Infantry Battalions with High Slav Components

The following ten battalions of the C.E.F. appear to have recruited the most Ukrainians, Byleorussians, Bessarabians, Poles, and other Slavs.

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41st Canadiens Français, sailed from Canada October 18, 1915; recruited around Québec, PQ
59th Ottawa, sailed April 21, 1916; Brockville, Ontario
57th Canadiens Français, sailed June 2, 1916, Québec, PQ
188th Saskatchewan, sailed October 12, 1916; Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
192nd Crow's Nest Pass, sailed October 31, 1916; Blairmore, Alberta
184th Manitoba, sailed October 31, 1916; Lisgar, Manitoba
171st Québec Rifles, sailed November 23, 1916, Québec, PQ
218th Edmonton Irish, sailed February 17, 1917, Edmonton, Alberta
227th Men of the North, sailed April 11, 1917; Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
214th Saskatchewan, sailed April 18, 1917; Wadena, Saskatchewan