Welcome to our Association - Kin Canada, founded in 1920, is an all-Canadian service organization made up of active community volunteers.

Working together, Kinsmen and Kinettes are enhancing the quality of life in their communities by promoting service, fellowship, positive values and national pride.

Kin clubs support cystic fibrosis (CF) research and fund local projects across the country

• they may enjoy personal development through Kin;
• they may be improved and educated in modern business and professional methods and ethics;
• the involvement of each in the enrichment  of their community may be stimulated;
• a spirit of cooperation, tolerance, understanding and equality among all nations and peoples be fostered and  that unity of thought and purpose throughout Canada be established toward this goal;
• they shall serve their community’s greatest need.

Kin Canada is an all-Canadian service organization made up of active community volunteers. Working together, members are enhancing the quality of life in their communities by promoting service, fellowship, positive values and national pride. Kin clubs support cystic fibrosis (CF) research and fund local projects across the country.

The Association was founded on Feb. 20, 1920 in Hamilton, Ontario by Harold A. Rogers O.C., O.B.E. (1899-1994). Rogers was 21 and had just returned from the trenches of the First World War when his father, a prominent Rotarian, encouraged him to get together a few young men his own age. However, when Rogers decided to join the same Rotary club as his father, his application was rejected. It was the policy of the Rotary not to have two members from the same business establishment. As a result of this rejection, Rogers and a small group of men gathered for a dinner meeting and became the first Kinsmen Club - the Kinsmen Club of Hamilton, Ontario.