The

Scout Scout may refer to: Youth movement *Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement ** Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom ** Scouts BSA, sect ...

and

Guide A guide is a person who leads travelers, sportspeople, or tourists through unknown or unfamiliar locations. The term can also be applied to a person who leads others to more abstract goals such as knowledge or wisdom. Travel and recreation Exp ...

movement in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

is served by many separate organizations, some with various national and international affiliations.

National and International affiliations

WOSM member associations

Scouts Canada is the Canadian member of

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

(WOSM). Association des Scouts du Canada is affiliated with Scouts Canada and recognized by WOSM as an affiliate of a member organization. Scouts Canada and Association des Scouts du Canada, through their joint Committee on Cooperation, send a joint delegation to WOSM member conferences. Affiliated to Scouts Canada are th
Salvation Army Life Saving Scouts

WAGGGS member association

The Guiding association within the

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association that supports Girl Guides, female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 153 countries. It was established in the year 1928 in Parád, H ...

Girl Guides of Canada Girl Guides of Canada (GGC; ) is the national Guiding association of Canada. Guiding in Canada started on September 7, 1910, and GGC was among the founding members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1928. Histo ...

UIGSE member associations

There is one association affiliated with the UIGSE-FSE, with six groups in

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

and one in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

: * Federation of North-American Explorers

WFIS member associations

Canada has several associations which trace their roots to the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association in the

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. Some of them are members of the

World Federation of Independent Scouts The World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS) is a non-governmental international Scouting organization with over 7 million members in 151 affiliated Scout organizations in 65 countries. WFIS was formed in Laubach, Germany Germany, ...

. * BP Service Association in Canada * Canadian Traditional Scouting Association (WFIS Prospect Member)
ZHR Polish Scouts of Canada

Independent associations

There are also a number of independent Scouting and Guiding associations active in Canada. Among them are
Association des aventuriers de Baden-Powell — Adventurers Association of Baden-Powell
(AABP)
Israeli Scouts of Toronto (Shevet Hermon)
affiliated to Hebrew Scouts Movement in Israel *

Plast The Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine (), commonly called Ukrainian Plast or simply , is the largest Scouting organization in Ukraine. History First Era: 1911–1920 Plast was founded in Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg), Austro-Hungarian Ga ...

- Ukrainian Youth Association of Canada
Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego Canada (ZHPpgk)
Polish Scouting Association in Canada Inc., a Polish émigré organization, not connected to Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego in Poland.
Les Guides Franco-canadiennes

History of Scouting in Canada

According to the book ''75 Years of Scouting in Canada'', the first Scouting groups in Canada were founded in 1908, the same year Baden-Powell's book, ''

Scouting for Boys ''Scouting for Boys: A handbook for instruction in good citizenship'' is a book on Boy Scout training, published in various editions since 1908. Early editions were written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell with later editions being exten ...

'' was published. St. Catharines and Merrickville are mentioned as among the locations of the first troops. Scouts Canada states "There is evidence that a few Scouting groups started up in Canada in 1907", but provides no further details. Chums Scouts, British Boy Scouts, the World Scouts, Girl Peace Scouts and Life Saving Scouts of the

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Boys' Brigade The Boys' Brigade (BB) is an international interdenominational Christianity, Christian youth organisation, conceived by the Scottish businessman William Alexander Smith (Boys' Brigade), Sir William Alexander Smith to combine drill and fun acti ...

scouts, Church Lads' Brigade scouts and Lone Scouts of America all operated in Canada. Separate Canadian-originated and based organizations of boy scouts were formed as early as 1909 with some Provinces having competing organizations. The Canadian Scouts existed from 1917 to the early 1930s, mainly in Ontario. Scouts Canada was formed in 1914 as the Canadian General Council of

The Boy Scouts Association The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the Scouting in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scouting, Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 ...

of the United Kingdom. Numerous Francophone and Francophone Catholic scout organizations were established in Canada from the 1910s. See also Association des Scouts du Canada. Armenian Scouts, Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian Scouts, Polish Scouts, Plast Ukrainian Scouts, Russian Scouts in Exile and Hungarian Scouts were all well established in the late 1940s.

Canadian Scouting in stamps

On 6 July 1983 Canada Post issued 'Scouting, 1908-1983' designed by François Dallaire, based on a drawing by Marc Fournier. The 32¢ stamps are perforated 13.5 mm and were printed by Ashton-Potter Limited.Canada Post stamp
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References

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