Canada
The title sponsor for the four Canadian events is Enbridge, and between 2008 and 2011, the ride has raised over $130 million.
The Ontario ride originates in Toronto and travels down to Niagara Falls. 4,610 riders raised $17.5 million in support of the Princess Margaret Hospital in 2011, topping the 2010 record of $16.1 million.
The British Columbia ride originates in Vancouver, and crosses into the United States to finish in Seattle. Nearly 2,900 riders raised $11.1 million in 2011 in support of the B.C. Cancer Foundation, in addition to the $18 million raised in the first two rides.
The Alberta ride originates at Spruce Meadows in Calgary and heads southwest to Chain Lakes Provincial Park in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains before returning to Calgary. 2,880 riders raised $8.6 million in support of the Alberta Cancer Foundation in 2011, both records. The event raised $14.2 million in its first two rides of 2009 and 2010.
The Quebec ride originates at Montreal and finishes in Quebec City and supports Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. 1,886 riders raised $6.7 million in 2011.
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Famous quotes containing the word canada:
“What makes the United States government, on the whole, more tolerable—I mean for us lucky white men—is the fact that there is so much less of government with us.... But in Canada you are reminded of the government every day. It parades itself before you. It is not content to be the servant, but will be the master; and every day it goes out to the Plains of Abraham or to the Champs de Mars and exhibits itself and toots.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)