Volunteers have served with The Black Watch since the regiment's inception in Montreal on January 31st, 1862 as the 5th Battalion, Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada. Since then, thousands of Canadian citizens have served and have fought in the Boer War, WW1, WW2, and Korean War; bolstered NATO operations in Europe and UN peacekeeping worldwide; and provided aid to the civil power, most recently on Op LENTUS and Op VECTOR.