LET’S SUPPORT OUR AIR CADETS –  SENTINAL 631 SQUADRON

Every year, the squadron participates in selling Lottery Ticket Books to raise funds for cadet programming and Aviation career training. tbd
More information about the prizes, the draw, and the rules for purchasing lottery tickets can be found at www.aircadetlottery.com

Please feel free to invite your family and friends in supporting our squadron! Thank you and we appreciate your support!!

Our Cadets are a very large part of our Legion and support us in many ways.  They serve dinners to our Veterans and comrades at our Pine Hills Dinners and our Veterans dinners.

They march with us in our parades and carry our flags.   Every year they are involved with our Poppy Campaign tagging and other tasks for us!

 

They hold vigil at our Cenotaph to honour our Veterans for Remembrance Day!

 

631 Sentinel Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron

631 Sentinel Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron held its first training night on 5 November, 1956, with the Scarborough Eglinton Lions Club as its community sponsor. Parades were held at the old Scarborough Police Building at 32 Civic Road, with an enrollment of approximately 50 young men between the ages of 14 and 19.

In 1958, with the continued support of the Scarborough Recreation and Parks Department, the Squadron moved to 24 Civic Road. With the help of the parents and cadets, as well as the members of the newly formed Scarborough Sea Cadet Corps, the building was refurbished. 631 Sentinel Squadron opened branches at Winston Churchill Collegiate and Cedarbrae Collegiate.

In 1964, the Squadron started the renovation of its new home, a former car dealership; it was called the Mid-Scarborough Youth Centre. Today the Don Montgomery Community Centre stands on this same property.

After Parliament amended the National Defense Act to allow the enrollment of female cadets, 631 Sentinel Squadron was one of the first units to actively encourage recruitment and enrollment of young women.

In 1996, 631 Sentinel Squadron won the Group of the Year Award for the City of Scarborough. In 2010, 631 Sentinel Squadron was voted the best Squadron in Ontario by the OPC (Ontario Provincial Committee) at the fall AGM.

During 631 Sentinel Squadron’s 60+ years of service over 155 cadets have earned their wings learning to fly and countless cadets have continued on choosing careers in the Canadian Forces and the aviation industry.