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Ontario Walkability
Award of Excellence

Canada Walks is excited to announce its Ontario Walkability Award of Excellence! The purpose of the award is to celebrate the good work that communities have been doing to improve walkability across the province. Read more.


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1,000 Cities / 1,000 Lives:
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Ontario Communities walkON

Ontario Communities walkON 8-80 Cities The Ontario Trillium Foundation Government of Ontario, Canada

With the support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the Ministry of Health Promotion's Healthy Communities Fund, Green Communities Canada, in collaboration with Walk and Bike for Life and walkON are spearheading Ontario Communities walkON, a program that will help make 24 Ontario cities and towns more walkable.

Ontario Communities walkON is based on the success of walkON, six community partnerships of the Ontario Heart Health Program who collaborate to engage and support their communities to create environments that support walking. walkON works in partnership with politicians, planners, engineers, and citizens from 17 community groups, using comprehensive, easy-to-use resources and tools designed to educate, empower and inspire community members. The goal is to take the successful walkON model and replicate it around the province of Ontario.

Guiding this project is the comprehensive resource created by walkON to facilitate the creation of powerful change at the community level – the walkON Walkability Toolkit, updated January 2009 as part of the Ontario Communities walkON project:

Participating in Ontario Communities walkON are:

  • Simcoe County Health Unit
  • “MovingON” (Perth County Health Unit)
  • The Township of Uxbridge
  • The Township of Brock
  • Hastings Prince Edward County Health Unit
  • Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge Health Unit
  • Northwatch
  • Renfrew County - Physical Activity Network

The Ontario Trillium Foundation MOST, Transport Canada Urban Poling Steps Count
Government of Ontario, Canada ParticipACTION 8-80 Cities Ontario Communities walkON Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) Green Communities Canada