Navy Bike Ride 2025 / Défi‑vélo de la Marine 2025

Multi-Activity Virtual Challenges (1-30 June):

• Navy Bike Ride Virtual Challenge (NEW FORMAT)
  Ride as often as you want throughout the month of June as you achieve your own distance goals! There is no minimum or maximum distance; just ride with us!
  Registration Includes: NBR Challenge Coin
  
  

• 100K Admiral’s Challenge (NEW DISTANCE)
  Perfect for new and novice riders, ride a combined 100 Km throughout the month of June.
  Registration Includes: NBR Challenge Coin
  
  

• 520K Protecteur Challenge (NEW DISTANCE)
  Celebrate the launch of the new Protecteur class ship with a unique distance challenge, as you cycle 520K combined throughout June.
  Registration Includes: Protecteur-themed NBR cycling jersey and NBR Challenge Coin
  
  
  *Cycling jerseys can be added to any registration at an additional cost.
  
  

Single-Activity Virtual Rides:

• 80K Battle of the Atlantic Ride
  To honour the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, we challenge you to complete 80K in a single ride.

Registration includes: an exclusive Battle of the Atlantic coin

• 5K Run/Walk
  If cycling isn’t your thing, join us for a virtual 5K run or walk!
  Registration includes: a unique NBR challenge coin

Families & Youth Participants:

This year, we are offering automatic age-based discounts that make it easier for you to register and participate with your kids.

CFB ESQUIMALT
Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt;
Naden Building 5, Victoria, BC V9A 7N2

• Family/Youth Ride
  10:00 a.m.
  
  
• 18 Km Ride
  10:30 a.m.
  

• Family/Youth Ride
  10:00 a.m.
• 22 Km Ride
  10:30 a.m

Hog’s Back Park
600 Hog's Back Rd, Ottawa, ON K1V 1H8

• 5Km Run/Walk
  8:30 a.m.
  Run or walk with your Royal Canadian Navy along scenic Colonel By Drive! Registrants receive an NBR T-shirt and challenge coin.
• Ottawa Ride
  10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  Ride as much as you like over a two-hour course supported by your Royal Canadian Navy out of Hog’s Back Park! Registrants receive an NBR T-shirt and challenge coin.
  
• Family Ride (NEW FOR 2025)
  12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  Have a fun ride with your kids after the main ride on our closed course. This session is not competitive, and speed will be limited for safety.

Shearwater Fitness and Sports Center
Boundary Rd, Shearwater, NS B3G 1M6

We are so excited to partner with Halifax International Fleet Week this year, and our four NBR ride options will add four opportunities to connect with your Royal Canadian Navy during this exciting event! Fleet Week showcases Halifax as Canada’s defence and ocean hub and is an amazing opportunity to learn about life in the Navy and meet sailors from Canada and several other countries.

All events start at 10:00 a.m.

• 6 Km Ride
  
  
• 15 Km Ride
  
  
• 30 Km Ride
  
  
• 37 Km Ride

To many, the connection between the Royal Canadian Navy and cycling may not be an obvious one. Cycling has long been a tradition as it can be difficult for a sailor to stay in shape when they are deployed onboard a ship for months at a time. Very few warships have a large enough space to dedicate to a gym, however a stationary bicycle is compact enough to squeeze into tight spots all over the ship.

Many sailors in the Royal Canadian Navy are avid cyclists and dedicated athletes. As we keep our naval ships in fighting shape, our sailors must also focus on their own physical fitness. The Navy Bike Ride is an opportunity to highlight that commitment to health and wellness.

Participants of the Navy Bike Ride raise funds for three important causes: Support Our Troops, Soldier On, and the Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund. As a participant, you can not only show your cycling results on our virtual leaderboards, but also in fundraising! Individuals and teams can compete and celebrate each other on our fundraising leaderboards from registration until the close of their event!

Support Our Troops

Established in 2007, Support Our Troops meets the unique needs and special challenges faced by members of the Canadian Armed Forces community as a result of military service. It operates within Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services.

This includes providing financial assistance to promote family resiliency and supporting Veterans and serving members who may have an illness or injury through a variety of grants and programs.
https://www.supportourtroops.ca/

Soldier On

Soldier On is a program that aims to support the recovery of ill and injured CAF members and veterans by providing opportunities and resources through sport, recreational, and creative activities. Since its establishment in 2007, Soldier On has supported over 13,000 members within the CAF community by offering members a safe environment to challenge themselves and become inspired in ways that they may not have thought possible, contributing to and providing a gateway to enhance their well-being. This re-introduction to an active lifestyle provides opportunities to develop new skills, build confidence and meet peers with similar challenges.
https://www.soldieron.ca/

Royal Canadian Naval Benevolent Fund (RCNBF)

Since 1942, the RCNBF has upheld a long tradition of promoting the wellbeing of the naval community by providing financial assistance to serving and retired sailors and their families who experience hard times. They have expanded this endeavour by partnering with like-minded organizations and investing in impactful initiatives such as service dogs for naval veterans (with Canadian Veteran Service Dog Unit), building a “navy” home for veterans (with the Homes for Heroes Foundation), and more.

https://rcnbf.ca/

Coins will be mailed to the shipping address entered during registration, starting in June 2025. In-person participants will not have a coin mailed to them, including those that cannot attend the in-person event.

Personal information is collected by the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS), under the authority of the National Defence Act. Your name or alias, personal email address, username created for registration, password, activity data (such as run/steps), chat messages and photos will be collected on the Race Roster platform, a third party located in London, Ontario. Payment card information may also be collected to process the payment for your registration or donation, where applicable. Your username, activity data and photos you saved on the Race Roster platform will be shared with the other participants in the activity, challenge or event. The information will be used by CFMWS to communicate with you regarding the activity, challenge or event, and to generate statistical reports and the results. With your consent, CFMWS may retain and use your email address for other CFMWS communications.

Personal information is protected, and is only used and disclosed in accordance with the Privacy Act. Under the Act, you have rights of access to and correction of your personal information, and the right to file a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding the institution’s handling of personal information.

If you require clarification about this statement, contact our privacy coordinator at ATIP.AIPRP@cfmws.com. For more information on the Privacy Act, consult the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

• By registering to the activity, event or challenge, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Notice.

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