848 The Scots’ Highland Company History

In 1921, the Scots’ society wanted to memorialize its members who had died serving in World War I. The 4th Halifax Highland Scouts formed in 1922 by The Scots Society (then known as the North British Society of Halifax), was the largest Scout group in Nova Scotia for several decades. The Society’s scouts became known as “The Scots Highland Scouts”.

The society registered its Scouts with The Boy Scouts Association’s Canadian General Council, now named Scouts Canada but in 2001, ceased registration and continued independently under the name The Scots’ Highland Company for male youths until 2007, after which the society re-organized the group as “The Scots’ Highland Company 848 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps”.

Captain Rob Adams was the first Commanding Officer and remained there until 2023. The unit consistently held membership of between 50-75 cadets until Covid emerged in March 2020. This shut down training for several months and forced the organization to create an online learning platform. This consequently started a slow decline in numbers for the Corps.

In-person training resumed full time in September 2022 with approximately 10 cadets returning. The re-building phase began, and the unit has seen consistent growth since then.

In April 2023 Captain Brian Seidel assumed command of 848 The Scots’ Highland Company. Several staff changes between 2022 and 2025 assisted the unit in continuing its forward momentum, and numbers reached close to 40 cadets by May 2025.

The Corps serves boys and girls aged 12 to 18 and meet weekly on Tuesday evenings from 6 to 9 PM at the Dartmouth East Community Centre, 50 Caledonia Road in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

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