Scouting and Guiding in Nova Scotia

Scouting in Nova Scotia has a long history, from 1908 to the present day.

The 4th Halifax Highland Scouts, formed in 1922 by The Scots Society (then the North British Society of Halifax), was the largest Scout group in Nova Scotia for several decades.

The society registered its scouts with The Boy Scouts Association's Canadian General Council, now named Scouts Canada but in 2001, it ceased registration and continued its scouts independently under the name The Scots Highland Company, for male youths, until 2007, after which the society re-organized it as The Scots Highland Company 848, Royal Canadian Army Cadets.

Nova Scotia Council Area Councils Northern Central South West Valley Girl Guides of Canada - Guides du Canada operates in Nova Scotia through its Nova Scotia Council.

Headquarters: Halifax, NS Website: http://www.girlguides.ns.ca/ Girl Guiding started in Nova Scotia in 1911 when the first company was organized in Halifax by suffragette Mary Walcott Ritchie (sister of Eliza Ritchie).