About the Canadian Path
The Canadian Path is how we do Scouting in Canada. Feel free to explore the Canadian Path, defined by four key elements, six program areas and including our Outdoor Adventure Skills program. Check out the Canadian Path here.
Sustainability in Scouting
Scouting is already known worldwide for leading environmental and social causes to benefit around them, and it starts early with our rules for Scouts when hiking and camping – “Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints” is our mantra. Scouts Canada has also integrated the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into our Canadian Path programming. You can explore Scouts for Sustainability and learn more about UNESCO and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO here.
STEM Activities
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics): Scouting is filled with STEM activities and we often make STEM activities practical so that youth get to know the world around them and how they interact with it. Our Beavers recently made their own parachute toys and tested them in our meeting place, gaining understanding about how parachutes work. Scouts Canada includes many STEM activities that your youth can experience – feel free to explore them here.
Your youth can influence what we do! We are always asking our youth what adventures they would like to experience – it’s worth discussing with them and see what dreams we can make come true!
Scouting happens worldwide
Do you know that Scouting happens in 176 countries in the world and has more than 57 Million youth and volunteers? Scouting creates transformative learning experiences for young people everywhere, and we connect youth with the world. In 2019 and 2023, we had Scouts and volunteers from the 3rd Ottawa attend the World Scout Jamborees in West Virginia and South Korea, and we have started thinking about the next World Scout Jamboree in Gdansk, Poland in 2027. You can explore world scouting starting here (the World Organization of the Scouting Movement, or WOSM) and you can take a look at the next World Jamboree in Poland in 2027.