[3] The movement was founded as the youth wing of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO and the Zionist Organization of Canada in 1917, and is affiliated with HaNoar HaTzioni.

[4] Acting as the youth wing of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO and the Zionist Organization of Canada, Young Judaea held biennial and regional conferences and facilitated transnational social contact between members with its Correspondence Club.

[5] At weekly meetings, activities included lectures and discussions on Jewish history, current affairs and topics related to Zionism.

[14] Young Judaea also runs a four-week summer tour of Israel and a post-secondary educational gap year program.

[14] In 2018, Canadian Young Judaea announced it would be launching a week-long overnight summer camp for LGBTQ Jewish campers called Machane Lev.