Girl Guides of Canada
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| French: Guides du Canada | |||
| Headquarters | Toronto | ||
| Country | Canada | ||
| Founded | May 1, 1910 | ||
| Membership | 94,222 | ||
| Chief Commissioner | Pamela Rice | ||
| Affiliation | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts | ||
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Website http://www.girlguides.ca |
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Girl Guides of Canada – Guides du Canada (GGC) is the national Guiding association of Canada. Guiding in Canada started in May 1, 1910 and was among the founding members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) in 1928.
Mary Malcolmson organized the first Canadian Girl Guides Company to be officially registered in St. Catharines, Ontario; their registration is dated 1910-01-11. A park in St. Catharines was later named for Mary Malcolmson. Other Guide Companies were registered later in 1910 in 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 1911. By 1912, the movement had spread to all parts of Canada, and had become so popular that on 24 July 1912 Agnes Baden-Powell created Mary, Lady Pellatt "Chief Commissioner of the Dominion of Canada Girl Guides". Many Guide events were held at Lady Pellatt's 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, even though the Province did not become part of Canada until 1949.
The Salvation Army adopted Guiding as part of its program for girls in 1937 when it became officially associated with the organization. Although the Army disassociated itself from the program in 1998, it continues to offer a form of Guiding to its girls.
The Canadian Girl Guides Association changed its name in 1961, again by Act of Parliament, to "Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada".
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