History of scouts of Canada
In the spring of 1908, just months after the publication of the book in England Scouting for Boys, Scouting was introduced to Canada. In 1910, Robert Baden-Powell wrote to Earl Gray, Then Governor General of Canada, Asking him to organize Scouting in Canada. The movement was under the responsibility of the overseas department of the Boy Scout Association and remained so until the General Council of the Boy Scout Association of Canada is incorporated June 12, 1914 by an Act of Parliament. The Canadian General Council continued to be a branch of the Boy Scout Association until October 30, 1946 when he became an independent member of the World Scout Conference, now the World Organization of Scout Movements. A subsequent amendment to the Act of Parliament changed the name of the organization for Boy Scout of Canada. The Scouts Canada logo was created in 1976 and the organization adopted its constitution in the name of Scouts Canada. The name change was formalized in 2007.
In 1972, female members were admitted under Section Road. This rule was extended in 1984 for the Ticket section. Coeducation became an option for all sections of the program in 1992 and a policy in 1998.
Organization of scouts of Canada
Scouts Canada is divided into twenty boards, each representing an entire province or a substantial portion thereof. Each council is headed by a commissioner appointed by the Executive Commissioner (the member's highest placed relative to the Board of Governors). The council is divided into zones, each headed by a Regional Commissioner appointed by the commissioner board.
Scouts Canada has two Scout associations affiliated:
* Association des Scouts du Canada
* Scout Association of the Army Hi
Canada is the only country where more than one Scout association is officially recognized by WOSM. Scouts Canada and Scouts Canada are divided by language. A number of other countries also have more than one Scout Association but joined under the leadership of a national federation member OMSS. Scouts Canada and the Scout Association of Canada sent a joint delegation to meetings of the World Organization of Scout Movement, coordinated by the Committee on cooperation.
Each governor general from Earl Gray has been either the Chief Scout for Canada (before 1946) or Chief Scout of Canada (after 1946).
In the spring of 1908, just months after the publication of the book in England Scouting for Boys, Scouting was introduced to Canada. In 1910, Robert Baden-Powell wrote to Earl Gray, Then Governor General of Canada, Asking him to organize Scouting in Canada. The movement was under the responsibility of the overseas department of the Boy Scout Association and remained so until the General Council of the Boy Scout Association of Canada is incorporated June 12, 1914 by an Act of Parliament. The Canadian General Council continued to be a branch of the Boy Scout Association until October 30, 1946 when he became an independent member of the World Scout Conference, now the World Organization of Scout Movements. A subsequent amendment to the Act of Parliament changed the name of the organization for Boy Scout of Canada. The Scouts Canada logo was created in 1976 and the organization adopted its constitution in the name of Scouts Canada. The name change was formalized in 2007.
In 1972, female members were admitted under Section Road. This rule was extended in 1984 for the Ticket section. Coeducation became an option for all sections of the program in 1992 and a policy in 1998.
Organization of scouts of Canada
Scouts Canada is divided into twenty boards, each representing an entire province or a substantial portion thereof. Each council is headed by a commissioner appointed by the Executive Commissioner (the member's highest placed relative to the Board of Governors). The council is divided into zones, each headed by a Regional Commissioner appointed by the commissioner board.
Scouts Canada has two Scout associations affiliated:
* Association des Scouts du Canada
* Scout Association of the Army Hi
Canada is the only country where more than one Scout association is officially recognized by WOSM. Scouts Canada and Scouts Canada are divided by language. A number of other countries also have more than one Scout Association but joined under the leadership of a national federation member OMSS. Scouts Canada and the Scout Association of Canada sent a joint delegation to meetings of the World Organization of Scout Movement, coordinated by the Committee on cooperation.
Each governor general from Earl Gray has been either the Chief Scout for Canada (before 1946) or Chief Scout of Canada (after 1946).
