Commander of the British Troops in Canada

This is a list of officers who commanded the Regular Troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn.

From 1875 there was a separate commander of the Canadian Militia. This officer was responsible to the government of Canada and was the predecessor of the present Commander of the Canadian Army.

Commanders

Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in North America

• 1849–1855: Lieutenant-General William Rowan^[1]
• 1855–1856: Major-General John Home Home, acting^[2]
• 1856–1859: Lieutenant-General Sir William Eyre^[3]
• 1859–1865: Lieutenant-General Sir William Fenwick Williams 1st Baronet^[4]

Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada

• 1865–1867: Lieutenant-General Sir John Michel^[5]
• 1867–1870: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ash Windham^[6]
• February–March 1870: Major-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, acting^[7]
• March–September 1870: Lieutenant-General the Hon. James Alexander Lindsay, employed on a particular service to oversee the reduction of British troops^[7][8]
• 1870–1873: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, resumed^[9]
• 1873–1878: General Sir William O'Grady Haly^[10]
• 1878–1883: General Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall^[11]
• 1883–1888: General Lord Alexander George Russell^[12]
• 1888–1893: General Sir John Ross^[13]
• 1893–1898: General Alexander George Montgomery Moore^[14]
• 1898–1901: Lieutenant-General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour^[15]

Colonel on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada

• 1902–1906: Major-General Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons^[16]