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Scouts Canada, the country's leading youth organization, offers challenging programs for boys, girls and youth age 5 to 26 in nearly 4,500 individual groups in most cities and towns across Canada. Over 100,000 young people enjoy Scouts Canada's programs, which are provided by 30,000 caring and dedicated volunteers. Scouts Canada's national office is located in Ottawa. To visit the national Scouts Canada website, click on the image of their website below.

History of Scouting

History of Scouting in Canada To learn a bit more about Scouting in general, you can read the history of Scouting in Canada and understand the overarching mission of Scouting in these resources from the main Scouts Canada page. Cubbing is built around a lively variety of games, crafts, music, storytelling, play acting, spiritual fellowship and the outdoors. The Cub program focuses around six activity areas: The Natural World, Outdoors, Creative Expression, Healthy Living, Home and Community, and Canada and the World. Individual interests and skills are recognized through simple awards. History of Scouting and Links Scouting began in 1907 when Lt. Gen. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell took a group of youth to a camp on Brownsea Island. The Movement was incorporated as "The Boy Scout Association" throughout the Commonwealth by Royal Charter granted by King George V in 1912. Scouting came to Canada in the spring of 1908 - just months after the book "Scouting for Boys" was published in England. The Canadian General Council of the Boy Scout Association was incorporated by an act of the Canadian Parliament on June 12, 1914. The Canadian General Council was a branch of the Boy Scout Association until October 30, 1946, when it became an independent member of the Boy Scout World Conference. A subsequent amendment changed the name to Boy Scouts of Canada. In 1976 the Scouts Canada logo was introduced and since then Scouting in Canada has become commonly referred to as Scouts Canada. B.P. wrote to Earl Grey in 1910 to ask him to organize Scouting in Canada. Since that time, every Governor General has been either the Chief Scout for Canada (prior to 1946) or Chief Scout of Canada (after 1946). The current Governor General and Chief Scout is Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson. Today, more than 25 million youth and adults, boys and girls, take part in Scouting programs in 216 countries and territories worldwide. Resources on the History of Scouting The History of Scouting in Canada from the Scouts Canada website A comprehensive biography (with images) of Robert Baden Powell, Chief Scout of the World.