Sierra Club of Canada
| Abbreviation | SCC |
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| Formation | 1963 |
| Type | Environmental organization based in Canada |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Environmental activism |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Region served
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Canada |
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Membership
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10,000 |
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Official language
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English, French |
| Website | www |
Sierra Club Canada (SCC) is a Canadian environmental organization. It is part of the environmental movement.
The roots of Sierra Club Canada go back to 1963, when environmentalists in British Columbia affiliated themselves with the Sierra Club of the United States (many of these individuals were prominent in the founding of Greenpeace). Sierra Club Canada became a pan-Canadian organization in 1989, and was legally incorporated as a Canadian organization in 1992.
As of 2010[update] it has approximately 10,000 members and supporters. Its main office is in Ottawa.
Sierra Club Canada is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors, three members of which are elected each year in an election in which all SCC members can vote. [2] Two of the seats are reserved for youth members of the Club.
SCC currently has five Chapters (Atlantic, British Columbia, Ontario, Prairies, and Quebec) and the Sierra Youth Coalition. It has offices in Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Victoria.
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