List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients

The following is a list of Canadian
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recipients of the Victoria Cross
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, the highest war honour of the British Empire

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and the Commonwealth of Nations

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. The Victoria Cross of Canada

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(Post-nominal letters

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"VC") is a military award for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty while facing a hostile force. It can be awarded to members of the Canadian Forces

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of any rank in any service, and to allies serving under or with Canadian military command; it is the highest honour in the Canadian honours system, placed before all other orders, decorations and medals, including the Order of Canada

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, in the Order of Precedence

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. As of 1993 Canadians were no longer eligible for the British Victoria Cross, for the medal was replaced with a new Canadian Victoria Cross

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—it has yet to be awarded. In appearance the new one is identical to the British medal, but the words are in Latin

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instead of English

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, as a compromise since both French

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and English could not easily fit on the medal.

The Victoria Cross has been presented to 94 Canadians, or people closely associated with Canada, between its creation soon after the Crimean War

Crimean War

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and 1993 when the Canadian Victoria Cross

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was instituted. However, no Canadian has received either honour since 1945. Newfoundlanders

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who were awarded the Victoria Cross prior to 1949 are listed under List of Newfoundlander Victoria Cross recipients as it was a separate colony and dominion until this date. The majority of Canadian recipients were awarded the medal for actions in the First World War with 71 awards. 16 recipients achieved the award for actions in the Second World War. The remaining recipients were for actions in the Battle of Balaclava

Battle of Balaclava

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, the Indian rebellion of 1857

Indian Rebellion of 1857

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and the Second Boer War

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. The last living Canadian recipient of the British VC, "Smokey" Smith

Ernest Smith

Ernest Alvia Smith, VC, CM, OBC, CD was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...

, died in August 2005.

According to historian Arthur Bishop, between the inception of the Victoria Cross in 1856 until the end of the Second World War in 1945, Canadians were awarded more Victoria Crosses per capita than any other nationality in the British Empire

