66%$50,176Goal: $75,000

Ottawa Kanata

Western Ottawa CRC

181 Walkers|29 Teams|36 Volunteers

The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities serving people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because it’s cold out there. Join us on February 28, 2026 - across the country, close to home!

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About Western Ottawa CRC

The Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre (WOCRC) has been providing services that support health, safety and wellness in our communities in far west Ottawa since 1986. Our offerings encompass a broad range of programs to achieve our vision of healthy, inclusive, vibrant and resilient communities in Western Ottawa.

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We provide programs and services for residents across their lifespan including:

• Parental Support: Assisting new parents in raising confident and resilient children through educational EarlyON programs and resources.

• Senior Engagement: Creating social opportunities for isolated seniors to foster community interaction and reduce loneliness.

• Counselling Services: Providing short-term individual counselling for adults, youth, and children to address a variety of personal and emotional challenges.

• Support for New Canadians: Offering vital information, resources, and referrals to help new Canadians integrate smoothly into the community.

• Senior Independence: Delivering services designed to help seniors live independently and remain in their homes for as long as possible including Meals on Wheels and Transportation programs.

• Support for Women and Dependents: Offering a safe haven and comprehensive support to women and their dependents who have experienced intimate partner violence through Chrysalis House and community-based counselling.

• Youth Empowerment: Providing adolescents and young adults with a place to learn new skills, connect with peers, and foster well-being.

• Community Development and Health Promotion: Engaging in community development and health promotion activities to support those in need, including individuals facing poverty, homelessness, isolation, social exclusion, and other barriers and challenges.

But we can’t do it alone.

On Saturday, February 28, 2026, join us for the Coldest Night of the Year walk—a chance to make a tangible difference in the lives of those who are hurt, hungry, and homeless. Your participation and donations will directly support programs that change lives in our community.

Together, let’s turn a cold winter night into a beacon of warmth, hope, and support for those who need it most.

Ottawa Kanata Scoreboard

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Teams

Walkers

#	Team Name	Captain	Members	Raised
1	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	Jan Skora	9	7,517.00
2	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	Marc Michaud	15	6,975.00
3	Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Board Crew	Chris Booth	5	2,420.00
4	The Icebreakers	Angela Lorusso	11	2,295.00
5	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre	Mitzie Constant	7	2,100.00
6	Kanata Seniors Care	John Box	13	2,020.00
7	United West Walkers	Melissa Beck	8	1,750.00
8	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	Adele Bisson	13	1,720.00
9	Fin's Freezies	Erin Baydak	9	1,675.00
10	HappinessHabits613	Tamara Robinson	7	1,075.00
11	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5	Courtney Argue	14	795.00
12	Hearts of Gold in the Cold	Leah Robertson	4	710.00
13	West Carleton Secondary School	Jennifer Stewart	4	670.00
14	Frosty Folks United	Andrea Nelson	3	605.00
15	Kanata North Cathy Curry	Cathy Curry	5	600.00
16	Tillie's Trouper's	Tillie Bastien	2	535.00
17	NCR NAV CANADA CARES	Faycel Farza	2	500.00
18	Kanata Food Cupboard Crew	Cara-Leigh Wyllie	7	500.00
19	Emile Vallee	Alexina Payer	1	450.00
20	Alphabet Soup	Natalie Harrison	6	390.00
21	Team Soda Pop	Kim Shaw	6	305.00
22	Meridian Credit Union	Gabby Assaf	5	300.00
23	Across the Country, Close to Home	Frances Moffatt	2	289.25
24	OPS AUXILIARY	Kevin Williams	2	200.00
25	Western Couture	Leigh Couture	1	175.00
26	Minhas Family	Frances Minhas	4	175.00
27	Kumon Kanata South	Sally Kader	3	30.00
28	CHILLERS	Jessica Cole	1
29	Bells Corners Partners	Roxanne Bell	1

