# 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 | N/A | The Royal Canadian Dragoons | Extant |
| 2 | Lord 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 successor |
| 1 | The Governor General's Body Guard | 1822 | N/A | The Governor General's Body Guard | The Governor General's Horse Guards |
| 2 | 1st Hussars | 1856 | N/A | 1st Hussars | Extant |
| 3 | 2nd Dragoons | 1872 | N/A | 2nd Dragoons | 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA |
| 4 | 3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons | 1875 | N/A | 3rd Prince of Wales' Canadian Dragoons | 50th Field Artillery Regiment (The Prince of Wales Rangers), RCA |
| 5 | 4th Hussars | 1875 | N/A | 4th Hussars | 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards |
| 6 | 5th Dragoons | 1877 | 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 | 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 | 1901 (Amalgamated with 5th Dragoons) | 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars | The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) |
| 9 | 7th Hussars | 1903 | N/A | 7th Hussars | Sherbrooke Hussars |
| 10 | 8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars | 1848 | N/A | 8th Princess Louise's New Brunswick Hussars | 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) |
| 11 | 9th Mississauga Horse | 1901 (as Toronto Mounted Rifles) | 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) | 1903 (10th Queen's Own Canadian Hussars) 1913 (Disbanded) | N/A | N/A |
| 13 | 11th Hussars | 1903 | N/A | 11th Hussars | Sherbrooke Hussars |
| 14 | 12th Manitoba Dragoons | 1903 | N/A | 12th Manitoba Dragoons | 12th Manitoba Dragoons |
| 15 | 13th Scottish Light Dragoons | 1904 | N/A | 13th Scottish Light Dragoons | N/A |
| 16 | 14th King's Canadian Hussars | 1874 | 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 | N/A | 15th Canadian Light Horse | South Alberta Light Horse |
| 18 | 16th Light Horse | 1905 (as 16th Mounted Rifles) | N/A | 16th Canadian Light Horse | The North Saskatchewan Regiment |
| 19 | The 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 Hussars | The Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) |
| 20 | 18th Manitoba Mounted Rifles | 1907 | N/A | The Manitoba Mounted Rifles | 118th Medium Battery, RCA |
| 21 | 19th Alberta Dragoons | 1908 (as 19th Alberta Mounted Rifles) | 1911 (19th Alberta Dragoons) | 19th Alberta Dragoons | South Alberta Light Horse |
| 22 | 20th Border Horse | 1908 (as 20th Mounted Rifles) | 1910 (20th Border Horse) | The Border Horse | 12th Manitoba Dragoons |
| 23 | 21st Alberta Hussars | 1908 | N/A | The Alberta Mounted Rifles | South Alberta Light Horse |
| 24 | 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse | 1908 (as Saskatchewan Light Horse) | April 1908 (22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse) | The Saskatchewan Mounted Rifles | The North Saskatchewan Regiment |
| 25 | 23rd Alberta Rangers | 1906 (as The Alberta Rangers) | 1908 (23rd Alberta Rangers) | The Alberta Mounted Rifles | South Alberta Light Horse |
| 26 | 24th Regiment Grey's Horse | 1908 | N/A | 9th (Grey's) Horse | N/A |
| 27 | 25th Brant Dragoons | 1909 | N/A | 10th Brant Dragoons | 57th Field Artillery Regiment (2nd/10th Dragoons), RCA |
| 28 | 26th Stanstead Dragoons | 1910 (as 26th Canadian Horse (Stanstead Dragoons)) | 1912 (26th Stanstead Dragoons) | The Eastern Townships Mounted Rifles | 27th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA |
| 29 | 27th Light Horse | 1910 | N/A | 14th Canadian Light Horse | 14th Canadian Hussars |
| 30 | 28th New Brunswick Dragoons | 1911 | N/A | The New Brunswick Dragoons | The Royal New Brunswick Regiment |
| 31 | 29th Light Horse | 1911 | N/A | 18th Canadian Light Horse | 65th Field Battery, RCA |
| 32 | 30th Regiment British Columbia Horse | 1908 (as British Columbia Horse) | 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) | 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) | November 1912 (32nd Manitoba Horse) | The Manitoba Horse | The Fort Garry Horse |
| 35 | 33rd Vaudreuil & Soulanges Hussars | 1912 | 1914 (Disbanded) | N/A | N/A |
| 36 | 34th Fort Garry Horse | 1912 (as 34th Regiment of Cavalry) | 1913 (34th Fort Garry Horse) | The Fort Garry Horse | The Fort Garry Horse |
| 37 | 35th Central Alberta Horse | 1913 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 38 | 36th Prince Edward Island Light Horse | 1901 (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 Horse | The Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC) |
| 39 | Victoria Independent Squadron | 1914 | N/A | The British Columbia Mounted Rifles | The British Columbia Dragoons |