2023 toronto Season

Distance	Route	Starting time	Starting location
23 Populaire	New Years Toronto	Sun January 1 2023 10:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
60 Populaire	Rouge Ramble Toronto	Sat March 4 2023 10:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sun March 19 2023 10:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
110 Populaire	Uxbridge Ice Classic Toronto	Sun April 9 2023 09:00	Tim Horton's, 2890 Steeles Ave E, Thornhill
200 Brevet	Gentle Start Oakville Toronto	Sat April 15 2023 08:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Tour of the Valleys Toronto	Sun May 7 2023 07:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sun May 7 2023 07:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
600 Brevet	Tour of Southwestern Ontario Toronto	Sat May 27 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
400 Brevet	Oak Ridges Moraine Toronto	Sat May 27 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Concord Orillia Toronto	Sat June 10 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
400 Brevet	Concord Collingwood Toronto	Sat June 10 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Kissing Bridge Toronto	Sat June 17 2023 05:00	Mimico GO, 315 Royal York Road, Toronto
600 Brevet	Punkeydoodles Corners Toronto	Sat June 24 2023 05:00	Tim Horton's, 5250 Dundas St W, Etobicoke
200 Brevet	Warmup Toronto	Sat June 24 2023 05:00	Tim Horton's, 5250 Dundas St W, Etobicoke
300 Brevet	Lakes and Vines Toronto	Sun July 16 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
200 Brevet	Six Nations Oakville Toronto	Sun July 16 2023 06:00	Tim Horton's, 111 Cross Ave, Oakville
400 Brevet	Maple Shakespeare Toronto	Sat July 22 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
300 Brevet	Pretty River Valley Toronto	Sat August 5 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
600 Brevet	Huron Shores Toronto	Sat August 5 2023 06:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
75 Populaire	Concord Bradford Toronto	Sat September 9 2023 08:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Hills of Hockley Toronto	Sat September 9 2023 08:00	Vaughan Metro TTC Station, 3150 Hwy 7, Vaughan
200 Brevet	Rockwood Toronto	Sat September 23 2023 08:00	The Grenadier Cafe, 200 Parkside Dr, Toronto
200 Brevet	Niagara Ramble Toronto	Sun October 8 2023 08:00	Grimsby Information Center, 424 S Service Rd, Grimsby
92 Populaire	E-Z Toronto Loop Toronto	Sun October 22 2023 09:00	Tim Hortons, 731 Eastern Ave, Toronto
34 Populaire	Saddle Sisters Toronto	Sat December 23 2023 10:00	The Good Neighbour, 238 Annette St, Toronto

About us

Randonneurs Ontario is an ultra-distance cycling club. We've been riding long distance rides from of Toronto and southern Ontario since 1982.

Randonneurs Ontario is affiliated with the Audax Club Parisien, the parent organization governing the qualification of riders wishing to participate in the 1200K Paris - Brest - Paris Randonnee. The club is also affiliated with Les Randonneurs Mondiaux, which provides recognition for brevets other than Paris - Brest - Paris that are longer than 1000K.

Recent member reports

Nassagaweya, and Other Minor Calamities

By the time we reached the final ten kilometers, we were, to put it delicately, no longer in peak condition. It was 10 p.m. We’d been riding since six in the morning. Most of us had been up since four. I was sunburned, bruised, mildly concussed by heat, and radiating the unmistakable smell of someone who had eaten too many granola bars in a single day. And still, it felt good. Michel arrives at the final control in Waterloo. There’s a part of the route every ride in Waterloo seems to share, a stretch of road that tells you you’re almost home. For me, that’s the intersection of Katherine S...

Endless Flat 1200. My first grand brevet – By Michael Charland

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/14401335647 RideWithGPS: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50530187 What? Endless Flat 1200 hosted by the Northern Virginia Randonneurs (NVR) is a grand brevet starting and ending in Richmond, Virginia and looping to and from Elizabeth City, North Carolina. As the name implies the route is very flat, but with the first roughly 600km going south it means a lot of headwinds. 2025 was the first year of the event. Why? I got lucky and was able to get a position in London-Edinburgh-London (LEL) which is 1,540km with 13,000m climbing. My longest ride befor...