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officers who commanded the Regular Troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn.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 Dominion government 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 CB
1855–1856: Major-General John Home Home, acting
1856–1859: Lieutenant-General Sir William Eyre KCB
1859–1865: Lieutenant-General Sir William Fenwick Williams Bt KCB
Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada
1865–1867: Lieutenant-General Sir John Michel GCB
1867–1870: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ash Windham KCB
February–March 1870: Major-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle KCMG, acting
March–September 1870: Lieutenant-General the Hon. James Alexander Lindsay, employed on a particular service to oversee the reduction of British troops 1870–1873: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle KCMG, resumed 1873–1878: General Sir William O'Grady Haly KCB 1878–1883: General Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall KCMG 1883–1888: General Lord Alexander George Russell CB 1888–1893: General Sir John Ross GCB 1893–1898: General Alexander George Montgomery Moore 1898–1901: Lieutenant-General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour