[12][13] In 2009, a "Spirituality Award" was introduced for Scouts and Guides who do not belong to a specific religious denomination.

[19][20] In 1972, Scouts Canada began accepting female participants as part of its Rover Section.

This was made up of past commissioners and community business leaders, most of whom had a Scouting background in their youth.

This was the group that handled staffing, helped identify future Trainers, Commissioners, and senior Service Scouters supervised budgets for employees and camps, and raised funds from the Community.

[citation needed] In March 2011, Scouts Canada introduced a significant re-design of the organization's uniform that had been designed by Joe Fresh Style.

[25] The new design received high marks from Fashion magazine Flare stating that the new uniforms are both stylish and comfortable.

[27] For several years, silicon bracelets were distributed across Canada with the message "Good Turn Week."

In addition to the original initiative, a fund was established to sponsor selected community service projects.

[28][29][30] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discontinued its long association with Scouts Canada at the end of 2019, which reduced nationwide youth membership by over 5%.

[31] In 2021, Scouts Canada announced a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all in-person meetings, effective from 1 November.

The administration of the organization is divided into twenty Councils, each administering a whole province or large part thereof.

[34] The national body and Councils are organized around a key three which include a Scouter, Youth, and Staff member.

All positions are advertised publicly and a selection committee interviews members based on skill set.

[40][41] The full-time sections of Scouts Canada are divided primarily by participant age, with all following the organization's fiscal year of 1 September to 31 August.

As of September 2016, all full-time sections utilize a redeveloped model called the Canadian Path.

[43] It has been said that the redevelopment was driven in part to address falling membership and meet the expectations set out in the World Organization of the Scout Movement resolutions' World Scout Youth Programme Policy,[44] "to make programs relevant to the needs and demands of the current day's youth, the goal of the project was to do just that."

Activities include "high adventure activities" ranging from multi-week expeditions with increasingly-difficult challenges, taking on leadership roles working with younger sections, and assisting with or running service projects at a local / national / international level.

The Canadian Brotherhood Fund provides through grants, "seed money" for many international development projects.

In some cases, members of Scouts Canada participate in travelling abroad to assist in carrying out portions of a project.

[58] SCOUTSabout is implemented in 3-month long modules, often after school, to appeal to those families who do not want or cannot commit to year-round activities.

[58][59] Theme based, the focus is on structured play and learning by doing without uniforms, badge programs and ceremonies.

[58][59] Extreme Adventure offers the opportunity for young people aged from 14 to 17, to plan and participate in a variety of short-term adventure-based activities.

[58] It is designed to include development of leadership skills and self-esteem and the participation in community projects that is also offered through the ordinary programs.

Created to further differentiate Scouts and Venturers, ADVenture provides a different style of national camp for an older age group.

[citation needed] In 2012, the CBC ran a documentary suggesting that Scouts Canada had not always reported leaders who had sexually abused children to the police, relating to incidents that took place between 1960 and 1990.

[80] The report from KPMG subsequently "found no systemic intent to cover up or hide incidents of abuse".

[85][87] Scouts Canada provides with some of its handbooks (and online), a booklet called How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide.

[88] In addition, it is a badge requirement in the Scout program for parents and youth to review a portion of How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent's Guide[89] In 1999, the Baden-Powell Service Association Federation of Canada (B-PSAFC) was ordered by Industry Canada "to take the word 'scout' out of its title."