Why I built it
For ten years I worked remotely from wherever my laptop was: more than 60 countries and hundreds of Airbnbs.
Every time I landed somewhere new, I did the same thing first. I found the local run club. You show up, you run, you talk to the person next to you, and by the end of the week you know people. In every city it was the best decision I made. It was my secret weapon.
Somewhere along the way the running took over too. I ran the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2022 and the BMO Vancouver Marathon in 2025 and again in 2026. The Victoria Marathon is next, in October 2026.
In October 2024 I signed a lease in Vancouver, my first in a decade. I knew the city was full of run clubs. Finding them was another story: they lived in Instagram bios, old Facebook events and club pages nobody had touched in years.
So I built the page I'd wanted in every one of those cities: every club, with the day, the time and the place it meets. It started in November 2024 with Vancouver, Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo. Today it lists 358 clubs in 18 Canadian cities. It was also my own way into Vancouver's running scene.
How the listings work
- Where it comes from
- Each club's own website, Instagram and newsletters, plus submissions and corrections from organizers and runners. Every listing links back to the club, which has the final word on last-minute changes.
- "Schedule checked"
- The date someone last checked the times against the club's own channels. After six months the page asks you to confirm before you go.
- What it isn't
- runclubs.ca doesn't organize the runs or handle sign-ups, waivers or payments. It helps you find a group.
- Sponsored placements
- Always labelled "Sponsored", "Partner" or "Featured". Money never changes a club's day, time or meeting place.