Scouts Canada National Museum
Scouts Canada History:
The Scouting concept began in 1907 when Lt. Gen. Robert Baden-Powell took a group of youth to a camp on Brownsea Island in the United Kingdom. The Boy Scout movement began officially in the UK in January 1908, and there is evidence that a few Scouting groups started up in Canada in the same year. The Canadian General Council of the Boy Scout Association was incorporated by an act of the Canadian Parliament on June 12, 1914, and in 2007 our name was legally changed to Scouts Canada by an act of Parliament
Scouts Canada is a diverse co-educational organization with more than 70,000 members nationwide reflecting Canada’s multicultural landscape and communities. The organization offers five age-related programs for youth, ages 5 to 26. Rover Scouts (age 17 to 26) became co-ed in 1993 and in 1998 every section officially became co-ed. (Ref: http://www.scouts.ca/programs/ )