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The Scout year runs from January through to December with a summer break encompassing July and August. When you register in the fall, you register from Fall to winter the next year. Please ask for details, but in general we run programming during regular school year.
Scouts Canada Fees
$277 (As per 2025/2026 Year)
Group Fee
$23 (paid with Scouts Canada registration)
Upon registration on the Scouts Canada site, you will only see the total combined fee.
Scouts Canada divides its fees into two portions: The Scouts Canada National Registration Fee and the Group Fee.
Scouts Canada National Registration Fee
Scouts Canada uses the registration fee to provide support, training (partial), insurance, maintenance to Scout facilities and more. This fee does not go to our group directly for programming.
Group Fee
The group fee covers a portion of the program costs. Program costs include (camping) equipment, craft supplies, gear and tools, cost for weekly meeting place, training. We also supply badges and 'neckers' for the youth.
Fundraising / Volunteer Commitment
Fundraising / Volunteer Commitment
We ask for two volunteer commitments, 1 major and 1 minor per family (regardless of number of youth registered).
The details on the volunteer work done changes from year to year but major commitments are along the lines of a casino/bingo shift or assisting in other major fundraising or promotion activities, whereas a minor commitment ranges from providing transport for bottle drives to helping setup the year-end event.
Unless we can get an adequate amount of volunteers for the year, we will be implementing a volunteer cheque requirements of $400 (undated) per family. Volunteer cheques will be returned (or destroyed) when all volunteer commitments have been fulfilled.
Fundraising activities
A large part of our program costs are covered through fundraising activities, we have two types of fundraising activities:
1. Group fundraising that benefit the group as a whole. For example: Casino, Bingo, Almond Sales, Soup sale, Bottle Drives*.
Casino (every 18-24 months) - Our Scouting group is very lucky to be one of a handful of Scouting Groups that gets a Casino every other year. The money earned with a Casino allows us to support our programming for youth for two years. It is crucial to the success and strength of our program.
Bingo (Approximately 4 a year) - Our Scouting group is very lucky to be one of a handful of Scouting Groups that gets a Bingos thru the year. The money earned with a Bingos allows us to support our programming for youth. It is crucial to the success and strength of our program.
2. Individual Fundraising
Throughout the year we do have other optional fundraisers, such as bottle drives* raffles, etc. The proceeds from the individual fundraisers are kept in an account (your family's fundraising account) solely for the use of your child to use for trips or events that we ask a fee for. The proceeds do NOT go to our group's programming directly. Please note that these funds are not available to cash in or to use for registration fees.
*Bottle drives: Funds raised in Bottle Drives may be split among individual accounts, group account or special events.
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