This year's Memorial Ride to Ottawa will leave Hamilton on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025. This will be a three-day ride to Ottawa following the Lakeshore to Kingston and then north to Ottawa arriving at the memorial on Friday, September 5th 2025.
The ride is open to all active and retired firefighters, The purpose of the ride is to raise funds and awareness for the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation (CFFF), which hosts the annual Canadian Firefighters Memorial (www.cfff.ca) to honor, remember and support the families of firefighters whose lives were lost in the line of duty.
This year’s Memorial takes place on Sunday, September 7th, 2025 at the Canadian Firefighters Memorial in Ottawa. We will be riding in memory of the over 2000 names already included of fallen firefighters from across Canada and the territories, dating back to the late 1800s.