| Unit Name: | 178th Battalion, CEF |
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| Start Date: | 15 July 1916 |
| End Date: | 21 May 1917 |
| Disbanded: | 21 May 1917 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Branch: | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Type: | Infantry |
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| Garrison: | Victoriaville, Quebec |
| Garrison Label: | Mobilization headquarters |
| Motto: | French: vouloir c'est pouvoir|lit=where there's a will there's a way |
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| Battle Honours: | The Great War, 1917 |
| Commander1: | LCol René-Arthur de la Bruère Girouard |
| Commander1 Label: | Officer commanding |
The 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War.
Based in Victoriaville, Quebec, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in Military Districts 4 and 5, and in eastern Ontario. The battalion absorbed the 233rd Battalion (Canadiens-Français du Nord-Ouest), CEF, in March 1917, and sailed to England later that same month. Upon arrival, the 178th Battalion was absorbed into the 10th Reserve Battalion on March 16, 1917.
The 178th (Canadien-Français) Battalion had one officer commanding: Lieutenant-Colonel René-Arthur de la Bruère Girouard.[1]
The battalion badge is a beaver couchant on plinth inscribed French: d'outre-mer above the numeral 178, below an arch inscribed French: canadien-français supporting the Tudor crown, and surrounded by scrolls inscribed "Arthabaska", "Drummond", "Nicolet", and French: vouloir c'est pouvoir.
The perpetuation of the battalion was assigned to the Three Rivers Regiment in 1920. This regiment is now named 12e Régiment blindé du Canada.[2]