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'''Girl Guides of Canada - Guides du Canada''' is the national [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] association of Canada. Guiding in Canada started in 1910 and was among the founding members of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS) in 1928. The association counts about 160,000 members (as of 2005). | '''Girl Guides of Canada - Guides du Canada''' is the national [[Girl Guides|Guiding]] association of Canada. Guiding in Canada started in 1910 and was among the founding members of the [[World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts]] (WAGGGS) in 1928. The association counts about 160,000 members (as of 2005). | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Mary Malcolmson organized the first Canadian Girl Guides Company to be officially registered in [[St. Catharines]], Ontario; their registration is dated January 1910. A park in St. Catharines was later named for Mary Malcolmson. Other Guide Companies were registered later in 1910: Toronto, [[Moose Jaw]] and Winnipeg. The First Toronto Company held the first-recorded Girl Guide Camp in Canada on the banks of the [[Credit River]] in June of [[1911]]. By [[1912]], the movement had spread to all parts of Canada, and had become so popular that on [[July 24]] [[1912]] [[Agnes Baden-Powell]] created Lady Mary Pellatt "Chief Commissioner of the Dominion of Canada Girl Guides". Many Guide events were held at her home, Casa Loma, in Toronto. It is now a tourist attraction with a special Girl Guide display. In 1917 the Canadian Government passed an Act of Parliament approving the Constitution of the Canadian Girl Guides Association as it was then known. | |||
In [[1918]] [[Newfoundland]]'s first Guide Company was formed, although the Province itself, did not become part of Canada until [[1949]]. | In [[1918]] [[Newfoundland]]'s first Guide Company was formed, although the Province itself, did not become part of Canada until [[1949]]. | ||
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The [[Salvation Army]] adopted Guiding as part of its program for girls in [[1937]], and it became officially associated with the organization. Although the Army disassociated itself in [[1998]], it continues to offer a form of Guiding to its girls. | The [[Salvation Army]] adopted Guiding as part of its program for girls in [[1937]], and it became officially associated with the organization. Although the Army disassociated itself in [[1998]], it continues to offer a form of Guiding to its girls. | ||
[[Image:Canadagirlgidesom04a.jpg|thumb|left|badge issued for | [[Image:Canadagirlgidesom04a.jpg|thumb|left|badge issued for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation]] | ||
The Canadian Girl Guides Association changed its name in [[1961]], again by | The Canadian Girl Guides Association changed its name in [[1961]], again by Act of Parliament, to "Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada". | ||
In [[1962]] "Les Guides Catholiques du Canada (secteur français)" became members of Girl Guides of Canada. This organization had originally been active only in the Province of | In [[1962]] "Les Guides Catholiques du Canada (secteur français)" became members of Girl Guides of Canada. This organization had originally been active only in the Province of Quebec but over the years had developed a small membership in other Provinces as well. It had its own program, uniform and administration, but acknowledged the Chief Commissioner of Canada as the head of Guiding in Canada and had membership in the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. In [[1992]] "Les Guides Catholiques du Canada (secteur français)" became a separate, unaffiliated organization known as "Guides francophones du Canada", and in 1995 they became officially affiliated with Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada again, as "Guides francocanadiennes". This affiliation ended in 2006. | ||
== Programme == | == Programme == | ||
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[[Category:WAGGGS member organizations]] | [[Category:WAGGGS member organizations]] | ||
[[Category:Scouting in Canada]] | [[Category:Scouting and Guiding in Canada]] | ||
