Highland Light Infantry of Canada

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The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
Active	1886- 1954
Country	Canada
Branch	Militia
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Infantry
Size	One battalion
Part of	Royal Canadian Infantry Corps
Garrison/HQ	Galt, Ontario
Motto	Defence, not Defiance
Colors	Facing colour buff
March	Quick - Sean Triubhas (Whistle o'er the Lave o't)
Insignia
Tartan	MacKenzie

The Highland Light Infantry of Canada was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. Originally founded in 1886 as the 29th Waterloo Battalion of Infantry the regiment went through several name changes including: 1900 - 29th Waterloo Regiment, and; 1915 - 29th Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada); acquiring its present title in 1920. In 1954, as a result of the Kennedy Report on the Reserve Army, this regiment was amalgamated with The Perth Regiment to form The Perth and Waterloo Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada).

The Highland Light Infantry of Canada was allied to the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment). They were initially kitted with a green glengarry, trews and scarlet doublet, but became kilted in 1935. Pipers and bandsmen wore a feather bonnet c/w red hackle, black sporran with three white points, MacKenzie hose for the pipers and red & white for the regiment, and a blue Balmoral with a diced border, green tourie and red & white hackle. The Regiment perpetuated the 34th & 111th Battalion C.E.F and held its final Order of Precedence as 17.