British Empire

Recipients

Name	Date of action	Conflict	Unit	Place of action	Province of Origin	Notes
	1918*	First World War	20th Battalion, CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single...	Cambrai, France	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
	1918	First World War	No. 201 Squadron RAF No. 201 Squadron RAF No. 201 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, until March 2010, operated the Nimrod MR2, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray. It is the only squadron affiliated with Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. This affiliation started in 1935 and is commemorated in the museum on Castle Cornet. Its history goes even...	Forêt de Mormal Forêt de Mormal The Forêt de Mormal is a forest in France, near the Franco-Belgian border. It is best known to the British for its role in the retreat from Mons in August 1914. Its lack of passable roads forced I and II Corps of the British army to divide and the two corps did not reunite for some days.- External... , France	Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
	1917	First World War	3rd Battalion, CEF 3rd Battalion, CEF The 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War.It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from Toronto....	Passchendaele, Belgium	Ontario
	1944*	Second World War	No. 115 Squadron RAF No. 115 Squadron RAF No. 115 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron during World War I. It was then equipped with Handley Page O/400 heavy bombers. During World War II the squadron served as a bomber squadron and after the war it flew in a similar role till 1958, when it was engaged as a radio calibration unit...	Trossy St. Maximin, France	Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
	1915	First World War	7th Battalion, CEF 7th Battalion, CEF The 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War. It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from British Columbia. The battalion set off for England on board the Virginian berthed in Quebec. They arrived in...	Kerselaere, Belgium	British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
	1917*	First World War	The Leicestershire Regiment	Polygon Wood, Belgium	Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
	1917	First World War	No. 60 Squadron RAF No. 60 Squadron RAF No. 60 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Gosport. It is currently part of the Defence Helicopter Flying School based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire....	Cambrai, France	Ontario
	1918	First World War	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	Ostend, Belgium	British Columbia
	1918	First World War	8th Battalion, CEF	Amiens, France	Manitoba
	1918*	First World War	22nd Battalion, CEF Royal 22e Régiment The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...	Meharicourt, France	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
	1917*	First World War	10th Battalion, CEF	Loos, France	Ontario
	1918*	First World War	46th Battalion, CEF	Valenciennes, France	Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
	1915*	First World War	1st Battalion, CEF	Givenchy, France	Ontario
	1916*	First World War	2nd Battalion 2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion, CEF The 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was created in response to the First World War. The battalion comprised local militia in many regions of Ontario . Men came from as far away as Sault Ste. Marie to join in Canada’s military endeavor...	Pozieres, France	Manitoba
	1918	First World War	24th Battalion, CEF	Fresnes, France	Quebec
	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Ontario
	1917*	First World War	27th Battalion, CEF 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, CEF The 27th City of Winnipeg Battalion was the first independent battalion to be raised in Manitoba in the First World War. Officially it was not given a name and fell among the many nameless Canadian battalions raised to conform with the new numbering system introduced by Col...	Acheville, France	Saskatchewan
	1918	First World War	8th Battalion, CEF	Hackett Woods, France	Manitoba
	1945*	Second World War	The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada is a militia regiment within the Canadian Forces, based in Toronto, Ontario. The regiment is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. It is the only Primary Reserve regiment in Canada to have a parachute role. The regiment consists of the reserve...	Mooshof, Germany	Ontario
	1918*	First World War	13th Battalion, CEF 13th Battalion, CEF The 13th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was an active service battalion during the First World War....	Amiens, France	Nova Scotia
	1918	First World War	London Regiment London Regiment The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform. The Volunteer Force was merged with the Yeomanry in 1908...	Jordan, Palestine	Manitoba
	1944	Second World War	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Royal Canadian Armoured Corps The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps is the armoured branch of service of the Canadian Army, including regular force and reserve regiments.-History:...	Battle of Falaise, France	Sakatchewan
	1918*	First World War	Royal Irish Rifles	Groagie, France	Alberta
	1918	First World War	42nd Battalion, CEF	Parvillers, France	Rungsted, Denmark
	1867	Bravery at Sea	24th Regiment of Foot	Little Andaman, India	Ontario
	1854	Battle of Balaclava	33rd Regiment of Foot	Balaclava, Crimea	Ontario
	1915*	First World War	13th Battalion, CEF 13th Battalion, CEF The 13th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was an active service battalion during the First World War....	St. Julien, Belgium	Ontario
	1918*	First World War	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Lord Strathcona's Horse is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of Land Force Western Area's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group...	Bois de Moreuil, France	British Columbia
