Title and lineage of the regiment

1764.03.12 1st Company, District of Montreal Militia
raised in Montreal, Quebec

1803
1st Battalion, Montreal Militia

1855
Regiment of Montreal, or Hochelaga Regiment
Reorganised in Sedentary Militia

1859.11.17
1st Battalion Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada
Formed in Active Militia with HQ and nine coys at Montreal by regimentation of independent coys

• No. 1 Company, raised 31 Aug. 1855 as 1st Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal; disbanded 17 Mar. 1865; re-formed 23 Feb. 1866
• No. 2 Company, raised 27 Sep. 1855 as 2nd Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal
• No. 3 Company, raised 2 May 1856 as 3rd Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal
• No. 4 Company, raised 2 May 1856 as 4th Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal
• No. 5 Company, raised 26 June 1856 as 5th Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal
• No. 6 Company, raised 17 July 1856 as 6th Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal
• No. 7 Company, raised 17 July 1856 as 7th Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal; disbanded by 1869; re-formed 12 Aug. 1870
• No. 8 Company, raised 30 Oct. 1856 as 8th Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal; disbanded by 1869; re-formed 12 Aug. 1870
• No. 9 Company, raised 2 Apr. 1857 as 9th Vol. Militia Rifle Coy of Montreal; disbanded by 1869
• No. 10 The "Highland" Company, raised 16 Oct. 1856; transferred 9 Oct. 1863 to 5th Bn

1860.09.07 1st (or Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Volunteer Rifles of Canadian Militia
(Named for the future King Edward VII)
1st Prince of Wales's Regiment
1st Battalion of Rifles, or Prince of Wales's Regiment
1st Battalion Prince of Wales's Regiment

1898.05.02
1st Battalion, "Prince of Wales's" Regiment, Fusiliers
Absorbed 6th Battalion Fusiliers

1900.05.08
1st Regiment, Prince of Wales's Fusiliers

1911.02.01
Disbanded with a view to reorganisation

1911.12.29
Re-formed

1912.04.15
1st Regiment The Grenadier Guards of Canada
Elevated to status of Household troops

1914.03.16
1st Regiment, The Canadian Grenadier Guards

1914
1st Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards)

1915.07.15
Reorganised in four-company establishment

1920.04.01
The Canadian Grenadier Guards

1920.12.01
Reorganised to perpetuate CEF:

• 1st Battalion, perpetuating 87th Battalion CEF
• 2nd Battalion, perpetuating 245th Battalion CEF

1940-1945
Reorganised for war:

• 1st Battalion, mobilised 24 May 1940 in CASF; converted to armour and redesignated 26 Jan. 1942 as 22nd Armoured Regiment (The Canadian Grenadier Guards); disbanded 15 Feb. 1946
• 22nd Canadian Tank Battalion (The Canadian Grenadier Guards), formed 1 June 1945 in CAPF; disbanded 1 Nov. 1945
• 2nd Battalion, formed 24 May 1940 in Reserve Army, providing reinforcements to active service units

1946.04.01
The Canadian Grenadier Guards
Reconstituted in Militia with HQ in Montreal

1954.09.01
The Canadian Grenadier Guards (6th Battalion, Canadian Guards)

1976.08.01
The Canadian Grenadier Guards