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In the WW2 Canadian Army, there were certainly lots of units that were from a certain locality, such as the Regina Rifles, the Fusilers Mount Royal, or the Toronto Scottish, but the men were not from any one ethinic group, due to our multicultural mix.
My own old regiment, the 48th Highlanders of Canada, was NOT all scots, far from it. One of the best known WW2 sgts in the 48th was a black man, from Nigeria, originally. There were plenty of " bergs " and "skis ' in the unit .
I will also point out that Canada provided about 650 Officers to the British Army, ubnder the CanLoan Plan, to replace casualties in North Africa, so some of them would have been leading British soldiers in action.
Even today, the 48th has a lot of guys who were born in Russia or China, or Jamaica in it. But on parade they are still " all Highlanders ".
Jim Bunting. Toronto.
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