Founded in 1936…

Under the leadership of our first President, Taylor Statten, the Canadian Camping Association (CCA) is a non-profit, national federation of eight provincial camping associations: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island. The CCA represents over 800 camps across Canada.

The first meeting of the Canadian Camping Association/Association des camps du Canada (CCA/ACC) was held on May 20, 1936 at the Central Y.M.C.A., Toronto. At this meeting, the participants created an Association, adopted a constitution, named officers and initiated steps to nominate a board of directors. The first officers of the Association were: Taylor Statten, president; Mary Edgar, vice-president; Dr. George S. Patterson, secretary and Mary C. Donaldson, treasurer. At the time, the primary objective of the CCA/ACC was to "further the interests and welfare of children, youths and adults through camping as an educative, recreative, and character developing experience." Over the years this primary goal has remained the focus of the Association with the addition of several other goals.