In 1909, McGill graduates, supported by Professor James Dale, founded Canada’s first university settlement, in Montreal. The following year, another settlement began at the University of Toronto, and by 1920, there were at least 13 such settlements across Canada.

Source: Jennisen, T. and Lundy, C. (2011) One Hundred Year’s of Social Work. A History of the Profession in English Canada, 1900 - 2000, Wilfred Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.