The Canadian Guards was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army that served in the same role as the five regiments of Foot Guards in the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1953 by the redesignation of four separate battalions:

• 3rd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment - 1st Battalion
• 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry - 2nd Battalion
• 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion - 3rd Battalion
• 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion - 4th Battalion

A year later, a militia component was added, when the Governor General's Foot Guards and Canadian Grenadier Guards became the 5th and 6th Battalions.

The 3rd and 4th Battalions were disbanded in 1957 to make way for two armoured regiments, leaving the 1st and 2nd Battalions in the Regular Force. In the late 1960s, as part of a re-organisation of the Canadian Army, it was decided to disband the Canadian Guards. The 1st Battalion was disbanded in 1968, and the 2nd Battalion in 1970. The role of Household Troops was then passed to the two surviving militia units, which resumed their separate identities in 1976.