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:
“Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante’s scheme, Limbo is to Hell.”
—Irving Layton (b. 1912)
“Though the words Canada East on the map stretch over many rivers and lakes and unexplored wildernesses, the actual Canada, which might be the colored portion of the map, is but a little clearing on the banks of the river, which one of those syllables would more than cover.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“This universal exhibition in Canada of the tools and sinews of war reminded me of the keeper of a menagerie showing his animals’ claws. It was the English leopard showing his claws.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)