Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada
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{{Infobox Charity
| image =
| logo = Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada logo.svg
| type = Nonprofit
| website = http://bigbrothersbigsisters.ca
| formation = {{start date and age|1913|9|18}}
| volunteers = 21,300
| purpose =
| leader_title = National President & CEO
| leader_name = W. Matthew Chater, M.Ed.
| motto =
| status = Charity
| region = Canada
| services = Mentoring programs
}}
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada is a non-profit federation charity offering a youth mentoring program, founded in 1913. The Big Brothers Big Sisters movement in Canada provides services to 41,700 youths.{{cite web|url=https://bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/about-us/|title=About Us - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada|publisher=|access-date=March 14, 2018|archive-date=March 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315134905/https://bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/about-us/|url-status=live}}
Programs
Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies offer mentoring programs for Canadian youth. In the one-to-one mentoring program, one youth and one adult mentor meet twice a month for at least one year. Big Brothers Big Sisters also operates group mentoring programs for teenagers and clubs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.charityintelligence.ca/charity-details/219-big-brothers-big-sisters-of-canada|title=Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada|website=www.charityintelligence.ca|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-09-21|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921074645/https://www.charityintelligence.ca/charity-details/219-big-brothers-big-sisters-of-canada|url-status=live}}
In 2013, the Boston Consulting Group conducted a research study on the impact of Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring programs. The study concluded that every dollar spent on Big Brothers Big Sisters results in a $18–23 social return on investment.{{Cite web |date=January 2014 |title=Making It Happen for Canada - BCG's Partnerships and Projects for Social Impact |url=http://image-src.bcg.com/Making-it-happen-for-Canada_tcm74-39738.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921074403/http://image-src.bcg.com/Making-it-happen-for-Canada_tcm74-39738.pdf |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018 |website=Boston Consulting Group}}
History
The youth mentoring movement began in New York in 1904,{{cite web |url=http://www.bbbs.org/history/ |title=History of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America |website=Big Brothers Big Sisters of America |accessdate=4 March 2019 |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223202156/http://www.bbbs.org/history/ |url-status=live }} and, by 1916, Big Brothers had spread to 96 cities across the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbbst.com/en/Home/aboutus/100years.aspx|title=100 Years of History|work=bbbst.com|accessdate=10 December 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203003255/http://www.bbbst.com/en/Home/aboutus/100years.aspx|url-status=live}}
In 1912, the first Canadian Big Sister agency was formed in Toronto.{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vErkHihnLAC&dq=decades+of+caring&pg=PA7| title=Decades of Caring: The Big Sister Story By Helen Caister Robinson| isbn=9780919670341| last1=Robinson| first1=Helen Caister| date=January 1979| access-date=January 21, 2023| archive-date=December 3, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203035433/https://books.google.com/books?id=1vErkHihnLAC&dq=decades+of+caring&pg=PA7| url-status=live}} In 1913, the first Canadian Big Brother program began in Toronto. In 2001, Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada, Big Sisters of Canada, and Big Sisters Association of Ontario merged to become Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada.
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