Editing Canadian Army (section)

===Regular force===
{{Main|Regular Force}}
[[File:CFBPetawawa.JPG|thumb|A sign for [[2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] at the entrance to [[CFB Petawawa]]. The mechanized brigade group is one of three maintained by the Regular Force.]]
There are three mechanized [[brigade group]]s in the Canadian Army's Regular Force. Approximately two-thirds of the Regular Force is composed of [[English Canadian|anglophone]] units, while one third is [[francophone]]. The mechanized brigades include battalions from three infantry regiments, the [[Royal Canadian Regiment]], [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]], and the [[Royal 22nd Regiment|Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Regiment]].

Between 1953 and 1971, the Regular infantry consisted of seven regiments, each maintaining two battalions (except the Royal 22<sup>e</sup> Régiment, which had three; [[The Canadian Guards]] which had four battalions between 1953 and 1957; and the [[Canadian Airborne Regiment]], which was divided into three commandos). In addition to the Canadian Guards, and the Canadian Airborne Regiment, the [[Queen's Own Rifles of Canada]], and the [[Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada]] also fielded units that served in Regular Force.

In the years that followed the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces, several units of Regular Force were disbanded, or reduced to nil strength. On 15 September 1968, the 2nd Battalion of the Queen's Own Rifles was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the [[Supplementary Order of Battle]]. Several weeks later, the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Guards was disbanded on 1 October 1968.

In 1970, several more units were reduced to nil strength. The 1st Battalion of the Queen's Own Rifles was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 27 April 1970, with the unit's personnel forming the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. Further reductions occurred from mid-June to early-July 1970, with the Regular Force unit from the [[Fort Garry Horse]] being disbanded on 16 June 1970. The 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Black Watch were reduced to nil strength on 1 July 1970, and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle. Several days later, on 6 July 1970, the 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Guards was reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle; its personnel became a part of [[3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment]]. After the Canadian Guards were reduced to nil strength, the role of the [[Household Division|Household Troop]] reverted to the two seniormost infantry regiments of the Reserve. The respective battalions relinquished their numerical battalion designations in 1976.

During the 1990s, the Regular Force saw further organizational restructuring. The Canadian Airborne Regiment was disbanded in 1995,<ref>Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003/AF-002—Part Two: Infantry Regiments</ref> while the Regular Force regiment of the [[8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)]], formed in 1957, was converted to a mixed Regular and Reserve "Total Force" unit with the close-out of [[4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group]] at [[Lahr]], Germany, in 1994, before reverting to a Reserve regiment in 1997.<ref>Canadian Forces Publication A-DH-267-003/AF-001—Part One: Armour, Artillery and Field Engineer Regiments</ref>