Kevin Pacey wrote on Mon, Aug 8, 2016 09:39 PM UTC:
Fwiw, the link below shows that for this year a high proportion of Chess Federation of Canada members are juniors (note the province of Quebec has its own federation, although Quebec is within FIDE's zone of Canada); also, overall membership has began to creep slightly higher again, after the CFC nearly went belly up in 2007. It's probably not unfair to say that the CFC hasn't always been a well-run organization, and has less members per capita than the USCF currently has. It's also possible that relatively high proportions of junior CFC members may come from certain demographics (e.g. chess has deep roots in Russian culture):
Fwiw, the link below shows that for this year a high proportion of Chess Federation of Canada members are juniors (note the province of Quebec has its own federation, although Quebec is within FIDE's zone of Canada); also, overall membership has began to creep slightly higher again, after the CFC nearly went belly up in 2007. It's probably not unfair to say that the CFC hasn't always been a well-run organization, and has less members per capita than the USCF currently has. It's also possible that relatively high proportions of junior CFC members may come from certain demographics (e.g. chess has deep roots in Russian culture):
http://chess.ca/membership-stats