British Regiments in Canada

British Regiments in Canada - Deployment

Regiments of Foot Deployment by Geographic Region and Date

Updated April 5 2021

This page provides a rough guide to general dates and deployments of various British military units from 1641 to 1870 within North America, including the "West Indies" (Caribbean). The table is divided into grids showing both elements. . Please note the following:

Only Regiments which were stationed with British North America to 1870 are covered
Primary stations are identified. If a unit moved through a number of stations then they have been placed under "Canada"
Units based in the Caribbean and what was to become the USA (to 1782) are not identifed by specific station at this time.
Regiments can be reported in more than one area within a time period due to transfer or split battalion assignments
For a more detailed summary of each regiment's history see the Regimental Pages
Dragoons, Guards and Corps (Royal Sappers, Royal Artillery) are not specified due to the "attached" nature of their deployments

**Regiments of Foot Deployment by Geographic Region and Date**
	Ontario	Quebec	Atlantic	Canada	USA	Caribbean
Era	includes Canada West, Upper Canada	includes Canada East, Lower Canada	includes Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island	General deployments covering multiple stations	All deployments prior to 1783	including West Indies, Barbados, Bermuda and Cuba
1641 to 1755		2 - 11 - 36	6 - 28 - 29 -30 -32- 40 - 45 - 47 -55 - 59		48 - 59
1756 to 1763 Seven Years War/ French and Indian War 1757 Deployments		1- 15 -17 -27 - 28 - 40 - 42 - 43 - 47 - 48 - 58 - 60	1 - 17 - 22 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 40 - 43 - 45 - 48 - 60	35 - 44 - 55 - 78 - 80	34 - 44 - 46 - 77 - 94	15 - 27 - 28 - 35 - 40 - 42 - 43 - 47 - 48 - 58 - 60 - 63 - 94
1764 to 1783 American Revolution (1775-1783)	8 - 9	7 - 20 - 21 - 26 - 31 - 84	18 - 64 - 74	27 - 29 - 34 - 52 - 53 - 55 - 69	3 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 10 - 14 - 15 - 16 -17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 30 - 31 - 33 - 35 - 37 - 38 - 40 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 52 - 54 - 55 - 57 - 59 - 60 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 71 - 76 - 80 - 82 - 83 -	3 - 6 - 14 - 27 - 28 - 46 - 48 - 49 - 50 -55 - 60
1784 to 1811		49	4 - 8 - 16 - 17 - 21 - 23 - 29 - 42 - 57 - 84	5 - 6 - 7 - 24 - 26 - 29 - 31 - 34 - 38 - 44 - 47 -53 - 54 - 66 - 70 - 82 -100		8 - 19 - 23 - 40 - 46 - 60 - 64 - 82 - 95 -96 - 98 - 99 - 101 - 102
1812 to 1818 War of 1812 (1812-1814)	1 - 3 - 6 - 37 - 41 - 49 - 57 - 62 - 70 - 82 - 89 - 100	13 - 27 - 39 - 41 - 58 - 88 - 90	4 - 21 - 29 - 60 - 62 - 64 - 93 - 98 - 102	5 - 8 - 9 - 16 - 76 - 81 - 95 - 97 - 99 - 101 - 103 - 104	21 - 40 - 43 - 44 - 85 - 93	60 - 90
1819 to 1830	70	15 - 37 - 66	52 - 60 - 96	65 - 68 - 71 - 76 - 74 - 79		37 - 60 - 65 - 74 - 81
1831 to 1854 1838 Rebellion			8 - 14 - 42 - 56 - 64 - 72 - 76	1 - 6 - 10 - 11 - 15 - 16 - 19 - 20 - 24 - 26 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 43 - 46 - 52 - 54 - 60 - 66 - 67 - 68 - 69 - 70 - 71 - 73 - 77 - 79 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 85 - 88 - 89 - 93 - 97 -		20 - 26 - 33 - 36 - 38 - 42 - 46 - 52 - 54 - 60 - 66 - 67 - 70 - 71 - 74 - 76 - 77 - 88 - 89 - 93 -
1855 to 1870 Trent Affair 1861 Confederation 1867 Regiments withdrawl 1866-1870			2 - 61 - 63 - 76 - 84 - 87	7 - 9 - 12 - 15 - 16 -17 - 19 - 20 - 23 - 26 - 29 - 32 - 39 - 47 - 53 - 60 - 62 - 65 - 66 - 69 - 76 - 78 - 96 - 97 - Rifle Brigade (ex-95)		15 - 16 - 19 - 20 - 26 - 29 - 39 - 47 - 61 - 65 - 69 - 84