The Ride

THE RIDE will challenge experienced riders while allowing recreational cyclists to achieve new personal bests.

• Choose your distance – 50 km (closed route) or the 117 km

• Raise at least $750 to participate.

• Join a team or ride as an individual. Either way, you won’t be riding alone!

• Both routes start and finish in Ottawa.

• The event and the celebration BBQ wrap up by 4 p.m.

Take the challenge. Do THE RIDE!

THE RIDE is an epic day of cycling but the journey begins the moment you register. You’ll decide whether you want to cycle as an individual or create a team. Next, you will receive your official welcome package, which includes a RIDE jersey. During the next few months you’ll be provided with tools and stories to inspire your family and friends in addition to wowing them with your determination and the impact you’re making on patient care at The Ottawa Hospital by funding research.

The event starts in Ottawa with a full breakfast. You will be supported with fuel and water stations, repair assistance, and lots of people cheering you on! Each rider will take away a unique experience, having met new friends, laughed, shared, and, most of all, worked towards finding a cure for cancer.

The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s premiere cycling event  has raised more than $10 million for cancer research at The Ottawa Hospital, making it the most successful single-day cancer fundraiser in Eastern Ontario. Our riders have helped fund new therapies and the opening of the Centre for Innovative Cancer Research (CICR), and have enabled patients to benefit from clinical trials faster than ever before.