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The program of Scouts Canada is administered through councils, (previously referred to as regions which reported to the Provincial Council, when Scouts Canada was a federated structure) with each council covering a geographic area that may vary from a census metropolitan area (CMA) in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, to an entire province, the case with most councils.
Its aim is "to help develop well-rounded youth, better prepared for success in the world." [8] Scouts Canada, in affiliation with the French-language Association des Scouts du Canada, is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. In 2022-23, there were 41,733 youth members and 12,960 volunteers in Scouts Canada. [9]
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 of the United Kingdom. Numerous Francophone and Francophone Catholic scout organizations were established in Canada from the 1910s. [6] See also Association des Scouts du Canada.
The map shows the regional divisions of the en:World Organization of the Scout Movement. Countries without Scouting are marked in light grey. Colors and two nations modified in response to Graphic Lab request: Date: 8 January 2006 (original upload date), 2007-12-14 SVG variant: Source: drawing from blank world svg map.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one Guiding organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religions (France, Denmark), ethnic identification (Israel) or language (Belgium).
The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM / ˈ w ʊ z əm /) is the largest international scout organization and was established in 1922. [1] [2] It has 176 members. [3]These members are national scout organizations that founded WOSM or have subsequently been recognised by WOSM, which collectively have around 43 million participants.
To obtain the Chief Scout's Award, the highest rank in Scouts Canada at the Scout level, one must earn the Pathfinder Scout Award, the Standard First Aid Award (St. John Ambulance or Red Cross), at least one Challenge badge from each category, the World Scout Environment Award, do a presentation about the World Scouting Movement and make a challenging program for each of the 4 categories ...
1 List of local councils. 2 ... 200 Scout camps across Canada. [1] The Tamaracouta Scout Reserve is among the oldest continually operating Scout camps in the world. ...