Contemporary Accounts

The 113th battalion was recruited in Lethbridge and Calgary, and mobilized in Calgary, Alberta, with a strength of 30 officers and 883 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 27 September 1916, on the troop ship Tuscania, and disembarked in the UK on 6 October.

The 112th battalion was recruited in Hants, Kings, Digby, Yarmouth, Queens, Shelburne, Lunenburg, Annapolis and Halifax counties and mobilized in Windsor, Nova Scotia, with a strength of 36 officers and 1090 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 24 July 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 31 July.

The 111th battalion was recruited in Waterloo County (South Waterloo riding, which included Galt, Preston and Hespeler and mobilized in Galt, Ontario, with a strength of 25 officers and 637 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 27 September 1916, on the troop ship Tuscania, and disembarked in the UK on 6 October.

The 110th battalion was recruited in Perth County and was mobilized in Stratford, Ontario, with a strength of 26 officers and 635 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 1 November, on the troop ship Caronia, and disembarked in the UK on 11 November.

The 109th battalion was recruited in Victoria and Haliburton Counties and mobilized in Lindsay, Ontario, with a strength of 35 officers and 775 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 24 July 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 31 July. 

The 108th battalion was recruited in Manitoba and mobilized in Selkirk, Manitoba, with a strength of 32 officers and 843 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 19 September 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 25 September.

The 107th battalion was recruited and mobilized in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a strength of 32 officers and 965 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 19 September 1916, on the troop ship Olympic, and disembarked in the UK on 25 September, and arrived in France on 25 February 1917 as a pioneer battalion.

The 106th battalion was recruited in Cumberland, Colchester, Picton and Antigonish counties and in Cape Breton and mobilized in Truro, Nova Scotia, with a strength of 36 officers and 1009 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 16 July 1916, on the troop ship Empress of Britain, and disembarked in the UK on 25 July.

The 105th battalion was recruited in Prince Edward Island and mobilized in Charlottetown, PEI, with a strength of 37 officers and 1087 other ranks. the battalion embarked from Halifax on 16 July 1916.

The 104th battalion was recruited in New Brunswick and mobilized in Sussex, New Brunswick, with a strength of 42 officers and 1084 other ranks. The battalion embarked from Halifax on 29 June 1916, on the troop ship Olympic and disembarked in the UK on 5 July.