Canadian Youth Group Uniforms

Figure 1.--These Canadian Scouts, presumably brothers, were from Ottawa. The portrait is undated, but was proably taken zbout 1930.

The only Canadioan youth group that we have information on at this time is the Boy Scouts which were founded in 1907. Canadian Scouts adopted Baden Powell's British Scouting program. The Scouts as in many countries was the principal boys uniformed youth group. As Canada was a British Empire country, there must have also been a Boys' Brigade program, but we do not yet have any infornation about it.

Boy Scouts

The only Canadioan youth group that we have information on at this time is the Boy Scouts which were founded in 1907. The Scouts as in many countries was the principal boys uniformed youth group. We have begun to compile some limited information on Scouting in Canada. Our information, however, is very limited at this time. Few of our Canadian readers have to date provided us information about their Scouting experiences. Scouting was founded only a year after the program began in Britain and before the American Scouting ptogram was founded. The British influence on Canadian Scouting is stronger than on the American program. Canadian Scouts adopted Baden Powell's British Scouting program. One topic we do not yet have information about is to what extet it was an integrated natinal movement or a movement separating English and French-speaking boys.

Boys' Brigade

As Canada was a British Empire country, there must have also been a Boys' Brigade program, but we do not yet have aby infornation about it.