A Team Run Across Canada
Empower Your Team, Boost Wellness
The Big Canada Run is a cost effective, fun and engaging way to promote employee wellness, build team spirit, and support a great cause by crossing Canada virtually as a team.
"Participating in The Big Canada Run was a game-changer for our team at work. Not only did it bring us closer together, but it also sparked a wave of enthusiasm for wellness that swept through our entire office."
Amy Thompson
Business Owner
When your employees thrive, your whole organization thrives
Boost Team Spirit: Strengthen bonds and collaboration. This shared experience fosters teamwork, improves communication, and creates a more positive work environment in a cost-effective way.
Prioritize Employee Wellness: Invest in happy and healthy employees. The Big Canada Run encourages physical activity, reduces stress, and boosts job satisfaction, leading to a healthier, more productive workforce.
Social Responsibility Impact: Make a difference together. Your participation supports charitable causes, aligning your company’s values with positive social responsibility.
How It Works
Dates: Your team has from July 1st, 2024, to June 30th, 2025 to complete the challenge.
Activity: Run, walk, or hike – all activities count towards your team’s distance.
Routes: Choose from 3 options depending on your team’s goals and fitness to make the route challenging yet attainable:
- Leg 1 – the Classic: Cover 8,000km from St. John’s, N.L. to Victoria, B.C.
- Leg 2 – the Way-Back: Span 10,000km from Whitehorse, Yukon, to the coast of N.L.
- Maple Challenge: Combines Legs 1 and 2, exploring 26 iconic Canadian cities over 18,000km.
Tracking and Engagement
Log your kilometres manually or connect your sports watch/fitness tracker for automatic updates to contribute to your team’s goal.
Earn milestone badges as you progress and stay connected with your team throughout the challenge experiencing Canada in a unique way through virtual travel and interesting insights.
Race Perks
Every participant in your team receives amazing benefits!
- Limited Edition Finisher’s Medal
- Multi-Functional Neck Gaiter
- Commemorative HairTie/Elastic bracelet
- Official Virtual Race BIB
- Access to a participant-only Facebook Community
- Virtual Badges to celebrate accomplishments
- Interactive Mapped Courses with 360° view of your surroundings across the route
- Virtual Travel Experience with fun facts and photos of the featured Canadian cities
- Finisher Picture to commemorate your achievement
- Innovative and user-friendly tracking platform
- World-class customer support
"The Big Canada Run provided an excellent platform for our company to emphasize our commitment to employee health and corporate social responsibility. The flexibility of the challenge allowed everyone to participate in their own way and the camaraderie developed during the run has carried over into our workplace"
Liam Cheng
HR Manager
How to Register
To register your team click on the button below, choose your team’s distance, create your team and get registration giftcodes for your teammates.
Your teammates can also register individually and join your team.
If you have any questions please fill out the form below and we will be happy to assist you.
Contact us
- race@thebigcanadarun.ca
- Otttawa, Canada