The inaugural meeting was held on October 18, 1965 at the Château Laurier Hotel. Sponsored by Toronto, we became the seventh Canadian club and the 274th. Chapter of the Association Internationale des Skål Clubs (AISC). Initial membership was 22.

By 1969 we had grown to 34 and to 55 at our 30th. Anniversary in 1995.

Memorable Christmas galas provided extravagant door prizes over the years, the best-remembered during Brick Allan’s presidency (1970), when Jane Tilden won two first-class tickets to St. Lucia.

In 1972 the Sampan Restaurant hosted the Club to a 14-course meal (that lasted from 1945 ‘til after midnight), perhaps setting an all-time record for our Club! Later that year we welcomed members from across Canada when we hosted the Second National Congress at the Talisman Inn. This was the same year that we purchased the President’s chain of office.

In 1982, our representative to the National Committee Carlo Bertasi was elected as a Director, and three years later became its VP-Finance. In 1989 & 1990 he served as President of the National Skål Committee of Canada, now known as Skål International Canada (SICAN), and in 1990 he was elected President of the North American Area Skal Committee (NAASC).

In 1983 we were awarded the honour of staging the 24th. North American Congress to be held in 1985. Through the splendid cooperation of our members and those in clubs throughout North America, the May congress set a record for attendance of 578 skålleagues.

Pre and Post congress tours allowed registrants to visit Montréal, Toronto, and the Baffin Islands Region of the Northwest Territories. Our members and their families took up the challenge to give a special welcome to our guests by hosting over 100 early arrivals to dinner and home or at a restaurant. Profits realized from this meeting enabled our Club to make a special contribution of $1,000 to the Volckaert Fund. Also that year we welcomed fellow skålleagues to special reception held during Rendez-Vous Canada and for attendees at the annual ACTA Congress.

October, 1985, saw a special celebration in honour of our 20th. Anniversary as a Skål Club. A gala evening recorded a 100 percent turnout by our members who welcomed several Past Presidents as guests. The evening featured dinner followed by a “Pops” concert at the National Arts Centre followed by a champagne and dessert birthday celebration at the Château Laurier.

In 1990 we organized and hosted the National Congress attended by some 200 registrants at the Holiday Inn Downtown.

Our club inducted its first lady members in 1993: Deborah Redmond, Manager of ITP Voyageur Travel Services and Jacqueline Smith, Manager of ANZA Travel, and in September they were joined by Leslie Coates, President of Manotick Travel.
Later that year eleven skålleagues spent five days in Amsterdam and The Hague attending Skål venues and in 1996 seven members travelled to Italy dining with the Clubs of Lombardia and San Remo.

In October, 1995, 96 skålleagues and guests celebrated our 30th. Anniversary that was attended by the Presidents of AISC, NAASC, and NSCC.

Our golfing members have been regular participants in the annual Jack Britton Memorial Tournament.

In 1997, Paul Simoneau was elected President of the National Skål Committee of Canada in the same year that we won the award for Best Club in Canada – a feat repeated in 1998!

In 1999, Jackie Smith was elected as our first female President.