light Horse1816th Light Horse1905 (as 16th Mounted Rifles)N/A16th Canadian Light HorseThe North Saskatchewan Regiment19The 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars "Argenteuil Rangers"1897 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 HussarsThe Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)2018th Manitoba Mounted Rifles1907N/AThe Manitoba Mounted Rifles118th Medium Battery, RCA2119th Alberta Dragoons1908 (as 19th Alberta Mounted Rifles)1911 (19th Alberta Dragoons)19th Alberta DragoonsSouth Alberta Light Horse2220th Border Horse1908 (as 20th Mounted Rifles)1910 (20th Border Horse)The Border Horse12th Manitoba Dragoons2321st Alberta Hussars1908N/AThe Alberta Mounted RiflesSouth Alberta Light Horse2422nd Saskatchewan Light Horse1908 (as Saskatchewan Light Horse)April 1908 (22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse)The Saskatchewan Mounted RiflesThe North Saskatchewan Regiment2523rd Alberta Rangers1906 (as The Alberta Rangers)1908 (23rd Alberta Rangers)The Alberta Mounted RiflesSouth Alberta Light Horse2624th Regiment Grey's Horse1908N/A9th (Grey's) HorseN/A2725th Brant Dragoons1909N/A10th Brant Dragoons57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA2826th Stanstead Dragoons1910 (as 26th Canadian Horse (Stanstead Dragoons))1912 (26th Stanstead Dragoons)The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA2927th Light Horse1910N/A14th Canadian Light Horse14th Canadian Hussars3028th New Brunswick Dragoons1911N/AThe New Brunswick DragoonsThe Royal New Brunswick Regiment3129th Light Horse1911N/A18th Canadian Light Horse65th Field Battery, RCA3230th Regiment British Columbia Horse1908 (as British Columbia Horse) 1911 (1st Regiment, British Columbia Horse) 1912 (30th Regiment British Columbia Horse)The British Columbia Mounted RiflesThe British Columbia Dragoons3331st Regiment British Columbia Horse1908 (as British Columbia Horse) 1911 (2nd Regiment, British Columbia Horse) 1912 (31st Regiment British Columbia Horse)5th British Columbia Light Horse3432nd Manitoba Horse1912 (as 32nd Light Horse)November 1912 (32nd Manitoba Horse)The Manitoba HorseThe Fort Garry Horse3533rd Vaudreuil & Soulanges Hussars19121914 (Disbanded)N/AN/A3634th Fort Garry Horse1912 (as 34th Regiment of Cavalry)1913 (34th Fort Garry Horse)The Fort Garry HorseThe Fort Garry Horse3735th Central Alberta Horse1913N/AN/AN/A3836th Prince Edward Island Light Horse1901 (as L Squadron, Prince Edward Island Mounted Rifles) 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 HorseThe Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)39Victoria Independent Squadron1914N/AThe British Columbia Mounted RiflesThe British Columbia Dragoons
References
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