Canadians units on D-Day

Army 3rd Canadian Division - Juno Beach
Mike Sector 1st Hussars (London, Ont.) Canadian Scottish (Victoria) Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regina Rifles
Nan Sector Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Highland Light Infantry (Galt, Ont.) Fort Garry Horse (Winnipeg) Queen's Own Rifles (Toronto) North Shore Regiment (New Brunswick) North Nova Scotia Highlanders Sherbrooke Fusliers Régiment de la Chaudière (Quebec)
Support Units integrated with troops in Mike Sector and Nan Sector 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) Cameron Highlanders (Ottawa) 12th, 13th, 14th Field Regiments, Royal Canadian Artillery 19th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 3rd Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps Royal Canadian Corps of Signals Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Airborne
First Canadian Parachute Battalion 591 Parachute Squadron Engineers
Navy
109 vessels including:
Juno Beach HMCS Algonquin HMCS Sioux HMCS Prince Henry HMCS Prince David 4th, 14th and 16th Canadian Minesweeping Flotillas RCN landing craft
Omaha Beach 31st Canadian Minesweeping Flotilla (escorted U.S. forces to Omaha Beach)
Destroyer escort flotilla HMCS Haida HMCS Huron
Air Force
No. 6 Bomber Group 126, 127, 441, 442 and 443 Squadrons RCAF fighter wing 400 Squadron Air Reconnaissance Wing
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