Events

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Best Buddies Canada is thrilled to invite you to Thrill of Ascot 2025, a spectacular day of style, excitement, and community impact!

Enjoy an elegant day at the races filled with entertainment, auctions, and delicious dining—all in support of creating inclusive opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Put on your best race-day attire and experience the energy and glamour of this special event. Please see the invitation for more details—we look forward to seeing everyone there!

Can’t be there in-person? You can still make a profound impact from wherever you are. Help us build a more inclusive world for everyone! Click the button below to donate today.

THRILL OF ASCOT 2025

Thank you to our generous sponsors, donors, attendees and volunteers, The Thrill of Ascot 2025 was an incredible success raising over $470,000! Click on the image below to see our list of amazing supporters.

THRILL OF ASCOT 2025

Best Buddies Canada thanks the incredible sponsors, donors, volunteers, and guests whose generosity and support made The Thrill of Ascot 2025 truly unforgettable. Your commitment to inclusion and friendship continues to inspire us and drive our mission forward.

To see the full list of our amazing supporters, please click the image below.

YOU have the power to bring the Friendship Walk to your community in 2025!

More than just a walk—the Friendship Walk is a celebration of community, belonging, and the power of friendship. It’s an opportunity to make huge strides in creating a more inclusive Canada for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

You have the power to to help us bring this inspiring event to your community by raising your hand to become the Walk Organizer. You can help create an event where everyone feels included. Best Buddies Canada will provide all the resources you need, including a Walk-in-a-Box tool kit, to ensure the event is fun, safe, and family-friendly. Your leadership is essential in making this vision a reality.

"We were honoured to collaborate with Best Buddies Canada to implement the inaugural Canadian Best Buddies Friendship Walk in September 2024 in Kingston, Ontario. As the largest Best Buddies university chapter in Canada, Queen’s Best Buddies was excited to see our efforts come together at the Walk, where we connected with buddies and peer buddies from different chapters in Kingston. The event fostered awareness about inclusion and accessibility while also forming meaningful connections with local community members, organizations, and businesses. The smiles and joy on everyone’s faces said it all— the day was a true celebration. We are now excited to be planning our 2025 Friendship Walk this September.

Join us and lead a Friendship Walk in your community—it’s one of the BEST things we’ve done as a Chapter!"

Queens Chapter; Haley, Julia and Bill

REACH FOR THE STARS 2025!

Join us at Reach for the Stars, a special event celebrating friendship, inclusion, and community! Hosted at Humber College, this exciting day is brought to you by Best Buddies Canada in partnership with Humber FLAS.

Enjoy an inspiring day filled with fun activities, meaningful opportunities to develop leadership skills, and unforgettable moments. Don’t miss this opportunity to celebrate the power of friendship with us!

To register for this event, please use the link below. We can’t wait to see you there!

bEST BUDDIES CANADA
friendship WALK 2024

The inaugural Best Buddies Canada Friendship Walk was hosted in Kingston, Ontario at Lake Ontario Place on September 29th, 2024. The event brought together over 150 walkers, sponsors, and donors from the Kingston community, who all rallied together to show their support for a worthy cause!

Thanks to the incredible support of our Best Buddies community, the event raised more than $11,800 to benefit individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across Canada!

We are especially proud of the community spirit that the Friendship Walk inspired. Families, friends, and supporters came together, walking side by side, creating meaningful connections and proving that together, we can create lasting change.

At the heart of the Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the idea that true friendship transcends differences. The connections formed through the Best Buddies program have a transformative effect, not only on the individuals involved but also on their families, friends, and broader communities. For many, the walk was a chance to celebrate these relationships and raise awareness about the importance of inclusion in all aspects of life.

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing volunteers, team leaders, and sponsors, whose dedication and hard work made this event such a success!

If you would like to volunteer or sponsor a future Friendship Walk, please email us at info@bestbuddies.ca.

To make a donation and help us reach our fundraising goal, please click the link below:

Register as a walker for a specific team or start your own! Build your personal BBFW online page and be sure to add pictures. Share your story; tell your visitors why you are walking and why they should join your team.
Invite everyone you know to join you at BBFW. Get the word out by sending e-mails, handing out flyers, and of course social media! Ask for donations from friends, family, and coworkers.

To get started, click the link below!

Thrill of
Ascot 2022

Thanks to our generous sponsors, donors, attendees and volunteers the Thrill of Ascot event, held on June 4th, 2022, was an incredible success raising over $580,000! See the list of our supporters

York Region
Best Buddies Prom

Check out the York Region District School Board Best Buddies Prom held May 25, 2023. Students from 33 high schools attended an afternoon of inclusive and accessible fun for all.