Canadian Voltigeurs

Provincial Corps of Light Infantry
Voltigeurs in action at the Battle of the Chateauguay
ActiveApril 1812 – 24 May 1815
Disbanded1815
CountryLower Canada
AllegianceBritish Empire
BranchArmy
TypeLight Infantry
SizeBattalion
EngagementsFirst Battle of Lacolle Mills
Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor
Battle of the Chateauguay
Battle of Crysler's Farm
Second Battle of Lacolle Mills
Battle of Plattsburgh
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Charles de Salaberry
Frederick Heriot

The Canadian Voltigeurs were a light infantry unit, raised in Lower Canada (the present-day Province of Quebec) in 1812, that fought in the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.