Proud History of 433rd

In late 1969, the 22nd Etobicoke Scout Group - sponsored by St. Luke's United Church in Etobicoke, was formed by a group of interested church members including a new minister. It was officially chartered on November 30, 1970.

We began with one Cub Pack and one Scout Troop. The 22nd Etobicoke Scout Group participated in many camps, jamborees and district special events (cuborees and special hobby shows) placing first and second in many of these events.

As scouting registration began to decrease in the mid 1970's, a decision was made to amalgamate some groups in Etobicoke. This subsequently led to the combining of the 22nd Etobicoke and 11th Etobicoke (St. Wilfred's Church) to become the 433rd Toronto Group, sponsored by St. Luke's Church. This became effective in our re-chartering in 1976.

During the life of the 433rd Scout Group we added a Beaver Colony and for a year or two, we had a Venturer Company along with our current Cub Pack and Scout Troop.

With the combining of the 11th and 22nd Etobicoke Groups in 1976 a new scarf was adopted which was the pattern of Canada's Centennial Tartan. In the late 1980's the Centennial Tartan was no longer available and the scarf was changed to the current green and purple with a grey border design - adding the United Church Crest in 1998.

433rd Toronto Scout, Wolf Cubs, Beavers Achievements:

  • Planted trees annually to enhance the city/environment
  • Delivered Santa boxes for the Toronto Star
  • Participated in our annual West Deane Park clean-up event & Pitch-In Canada
  • Participated in the annual Humber West Hobby Craft Show
  • Participated in Canadian jamborees
  • Participated in annual Beaverees and Cuborees

433rd Group Committee Members

Cindy Paget, Group Commissioner

Andy Squires, Church Representative

Cameron Hunter, Treasurer

John Stranart, Group Committee Member

Tom Ferguson, Group Committee Member

James Hawn, Group committee Member

Roman Kinasz, Scout Leader

Alan Wiik, Scout Leader

Tim Ho, Scout Leader

Grant Wiggle, Wolf Cub Leader

David Gamey, Wolf Cub Leader

Mike Wong, Wolf Cub Leader

James Gerson, Beaver Leader

Elaine Getler, Beaver Leader

Bryan Hocking, Beaver Leader

Viraf Baliwalla, Beaver Leader

Ross Gillett, Beaver Leader