ABOUT OUR DISTRICT

The Story Of Our Logo

District 7815 covers a wide and diverse area and the symbols in the Logo are related to Rotary and the District in the following way:

The Sea: It is common to all parts of the District and binds our individual clubs into one District

The Rock: Represents the firm foundation on which the District was built and which will continue to grow

The Lighthouse: Gives us the guidance through the journey of Rotary activities and service in the District

At the 1915 Convention of the “International Association of Rotary Clubs”, provision was made for changing the then eight geographical divisions into nineteen numbered districts; fifteen in the United States of America, three in Canada and one in Great Britain and Ireland. The motion renamed the officers in charge from Area Vice-President to District Governor, to be nominated by the Clubs of the District and elected at the Convention.

At that time, there were ten clubs in Canada. Two of them were in the Maritimes – Halifax, Nova Scotia (1913) and Saint John, New Brunswick (1914). Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island was added in 1917. In 1922, the then British Colony of St. John’s, Newfoundland, was added making it a Canadian Club in 1949.

District boundaries and/or identifying numbers have changed eight times over the years:

• CANADA (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and The Magdalene Islands)
• FRANCE (Saint Pierre et Miquelon)