	1942	Second World War	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	Dieppe, France	Ontario
	1918	First World War	13th Battalion, CEF 13th Battalion, CEF The 13th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was an active service battalion during the First World War....	Hangard Wood, France	New Brunswick
	1945*	Second World War	Fleet Air Arm Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...	Honshū, Japan	British Columbia
	1918	First World War	Royal Canadian Regiment	Cambrai, France	New Brunswick
	1915*	First World War	27th Battalion, CEF 27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, CEF The 27th City of Winnipeg Battalion was the first independent battalion to be raised in Manitoba in the First World War. Officially it was not given a name and fell among the many nameless Canadian battalions raised to conform with the new numbering system introduced by Col...	Ypres, Belgium	Manitoba
	1857	Indian rebellion of 1857	HMS Shannon HMS Shannon (1855) HMS Shannon was a Liffey-class steam frigate of the Royal Navy.She was originally ordered as a sail driven Leander-class frigate,. but was re-ordered as screw frigate on 4 April 1851. She was built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 24 November 1855...	Lucknow, India	Nova Scotia
	1917	First World War	29th Battalion, CEF	Lens, France	British Columbia
	1917	First World War	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Lord Strathcona's Horse is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of Land Force Western Area's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group...	Guyencourt, France	Alberta
	1917*	First World War	1st Battalion	Lens, France	Ontario
	1944	Second World War	Royal Lincolnshire Regiment	Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar)	British Columbia
	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Ontario
	1917	First World War	2nd Battalion 2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion, CEF The 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was created in response to the First World War. The battalion comprised local militia in many regions of Ontario . Men came from as far away as Sault Ste. Marie to join in Canada’s military endeavor...	Passchendaele, Belgium	Ontario
	1918*	First World War	78th Battalion, CEF	Bourlon Wood, France	Ontario
	1944	Second World War	No. 162 Squadron RCAF No. 162 Squadron RCAF Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron at RCAF Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 19, 1942 with Canso A aircraft, the squadron spent an uneventful eighteen months on East Coast anti-submarine duty...	Faroes, Atlantic	Ontario
	1918	First World War	75th Battalion, CEF 75th Battalion, CEF The 75th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was formed on 1 July 1915 and was awarded Sixteen Battle Honours for its service during WW I. It was renamed The Mississauga Regiment in 1920 and The Toronto Scottish Regiment in 1921....	Arras, France	Ontario
	1918*	First World War	22nd Battalion, CEF Royal 22e Régiment The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...	Neuville-Vitasse, France	Quebec
	1918	First World War	3rd Battalion, CEF	Bourlon Wood, France	Ontario
	1916	First World War	49th Battalion, CEF The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) The Loyal Edmonton Regiment , or LER, is a Primary Reserve infantry unit of the Canadian Forces based in Edmonton, Alberta. The LER is part of Land Force Western Area's 41 Canadian Brigade Group...	Courcelette, France	Nova Scotia
	1917	First World War	49th Battalion, CEF The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) The Loyal Edmonton Regiment , or LER, is a Primary Reserve infantry unit of the Canadian Forces based in Edmonton, Alberta. The LER is part of Land Force Western Area's 41 Canadian Brigade Group...	Passchendaele, Belgium	Alberta
	1918*	First World War	10th Battalion, CEF	Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France	Alberta
	1917	First World War	47th Battalion, CEF	Lens, France	n/a
	1917*	First World War	2nd Battalion, CEF	Loos, France	Quebec
	1918	First World War	102nd Battalion, CEF	Cambrai, France	Ontario
	1917	First World War	38th Battalion, CEF 38th Battalion, CEF The 38th Battalion, CEF was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was mobilized in Ottawa and recruited in Ottawa, Brockville, Perth, Prescott and Alexandria. An initial draft of five officers and 251 other ranks was sent to England on June 24, 1915...	Vimy Ridge, France	Ontario
	1918	First World War	2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles	Cambrai, France	British Columbia
	1944	Second World War	The Royal Westminster Regiment The Royal Westminster Regiment The Royal Westminster Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve. It is based in New Westminster, British Columbia at The Armouries, located at the corner of 6th and Queens....	River Melfa, Italy	British Columbia
	1918	First World War	14th Battalion, CEF	Gavrelle Sector, France	Alberta
	1917*	First World War	Canadian Machine Gun Corps Canadian Machine Gun Corps The Canadian Machine Gun Corps was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade was organized in the Permanent Force on 3 Nov 1919. The Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade was redesignated the Royal Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade on 16 Jun 1921...	Meetscheele Spur, Belgium	Alberta
	1918*	First World War	No. 2 Squadron RFC	Albert, France	Manitoba
	1918	First World War	4th Battalion, CEF	Abancourt, France	Ontario
	1942	Second World War	South Saskatchewan Regiment	Dieppe, France	British Columbia
	1918	First World War	16th Battalion, CEF The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...	Arras, France	n/a
	1917*	First World War	16th Battalion, CEF The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...	Thelus, France	Saskatchewan
	1918*	First World War	58th Battalion, CEF	Demuin, France	Ontario
	1918	First World War	4th Canadian Engineers	Canal de L'Escaut, France	Manitoba
