February – April
- Recruiting Begins
- Trois Rivieres (HQ) – Lieutenant Colonel Francis Battersby
- Quebec City – Captain Ranald Macdonell
- Montreal – Captain Robert Cochrane
- Halifax – Lieutenant Foster Weeks
- Kingston – Captain Alexander Roxburgh
- Prescott – Captain John Jenkins
- Cornwall – Captain Daniel McPherson
- York – Captain John Shaw
- Niagara – Lieutenant Walter Kerr
- PEI – Ensign Alexander Macdonald (begins October 1812)
May – July
- Basic Training
- Trois Rivieres (HQ)
August
- Garrisoned
- Trois Rivieres (HQ)
- Advanced Training
- Quebec City
September – October (First Posting)
- Garrisoned
- Quebec City (HQ)
- Trois Rivieres
- Cornwall
- Prescott
- Montreal
- Kingston
November
- Garrisoned
- Montreal/La Prairie (HQ)
- Quebec City
- Cornwall
- Kingston
- Battles
- French Mills (Salmon River) – November 22, 1812
December – January 1813 (First winter)
- Garrisoned
- Montreal (HQ)
- Quebec City
- Prescott
- Kingston