Fighting

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.

The 53rd battalion was recruited in Prince Albert Saskatoon, Battleford and Melfort and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a strength of 35 officers and 1063 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 1 April 1915, on the troop ship Empress of Britain, and disembarked in the UK on 9 April.

The 52nd battalion was recruited in Port Arthur, Kenora, Fort Francis, Fort William and Dryden and mobilized in Port Arthur, Ontario, with a strength of 40 officers and 1032 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Saint John on 23 November 1915, on the troop ship California, and disembarked in the UK on 2 December, and arrived in France on 21 February 1916.

The 51st battalion was recruited and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta, with a strength of 37 officers and 1055 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 18 April 1916, on the troop ship Missanabie, and disembarked in the UK on 28 April.

The 50th battalion was recruited and mobilized in Calgary, Alberta, with a strength of 41 officers and 1036 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 27 October 1915, on the troop ship Orduna, and disembarked in the UK on 4 November, and arrives in France on 11 August 1916.

The 49th battalion was recruited and mobilized in Edmonton, Alberta, with a strength of 36 officers and 996 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Montreal on 4 June 1915, on the troop ship Metagama, and disembarked in the UK on 13 June, and arrived in France on 9 October 1915. 

The 48th battalion was recruited in Victoria, Prince Rupert, Kamloops, Okanagan Valley, Revelstoke, Nelson, Fernie and Cranbrook and mobilized in Victoria, British Columbia, with a strength of 38 officers and 1020 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Montreal on 1 July 1915, on the troop ship Grampian, and disembarked in the UK on 10 July.