	1917	First World War	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of the three regular force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army. The regiment is composed of four battalions including a primary reserve battalion, for a total of 2,000 soldiers...	Passchendaele, Belgium	Saskatchewan
	1944*	Second World War	No. 419 Squadron RCAF No. 419 Squadron RCAF 419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron is an air force unit with the Canadian Forces. The squadron was originally formed during the Second World War as part of the Royal Canadian Air Force...	Cambrai, France	Manitoba
	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Army Medical Corps Royal Army Medical Corps The Royal Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace...	Wakkerstroom, South Africa	New Brunswick
	1918*	First World War	38th Battalion, CEF 38th Battalion, CEF The 38th Battalion, CEF was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was mobilized in Ottawa and recruited in Ottawa, Brockville, Perth, Prescott and Alexandria. An initial draft of five officers and 251 other ranks was sent to England on June 24, 1915...	Drocourt-Queant Line, France	Ontario
	1917	First World War	52nd Battalion, CEF	Passchendaele, Belgium	Manitoba
	1915	First World War	Irish Guards Irish Guards The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities...	Cuinchy, France	Saskatchewan
	1917	First World War	7th Battalion, CEF 7th Battalion, CEF The 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War. It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from British Columbia. The battalion set off for England on board the Virginian berthed in Quebec. They arrived in...	Hill 70, France	British Columbia
	1941	Second World War	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Mount Butler, Hong Kong	Manitoba
	1917*	First World War	50th Battalion, CEF The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The King's Own Calgary Regiment , or KOCR, is an armoured unit of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve based at the Mewata Armoury in Calgary, Alberta....	Vimy Ridge, France	Alberta
	1917	First World War	5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Formed in 1915, they were transported to England later that year...	Passchendaele, Belgium	Yukon Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
	1918	First World War	16th Battalion, CEF The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...	Cagnicourt, France	New Brunswick
	1942	Second World War	HMS Walney HMS Walney (Y04) HMS Walney , launched in 1930 as USCGC Sebago, was a Banff class sloop. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1941 and lost in 1942 in Operation Reservist, an attack on Oran that formed part of Operation Torch...	Oran, Algeria	P.E.I Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
	1918	First World War	7th Battalion, CEF 7th Battalion, CEF The 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War. It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from British Columbia. The battalion set off for England on board the Virginian berthed in Quebec. They arrived in...	Arras, France	Ontario
	1857	Indian rebellion of 1857	61st Regiment of Foot 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot The 61st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1758 and amalgamated into The Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881....	Delhi, India	Ontario
	1900	Second Boer War	Strathcona's Horse	Wolwespruit, South Africa	n/a
	1916*	First World War	16th Battalion, CEF The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...	Somme, France	British Columbia
	1917*	First World War	27th Battalion, CEF	Passchendaele, Belgium	Nova Scotia
	1918	First World War	5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Formed in 1915, they were transported to England later that year...	Monchy, France	Ontario
	1915	First World War	Canadian Army Medical Corps	St. Julien, Belgium	Quebec
	1917	First World War	43rd Battalion, CEF	Passchendaele, Belgium	Manitoba
	1917*	First World War	18th Battalion, CEF	Neuville-St.-Vaast, France	Ontario
	1916	First World War	Indian Medical Service Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service was one of the military medical services, which also had some civilian functions, in British India. It served during the two world wars, and was in existence until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947...	Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia	British Columbia
	1944	Second World War	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	River Savio, Italy	British Columbia
	1918*	First World War	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of the three regular force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army. The regiment is composed of four battalions including a primary reserve battalion, for a total of 2,000 soldiers...	Parvillers, France	Manitoba
	1917	First World War	Fort Garry Horse	Masnieres, France	Manitoba
	1918*	First World War	78th Battalion, CEF	Amiens, France	N.W.T Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
	1945	Second World War	Essex Scottish Regiment	Hochwald Forest, Germany	Ontario
	1945	Second World War	1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe. Landing in Normandy on D Day, June 6, 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity...	Rhine, Germany	Ontario
	1943	Second World War	22nd Battalion Royal 22e Régiment The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...	Casa Berardi, Italy	Quebec
	1900	Second Boer War	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Quebec
	1916*	First World War	Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	La Boiselle, France
	1918	First World War	87th Battalion, CEF 87th Battalion, CEF The 87th Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the unit began recruiting in September 1915 in Montreal, the surrounding districts, and also in mining districts elsewhere in the province...	Dury-Arras Sector, France	Quebec
	1918	First World War	5th Battalion, CEF	Warvillers, France	Saskatchewan

Recipients

See also