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Scouting and Guiding in Yukon

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ7438503 ↗
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Scouting in Yukon dates back to 1913, serving thousands of young men and women.

Scouting in Yukon

Yukon is administratively connected to British Columbia in the Cascadia Council (formally the BC/Yukon Council) of Scouts Canada.

Among Yukon's varied Scouting groups are Scouts and Venturers.

Girl Guiding in Yukon

Girls from age 5 through 17 are served by the Yukon District of Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada. Yukon District is part of the Aurora Adventures Area Council and Alberta Council. Through financial support from YRAC, Yukon District can provide administrative support to Guiders and girls through the Guide Office (102-302 Steele Street, Whitehorse, Y1A 2C5, 667–2455).

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This entry incorporates text from “Scouting and Guiding in Yukon” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.