Junior Achievement was brought to Canada in 1955 by Ralph Baker, former president of Standard Oil company (now Chevron Canada), who enlisted the support of the Vancouver business community in establishing the program, with 250 students, as part of Junior Achievement Inc., U.S.A.

A Canadian Chamber of Commerce centennial project was instrumental in establishing the Junior Achievement of Canada organization in 1967 with the aim of teaching Canada’s young people the principles of Canadian business.

More than 1 million graduates of Junior Achievement programs in Canada have gained an in-depth understanding of the principles of business and economics since Junior Achievement was inaugurated in the mid-fifties.

A lion and a unicorn stand on the sides of the shield on the arms of Canada. The lion on the shield’s right holds a gold-pointed silver lance from which flies the Royal Union flag. The unicorn holds a lance flying a banner of royalist France. The banners represent the two principal founding nations that had established Canada’s enduring laws and customs.