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Canadian Mounted Rifles was part of the designation of several
mounted infantry Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. Unlike cavalry, mounted infantry dismounted to fight on foot. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Editio ...
units in
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in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.


Units of the Permanent Active Militia

Permanent Active Militia was the proper name of Canada's full-time professional land forces from 1855 to 1940, when it was reorganized into the
Canadian Army The Canadian Army () is the command (military formation), command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also re ...
.


Units formed for the Second Boer War


Independent squadrons of the Non-Permanent Active Militia


Units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force of the First World War


See also

* List of mounted regiments in the Canadian Expeditionary Force *
List of infantry battalions in the Canadian Expeditionary Force During the First World War, the Canadian Army authorized the formation of 260 infantry battalions to serve in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Only fifty-three of these battalions ever reached the front lines. The remaining battalions, most oft ...
*
Mounted Infantry Mounted infantry were infantry who rode horses instead of marching. Unlike cavalry, mounted infantry dismounted to fight on foot. The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Editio ...
*
Canadian Militia The Canadian Militia is a historical title for military units raised for the defence of Canada. The term has been used to describe sedentary militia units raised from local communities in Canada; as well as the regular army for the Province of Ca ...
*
History of the Canadian Army The history of the Canadian Army, began when the title first came into official use in November 1940, during the Second World War, and is still used today. Although the official titles, Mobile Command, and later Land Force Command, were used from ...
* Permanent Active Militia * Non-Permanent Active Militia *
Military history of Canada during World War I {{CatAutoTOC History of Canada by period, 1914 20th century in Canada Interwar period by country 1910s in Canada 1920s in Canada 1930s in Canada 1940s in Canada ...
* Australian Light Horse * Imperial Yeomanry * Otter Commission


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External links

{{Commons category, Canadian Mounted Rifles * https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages.html *https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/amalgamated-units.html * https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/regiments-perpetuations.html Mounted rifle regiments of Canada