About Scouting

About Scouting

In 1907, Lord Baden-Powell formed the Scouting movement in Britain. It started in Canada between 1907 and 1910 with the Boy Scouts of Canada being incorporated by an act of Parliament on June 12, 1914. It has become a co-ed program for all levels with the name now changed to Scouts Canada. Scouting has more than 25 million members in 216 countries & territories around the world.

Scouts Canada's Mission

"To contribute to the education of young people, through a value system based on the Scout Promise and Law, to help build a better world where people are self-fulfilled as individuals and play a constructive role in society"

This is achieved by:

1. Involving them throughout their formative years in a non-formal educational process.

2. Using specific method that makes each individual the principle agent in his or her development as a self-reliant, supportive, responsible and committed person.

   1. Assisting them to establish a value system based upon spiritual, social and personal principles expressed in the Promise and Law.