SSCC History
The club originated in 1987 as the Standard Schnauzer Club of Eastern Canada, at the time there was also a small, dedicated group of Schnauzer owners in the western half of the country known as the Standard Schnauzer Club of Western Canada.
The goal of the club at that time was to focus on breed improvement, the sharing of information, to support each other in friendly competition and to raise the breeds profile, among other things. For more information, see our Constitution.
As a regional club a newsletter was put together, several matches, fun days and seminars took place and in November 1990, the club’s first Regional Specialty was held.
In 1993 the Club received recognition from the Canadian Kennel Club to become a national breed club known as the Standard Schnauzer Club of Canada.
The club’s main focus is to:
- Unite Standard Schnauzer owners across our large geographical landscape
- Offer support and breed related information to fellow Standard Schnauzer owners
- Provide a means for conformation and versatility competition. We hold an annual national conformation specialty event and have supported entries/boosters for conformation and obedience (and agility when it is available).
- Educate the public
- From time to time, to update the Canadian Kennel Club Breed Standard.
Our Club Logo
The original Standard Schnauzer icon (SSCC) was created and designed by Mr. Fenwick Bonnell. His gracious contribution to the club (formerly SSCEC and then now to SSCC) is most gratefully acknowledged.
The icon was revamped in 2024 to reflect changes to the SSCC breed standard to include dogs with natural ears and tails. The new SSCC wordmark was also added at this time.
Evolution of Our Logo

Original

Uncropped Variant

New Combined Logo
