Legion is Canada's foremost veterans' support associations
Legion is one of the largest community service organizations with grass-roots origins responding to communities needs since 1926, particularly veterans, seniors and youth
Programs include:
Veterans' and Seniors' Services—health care, housing, social activities, medical and information support to veterans, ex-service members and their families
Youth Activities—support to cadet corps, Scouts Canada, sports organizations, scholarships and bursaries
Remembrance—maintaining the tradition through the Poppy Campaign, 2 Minutes Silence, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, all levels of Remembrance Day ceremonies, poster and literary contests, school programs, pilgrimages and year of the Veteran
Community Service—financial and volunteer assistance to charities
$2,100,000 direct support to needy veterans and 472,320 hours of volunteer time
$1,600,000 direct support to seniors, over 559,820 hours of volunteer time with more than 300,000 seniors participating
$259,000,000 committed to veterans’ and seniors’ housing projects and —7,000 units in place
$2,400,000 direct support to youth activities, 167,396 volunteer hours
$8,600,000 to charities,197,707 volunteer hours to community service
$4,300,000 in property taxes
1,352 full-time and 2,608 part-time employees with wages in excess of $58,800,000
$24,400,000 maintenance and service costs from branches
Legion's economic impact on the country is estimated at $375,000,000 per year
The Royal Canadian Legion is well known as Canada's foremost veterans' support association. That it is also one of the country's largest community service organizations with programs touching the lives of hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens every year, is known to far fewer Canadians. Because of its grass-roots origins, the Legion has always responded to the needs of communities. Since 1926, members have been quietly working to improve the quality of life for all Canadians, particularly veterans, seniors and youth. Here are some of the programs:
Veterans' and Seniors' Services
Support to veterans, ex-service members and their families, health care, housing, social activities, medical support, information;
Youth Activities
Support to cadet corps, Scouts Canada, sports organizations, and financial assistance in the form of scholarships and bursaries;
Remembrance
Maintaining the tradition of "Remembrance" through the annual Remembrance - Poppy campaign, conducting the "Two Minute Wave of Silence", the establishment of "The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier", organizing and conducting national, regional and local Remembrance Day ceremonies, youth poster and essay contests, school programs, pilgrimages to historic war-time locations, and its advocacy for a “Year of the Veteran” in 2005;
Community Service Annual financial and volunteer assistance to a wide range of charities.
$2,100,000 direct support to needy veterans and 472,320 hours of volunteer time
$1,600,000 direct support to seniors, over 559,820 hours of volunteer time with more than 300,000 seniors participating
The Legion has committed $259,000,000 to veterans’ and seniors’ housing projects and has 7,000 units in place
$2,400,000 direct support to youth activities (cadets, Scouts Canada, sports, bursaries, scholarships), 167,396 volunteer hours
$8,600,000 to charities, 197,707 volunteer hours to community service
$4,300,000 in property taxes
approximately 1,352 full-time and 2,608 part-time employees with wages in excess of $58,800,000
$24,400,000 maintenance and service costs from branches
It is estimated that the Legion's annual economic impact on communities exceeds $375 million.
