Quota in Canada
Quota International, the first international, classified women's service club was incorporated in Buffalo, on February 6, 1919. Quota's earliest mandate was to assist with the continuing eduation of young women. That mandate was later changed to service to the hearing and speech impaired. In recent years, a program of assistance to disadvantaged women and children has been adopted. Clubs sprung up quickly throughout the eastern and mid-western U.S. To Canadians, its most significant spread was in November of 1925 when the Winnipeg, Manitoba club was chartered and Mary Russell Purman was presented with the charter at the 1926 convention in Philadelphia. Soon Saskatchewan clubs came on board. Canada Area is comprised of Districts 11 and 18. District 11 has 7 clubs and District 18 has 10. Today, Quota members, both male and female, share in service to their communities, encouraging others, developing friendships, and promoting international understanding and goodwill.

Charter Dates of Canadian Clubs

District 11 Brandon - January 23, 1950 Estevan - June 26, 1976 Medicine Hat - October 23, 1937 Penticton - September 21, 1984 Weyburn - April 24, 1954 Wainwright - September 21, 1960 Winnipeg - 1926 Convention

District 18 Barrie - September 28, 1963 Collingwood - May 14, 1977 Grey Bruce - May 28, 2005 Hamilton - May 15, 1943 Huronia - November 28, 1970 Orillia - June 18, 1945 Ottawa - June 6, 1946 OwenSound - November, 1954 Mariposa - November 7, 1999 Peterborough - November 8, 1960

Canadian International Presidents

1951-1952 Gladys H.Robinson, Saskatoon, Sask. 1972-1973 A.Dorothy Milligan, Ottawa, Ont. 1989-1990 Helen Macdonald, Orillia, Ont. 1993-1994 Ilse Mitchell, Ottawa, Ont. 2000-2001 Dolores Brosky, Owen Sound, Ont.

Quota Conventions in Canada

1930 Winnipeg, Man. 1938 Banff, Alta. 1944 Niagara Falls, Ont. 1947 Victoria, B.C. 1951 Quebec, Que. 1955 Banff, Alta.

1960 Toronto, Ont. 1967 Vancouver, B.C. 1973 Toronto, Ont. 1982 Vancouver, B.C. 2000 Calgary, Alta. 2004 Toronto, Ont.