History
The very first Canadian unit was founded in 1908 in St. Catharines, Ontario. In 1925, a Longueuil teacher called Georges-Henri Sainte-Marie started his own unit in the Saint-Antoine de Longueuil parish and decided not to affiliate with the Boy Scouts. In 1928 a group of five troops located in Montreal created a separate association, the Fédération des catholiques des Éclaireurs canadiens-français. The ASC was created in 1961 and in 1975 three new federations were created-Ontario, Atlantic, and West.
In June 1994, the Association des Guides Francophones du Canada (AGFC, "Canadian French-speaking Guides Association") voted against a new protocol from the Girl Guides of Canada which asked for the return to female-only leaders and management, which would have resulted in the loss of approximately 60% of adult members, many of who were men. In August of the same year the AGFC recommended to its members to go with the ASC and in October it became official. Since then, French speaking Girl Guides have generally ceased to exist.
In October 2004 the four federations were dissolved and the 40 districts are now under the direct responsibility of the ASC.
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