World Record Walk 2007

	Way to go Canada!
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On October 3, 2007, at 12:30 EDT, Canada set a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of people walking one kilometer at the same time. We smashed the existing record of 100,915, set by Western Australia in September 2006.

The results of the World Record Walk have been verified by Guinness World Records. Final results are as follows:

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Alberta	30,945
British Columbia	2,901
Manitoba	28,715
Nova Scotia	334
New Brunswick	2,887
Newfoundland and Labrador	25
Ontario	160,048
Prince Edward Island	760
Quebec	364
Saskatchewan	4,226
Yukon	430
Total:	231,635

The World Record Walk was organized by Green Communities Canada (www.greencommunitiescanada.org) with support from the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion.

The following organizations and individuals promoted and participated in the World Record Walk:

• MMM Group (www.mmm.ca)
• Saskatchewan in motion (www.saskatchewaninmotion.ca)
• Smart Commute (www.smartcommute.ca)
• Lettuce Make Thyme Inc. (www.lettucemakethyme.com)
• M.P. Russo and Associates Inc. (www.mprusso.com)
• PHE Canada (www.phecanada.ca)
• walkON (www.canadawalks.ca/project_walkon.asp)
• CIRA Ontario (www.ciraontario.com)
• Clean Air Champions (www.cleanairchampions.ca)
• Celebration of Trails (www.celebrationoftrails.ca)
• 8-80 Cities (www.8-80cities.org)
• OPHEA (www.ophea.net)
• Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion (www.mhp.gov.on.ca)
• StepsCount (www.stepscount.com)
• Waterfront Regeneration Trust (www.waterfronttrail.org)
• Parks and Recreation Ontario (www.prontario.org)
• Association of Municipalities of Ontario (www.amo.on.ca)