Due to the provincewide burn ban and woods restrictions, we have rescheduled BMO Ride for Cancer from Saturday, September 27 to Saturday, October 18, 2025. Click here to learn more and read our FAQs.
It's Bonus Match Week! Until 11:59 p.m. (AST) on October 18, all donations to BMO Ride for Cancer will be generously matched by The Christina and Hedley G. Ivany Charitable Foundation up to $100,000. Click here to donate to a rider or team now.

Important traffic update! On Saturday, October 18, we’re asking the community to help us transform local cancer care by sharing the road and Rum Runners Trail with 850 BMO Ride for Cancer participants riding for local cancer care 

Locations: 

  • BMO Ride for Cancer Road Route: From Hobsons Lake Drive, Bayers Lake to Chester, including the Aspotogan Loop, via Trunk 3. 
  • BMO Ride for Cancer Trail Route: Hobsons Lake Drive, Bayers Lake to Hubbards via the Rum Runners Trail. 

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025 

Time: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.  

Details: The 11th annual BMO Ride for Cancer event will see over 850 cyclists and 150 volunteers travelling between Bayers Lake and Chester on Saturday, October 18. Since 2015, BMO Ride for Cancer has raised over $15 million net (and counting!) for local cancer care at the QEII Health Sciences Centre.  

This event does not include road or trail closures, but we ask all cyclists, motorists, and pedestrians along Trunk 3 and the Rum Runners Trail to be patient and prepared to share the road and trail.  

The safety of our BMO Ride for Cancer participants and the general public is our top priority. To learn more about the October 18 event routes, visit YourRideforCancer.ca/route.

To learn more about BMO Ride, its impact on QEII cancer care or to donate now, visit YourRideforCancer.ca. 


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