Cub Scouts is a program designed for children 8 to 10 years of age and it shares the Aim of Scouts Canada with Scouting's other programs.

The aim of a Cub Scouts Program is to help children, youth and adults to develop their character as resourceful and responsible members of the community by providing opportunities and guidance for their mental, physical, social and spiritual development. More specifically, the emphasis of the Cub Scout program is on activities which help children to:

  • express and respond to God's love in their daily lives
  • do their best
  • keep fit
  • satisfy their curiosity and need for adventure and new experiences
  • be creative and develop a sense of accomplishment
  • make choices
  • develop a sense of fair play, trust and caring
  • work together in small groups and experience being a leader
  • participate in outdoor activities
  • learn about the natural world and their part in it.

Details of the Cub Scouts program are contained in The Wolf Cub Book and The Wolf Cub Leaders' Handbook. With this emphasis in mind, a leadership team, recruited by the sponsor, works to provide a program that will provide a balanced program of fun and activities built around seven elements. These elements are: acting, crafts, games, music, outdoor activities, activity area work and stories.

The leadership team may consist of parents, other adults, teens and older Scouts. Cubs Scouts attend weekly meetings in a large group called a pack - which usually has from 18 to 36 members. An adult volunteer fills the role of pack leader and should have one assistant for every six Cub Scouts. The pack is divided into smaller groups called sixes. Each six is led by a sixer and each sixer usually has an assistant called a second. Sixes are known by colours - Red Six, Green Six and so on. They wear a simple triangular coloured patch for six identification. To be invested as a Cub Scout one must, among other requirements, know and understand the promise, law and motto.

The Cub Scout Promise
I promise to do my best, To love and serve God,
To do my duty to the Queen,
To keep the law of the Wolf Cub pack,
And to do a good turn for somebody every day.

The Cub Scout Law
The Cub respects the Old Wolf. The Cub respects himself.

The Cub Scout Motto
Do your best

While many activities in Cub Scouts are carried out in the larger pack group, there is also emphasis on recognition for individual achievement. Through passing tests and meeting certain standards, Cub Scouts are able to earn and wear stars, badges and awards. As Scouting is an outdoor oriented organization, there is emphasis on outdoor activities for Cub Scouts - including camping. Camping provides situations for Cub Scouts to think, learn and do for themselves.