Traditional Scouting
The way B-P intended

We are an independent scouting association affiliated with many other Baden-Powell Scout Associations around the world, and with the BPSA Federation of Canada. We were established to promote the principles, methods and practices of Scouting as originally laid down by Lord Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of scouting.

A Promise and Law, age appropriate, assist youth in learning by doing. We offer a progressive and stimulating program of varied activities based on the interests of the participants, largely in an outdoor setting in contact with nature.

Since the founding of the Scouting Movement it had spread around the world like a brush fire. Today there are only a handful of countries where Scouting is not being practised to some degree. The principles and methods of Scouting are so fundamentally sound and so adaptable that traditional scouting goes on developing and can never be dated or unsuited to any community.

The Aim of our Association is, as stated by B-P himself, to promote good citizenship and wholesome physical, mental development; and training in habits of observation, discipline, self-reliance, loyalty, and useful life skills.

We are proud as an Association to be upholding Lord Baden-Powell's Scouting ideals and his original programs, proving that his planning and foresight still holds true today. We preserve Lord Baden-Powell's original ideas in our programs and methods as much as possible, while progressing with the times and keeping up to date with the very latest technology, child protection, legislation, first aid standards, and safety in outdoor education.

BPSA-BC believes that true traditional Scouting should be available to all, at a cost affordable to all, and therefore we do all we can to keep the cost of traditional Scouting within the means of British Columbia youth and families from all walks of life. We invite you to compare the costs of our membership and supplies to those of any other Canadian Scout association or any other group for that matter!

This association lives by B-P's original 10 Scout Laws. B-P's 4th Scout Law reads:

A Scout is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout

In keeping with the Scout Law, our Association has a policy of goodwill and co-operation with any other Scouting organisation of like minded intent, whether in Canada or abroad. BPSA - BC is a proud member of the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS). We work in co-operation with many of the other independent Scouting Associations.

We invite you to have a good look around our site and enjoy your visit. We hope you learn a bit about us and find out more about the many benefits Traditional Scouting offers the youth of today. Should you have any questions about Traditional Scouting in your community or general inquiry about the Traditional Scouting methods and programs, please drop us a line. We would be pleased to hear from you and assure that all inquiries will be answered in a timely fashion.

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Thank you for visiting.

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The BP Service Association is a Registered Charity with the Canada Revenue Agency.
For information on donating to charities such as ours, please visit
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/donors/

BPSA-BC is in no way affiliated with, nor part of Scouts Canada or any other WOSM organization. BPSA is a Licensed Trademark owned by the BP Service Association in B.C.

In order to protect you from spam, we are taking the following measures when posting e-mail addresses on this web site. Instead of just posting the address, we will spell it out. In other words johnxxx@abc.ca will be written johnxxx at abc.ca. This will defeat the programs which scan the internet looking for e-mail addresses to add to spam lists. (You will have to convert the address back before using it, of course).