Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry

The Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry, commonly known as the Canadian Regiment or the Canadian Fencibles, was a fencible regiment of line infantry raised in 1803. Initially formed in Scotland from Scottish Highlanders intending on emigrating to Canada, misunderstandings regarding the terms of enlistment and false rumours that the regiment would be sent to India led to a mutiny that resulted in most of the unit's other ranks being discharged in 1804. The regiment's officers and remaining other ranks were sent to Canada, where they reconstituted the unit with local recruits. Following the outbreak of the War of 1812, the regiment saw service in Upper and Lower Canada before being disbanded in 1816 following the end of the war a year earlier.