The Decline of Scouting in Canada - Continued

Annual Reports 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 | 2006-2007

Over the past twelve (12) years, Scouts Canada has been decreasing in membership by an alarming rate. The following numbers were taken from the National Council Annual Reports. They clearly show that Scouting membership has decreased dramatically. What can we do to stop this tailspin?

It is quite obvious from these numbers that the membership decline is not stopping, but in fact is increasing in magnitude. This may be attributed to the very large drop in the numbers of adult members. Many older, experienced leaders have left, due to any number of issues.

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Canada

Year	Beavers	Cubs	Scouts	Venturers	Rovers	ScAbout	Extreme	Leaders	Adults	Employees	Total	% of 1990
1990	78978	78345	33326	6859	1658			43948	22199		265313
1991	76597	75965	33122	7123	1660			43974	21217		259658	97.9
1992	74182	73303	32651	7586	1770			43515	23713		256720	96.8
1993	69703	70394	32724	7855	1646			42979	23195		248496	93.7
1994	64893	67340	31428	7586	1507			41365	22907		237026	89.3
1995	61923	64309	31583	8060	1612			39663	21517		228667	86.2
1996	63988	65702	32817	8532	1641			40161	18201		231042	87.1
1997	63395	64179	32932	8510	1693			39656	17583		227948	85.9
1998	58051	59748	29716	8711	1670			37492	16174		211562	79.7
1999	54440	57310	28904	8497	1783			35377	13744		200055	75.4
2000	51030	53842	27674	8026	1627			32934	13181		188314	71.0
2001	46805	49776	25452	7394	1487	2749	221		43781		177665	67.0
2002	42531	45202	23495	6594	1368	1628	367		40300		161485	60.9
2003	36260	38444	20478	5314	1116	1666	232		29664		133174	50.2
2004	31089	34359	17755	5157	1010	4138	910		28440		122158	46.0
2005	27814	30486	16295	4776	933	3839	250		25713		110250	41.6
2006	24648	27526	15808	4799	899	4619	243		23838	225	102758	38.7
2007	23249	25759	15491	4893	826	5372	195		23411	239	99573	37.5