The Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN) is the official
International Naturist Federation
The International Naturist Federation (INF) or Fédération naturiste internationale (FNI) or Internationalen Naturisten Föderation (INF) is the global umbrella organisation representing official national naturist societies.
Membership
The INF ...
(INF) representative for English-speaking
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. It was founded in 1986,
and has been reported to have 1,000 members.
It publishes a quarterly magazine called
Going Natural/Au naturel, which had a circulation of 1,000 in 2020.
Because the INF only recognizes one naturist organization per country, the FCN shares its membership with the
Fédération Québécoise de Naturisme (FQN) (founded 1978). Together, the FCN and FQN form the
FQN-FCN Union The FQN–FCN Union is the official representative organization for Canada in the International Naturist Federation (INF). It was created by the French-language Fédération Québécoise de Naturisme (FQN) and the English-language Federation of Can ...
for the purpose of joint membership in the INF.
See also
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naturism
Naturism is a lifestyle of practising non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle. Both may alternatively be called nudism. Though the two terms ar ...
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List of social nudity organizations
The following is a list of social nudity organizations associated with naturism and nude recreation within a family-friendly, non-sexualized context.
Major naturist organizations
Worldwide
* International Naturist Federation (INF) with regional ...
References
External links
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Clothing free organizations
Naturism in Canada
1985 establishments in Canada
Organizations established in 1985
Federations