You already know that Paris to Ancaster is Canada’s Spring Cycling Classic, but did you know this event is also coined a Ride for Research? That’s because for the past eight years, the organizers of Paris to Ancaster have partnered with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation and invited race participants to ride and raise funds to support groundbreaking research at St. Joe’s.

We know, the words groundbreaking research sound great, but what do they really mean?

• It means that the largest national study EVER into the leading cause of blindness for Canadians is underway at St. Joe’s.
• It means that 54 new clinical trials are happening at the Hospital
• It means that St. Joe’s is changing the way that urologic surgeries are performed with robotics
• It means that every day, more than 700 researchers and learners are striving to understand illness and disease so that we can discover new treatments and possibly even new cures for the diseases that affect so many. 

The research being done at St. Joe’s changes lives. That’s why we’re inviting you to consider raising funds for St. Joe’s during your ride, or simply choose to make a gift at the time of registration. Either way, you’ll be helping the Hospital that helped so many of us over the past few years as we struggled with the impact and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will join us on this Ride for Research.