Contemporary Accounts

The 63rd battalion was recruited in Edmonton, Medicine Hat and Calgary and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta, with a strength of 36 officers and 1013 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 25 April 1916, on the troop ship Metagama, and disembarked in the UK on 5 May.

The 62nd battalion was recruited in Vancouver, Victoria and Prince Rupert and mobilized in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a strength of 36 officers and 1037 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 23 March 1916, on the troop ship Baltic, and disembarked in the UK on 8 April.

The 61st battalion was recruited and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a strength of 37 officers and 1096 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 5 April 1917, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 11 April 1915.

The 60th battalion was recruited and mobilized in Montreal, Quebec with a strength of 40 officers and 1024 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Montreal on 6 November 1915, on the troop ship Scandinavian, and disembarked in the UK on 16 November, and arrived in France on 20 February 1916.

The 59th battalion was recruited in Ottawa, Kingston, Belleville, Picton, Cobourg, Brockville, Perth, Lindsay, Port Hope, Prescott, Peterborough and Alexandria and mobilized in Barriefield, Ontario, with a strength of 36 officers and 1073 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 5 April 1915, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 11 April.

The 58th battalion was recruited in Toronto, Aurora, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Milton, Parry Sound, Owen Sound, Whitby, Brampton, Cayuga, Brantford, Simcoe, Niagara Falls and Dundas and mobilized in Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario, with a strength of 40 officers and 1091 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 22 November 1915, on the troop ship Saxonia, and disembarked in the UK on 30 November, and arrived in France on 20 February 1916.

The 57th battalion was recruited and mobilized in Quebec City, Quebec with a strength of 18 officers and 419 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 2 June 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 8 June.

The 56th battalion was recruited and mobilized in Calgary, Alberta, with a strength of 40 officers and 1070 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 23 March 1916, on the troop ship Baltic, and disembarked in the UK on 8 April.

The 55th battalion was recruited in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and mobilized in Sussex, New Brunswick, with a strength of 42 officers and 1099 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Quebec on 30 October 1915, on the troop ship Corsican, and disembarked in the UK on 8 November.

The 54th battalion was recruited in rural areas of British Columbia and mobilized in Vernon, British Columbia, with a strength of 36 officers and 1111 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 22 November 1915, on the troop ship Saxonia, and disembarked in the UK on 30 November, and arrived in France 13 August 1916.