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Edmonton, Alberta is noted as having strong system of community leagues. The concept was adopted from the United States where it was known as the Social center or Center Club movement. Community organization goes back to the turn of the twentieth century, and the first community league in Edmonton, the 142 Street District Community League now the Crestwood Community League was founded in 1917. By 1921 there were nine community leagues, which united to form the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, which continues to the present. The federation has expanded its membership as the city has grown, and in 2006 had 150 member leagues. The city government provides grants to assist in the creation of new leagues.
Greater Sudbury, Ontario instituted a similar system of community action networks in 2001, when the former towns and cities of the Regional Municipality of Sudbury were amalgamated into the current city government.
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