History

Founding Members

The National Alliance of Hungarians in Canada (NAHC) was established by the following 34 Hungarian organizations in Canada, on March 3, 2012. These organizations are the founding members and additional organizations are welcome to join.

• Common Council of Hungarian Organizations of Calgary (incorporates 14 organizations)
• Hungarian Canadian Club of Waterloo–Wellington
• Calvin Hungarian Presbyterian Church, Edmonton
• Corvin Historical Society, Edmonton
• Hungarian Cultural Society of Edmonton (incorporates 4 organizations)
• Hungarian Cultural Community of Lethbridge
• Hungarian Committee of Montréal (incorporates 20 organizations)
• Hungarian Chamber of Commerce in Canada, Montréal
• Bethlen Gábor Literature and Friends Club, Montréal
• Székely Cultural Association, Montréal
• Fraternity Club of Hungarian Veterans, Montréal
• St. László Knights Society, Montréal
• Our Lady of Hungary Parish, Montréal
• Hungarian Chronicle, Montréal
• Hungarian Cultural Society of Nanaimo
• Ottawa Hungarian Community Centre
• Ottawa Hungarian Choir
• Veterans of 56 Association, Ottawa
• Calvin Hungarian Presbyterian Congregation, Ottawa
• Order of Cavaliers, Canadian Chapter, Ottawa
• Kaleidoscope Heritage Club, Toronto
• Kaleidoscope Publishing
• Dr. Halász János Library, Toronto
• First Hungarian Presbyterian Church of Toronto
• St. Erzsébet Hungarian Catholic Community, Toronto
• Pro Hungariam in Canada Association, Toronto
• Hungarian Cultural Society of Greater Vancouver
• First Hungarian Presbyterian Church, Vancouver
• Hungarian Presbyterian Church of Vancouver
• Hungarian Social Circle of Victoria
• Canadian Council of the Hungarian World Organization
• Hungarian Engineers Society in Canada
• Hungarian Scouts Organization, Foreign Branch 5, Canada
• Hungarian Clerical Board in Canada

The NAHC is a confederation of Hungarian organizations in Canada. Founded at a general assembly on September 15, 2012, its charter declares that individual membership is only available to the Board of Directors and Honorary Board Members.

Membership Conditions

Any Hungarian organization in Canada can become a member of NAHC that has at least 10 members, agrees to the policies of NAHC and pays the membership fee. For the NAHC policies refer to the By-laws.

Membership Fee

New members are approved by the Board of Directors. In 2013, the membership fee was $1 per member of the member organization. For example, for a member organization with 63 members, the membership fee was $63. At annual general meetings, a member organization can vote only if they paid their membership fee, and the number of their votes depends on the number of the members of their organization. The members of the Board of Directors are individual members, also. Their membership fee is $50 per year, and exemptions are the Honorary Board Members.

Founding Board of Directors

At the time of its foundation, the Board of Directors consisted of three groups with a total of 17 board members.