Personal Achievement Badges

Personal Achievement badges are designed to allow Cubs to explore and expand skills and knowledge in areas that are of particular interest to them. Personal Achievement badges are strictly optional. Work on Personal Achievement badges allows Cubs to further develop individual interests and skills and to have that development recognized as part of their growth and progression within The Canadian Path. For more information, please see the complete Cub Scout Guide to Personal Achievement Badges.


Key Things to Know about Personal Achievement Badges

  • There are 16 PA badges for each of the Sections (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, etc.)
  • The PA badges are earned individually by youth who choose to make these badges part of their personal Scouting journey. The PA badges are not part of the Pack program adventures. However, a youth who wishes to further explore anything first experienced with the Pack could develop personal adventures for one of the PA badges.
  • The PA badges follow the Plan-Do-Review process.
  • There are no set requirements for the badges. Instead, each badge has an Objective that is supported by a few Guidelines, and then ideas for possible badge adventures from which the youth may choose. The youth is also encouraged to use his or her own ideas.
  • The adventure activities to be completed for the badge must be done specifically for the badge. Credit is not given for something already completed at school or in another group. However, a new project that is done jointly for the badge and for another purpose would count toward the badge adventures.
  • A PA badge may be achieved more than once, as long as a new plan is made with new adventures.
  • Most importantly, completing the adventures for the badge must be exciting, fun and challenging for the youth!

Plan-Do-Review

Every time a Cub Scout would like to work towards a Personal Achievement Badge, he or she must use the Plan-Do-Review process. This process emphasizes goal setting and personal development Cub Scouts should set achievable goals that help them grow.

Plan-Do-Review Discussion Guide (PDF) (Google Doc) (MS Word)

Personal Achievement Badges for Cub Scouts

  • Air - anything connecting with the atmosphere including exploration, environment, leisure pursuits, experiments, etc.
  • Arts -  exploring one’s own creative expression and the creative output of others.
  • Building - creating and constructing functional items in a hands-on way
  • Canada - exploring what it means to be a citizen who makes positives contributions to the country
  • Community - exploring what it means to be an active, contributing member of one’s neighbourhood and municipality
  • Earth -  anything connecting with our planet’s soil and geology including exploration, environment, leisure pursuits, experiments, etc.
  • Hobby -  an opportunity to develop one specific interest or to explore new interests
  • Home - exploring what it means to be a contributing member in a household
  • Science - learning and experimenting critically and empirically
  • Space - anything connecting with outer space including exploration, leisure pursuits, experiments, etc.
  • Summer Fitness - anything related to active and healthy fitness and the summer season
  • Technology - exploring how to use digital technology effectively and responsibly
  • Water - anything connecting with water including exploration, environment, leisure pursuits, experiments, etc.
  • Winter Fitness -  anything related to active and healthy fitness and the winter season
  • World - exploring what it means to be a contributing global citizen
  • Year Round Fitness -  anything related to active and healthy fitness that can be pursued year-round

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