Scouts Of Canada

Les Scouts du Canada

Origin of scouts of Canada in Quebec

In 1910 that was born in Ottawa the first French unit scout. Later, after the 1925 Scout units based in Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivieres, St-Hyacinthe, Sherbrooke, Nicolet. In December 1934 at the request of the Bishops of Quebec, Cardinal Jean-Marie Rodrigue Villeneuve, Archvêque of Quebec and primate of the Canadian church sends a request for membership in the Boy Scouts of Canada on behalf of the Federation of Catholic Scouts the province of Quebec. The official signing of the agreement is April 10, 1935 Robert Baden Powell and countersigned the agreement during his visit to Canada two weeks later.

Founded in 1961, Scouts Canada has more than 24,000 youth members and adult French-speaking Canada. It is open to anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion.

True to the philosophy of the World Scout Movement, the program includes eight educational proposals for five age groups. The activities can be experienced in homogeneous unit boys, girls or homogeneous unit mixed unit.

This program covers the full development of the individual physically, mentally, emotionally, socially and spiritually. The project method is preferred which allows young people to take up more and more as they progress in the movement.


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