#	Name	Team Name	Donors	Raised
1	Jan Skora	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	30	2,985.00
2	Germain Garceau	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	56	1,517.00
3	Erin Baydak	Fin's Freezies	5	1,250.00
4	Felicity Wormleighton	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	16	1,115.00
5	Erin Coffin	The Icebreakers	18	1,070.00
6	Bonnie Oostlander	Kanata Seniors Care	5	1,000.00
7	Melissa Beck	United West Walkers	11	775.00
8	Chris Booth	Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Board Crew	7	770.00
9	Peter Hamer	Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Board Crew	10	750.00
10	Danny Chapman	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	13	740.00
11	Mark Booth	Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Board Crew	4	700.00
12	Sarah Fraser-Smith	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre	8	700.00
13	William MacMillan	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	5	675.00
14	Cait Reesor	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	3	650.00
15	Nonie Smart	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	3	500.00
16	Katie Kline	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre	6	425.00
17	Jenn Hubbard	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5	4	400.00
18	Shelley Evelyn	The Icebreakers	5	360.00
19	Mary Richardson	HappinessHabits613	6	350.00
20	Wendy Hough	HappinessHabits613	5	350.00
21	Marc Michaud	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	5	350.00
22	Angela Lorusso	The Icebreakers	3	350.00
23	Kathy Gilbert Gilbert	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	12	330.00
24	Leah Robertson	Hearts of Gold in the Cold	6	320.00
25	Kim Shaw	Team Soda Pop	6	305.00
26	Tamara Robinson	HappinessHabits613	4	300.00
27	Makenna Peters	Meridian Credit Union	3	300.00
28	Bernie MacDonald	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	1	300.00
29	Roxanne Marion	Hearts of Gold in the Cold	6	290.00
30	Tillie Bastien	Tillie's Trouper's	6	290.00
31	Frances Moffatt	Across the Country, Close to Home	5	289.25
32	Andrea Nelson	Frosty Folks United	3	275.00
33	Nathalie Conners	Fin's Freezies	6	275.00
34	Natalie Harrison	Alphabet Soup	4	270.00
35	Kate Preston-Thomas	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	3	270.00
36	Jennifer Stewart	West Carleton Secondary School	4	250.00
37	Michelle Burchill	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	1	250.00
38	Michelle Lawrence	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	5	240.00
39	Terri Beeton	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	4	235.00
40	Catharine Kane	United West Walkers	4	225.00
41	Jill Page	Kanata Seniors Care	8	210.00
42	John Box	Kanata Seniors Care	6	200.00
43	Robynn Collins	The Icebreakers	2	200.00
44	Monique Michaud	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	2	200.00
45	Jules Mbogi	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	1	200.00
46	Leigh Couture	Western Couture	4	175.00
47	Sofiane Benkaci	NCR NAV CANADA CARES	4	170.00
48	Alexandra Mohr	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	4	170.00
49	Colleen Taylor	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	5	170.00
50	Noah Larocque	OPS AUXILIARY	3	160.00
51	Faycel Farza	NCR NAV CANADA CARES	3	150.00
52	Kyle Gordon	Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Board Crew	2	150.00
53	Ginette Mercer	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	1	150.00
54	Anthony Graffi	United West Walkers	2	150.00
55	Pauline MacDonald	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	3	150.00
56	Julie Riddoch	United West Walkers	2	150.00
57	Allison T	Fin's Freezies	3	150.00
58	Claire Ahn	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	2	150.00
59	Jessica Loslo	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	2	140.00
60	Courtney Argue	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5	2	125.00
61	Owen Duffy	United West Walkers	2	125.00
62	Lesli Hall	The Icebreakers	3	125.00
63	Melanie Muirhead	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	1	100.00
64	Penny Wright	Kanata Seniors Care	1	100.00
65	Phillip Bird	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan	1	100.00
66	Demetria Tsoutouras	Kanata Food Cupboard Crew	1	100.00
67	Sheridon Nelson	Frosty Folks United	2	100.00
68	Julia Duffy	United West Walkers	1	100.00
69	Tamara Chipperfield	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre	1	100.00
70	Jennifer Kitcher	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre	1	100.00
71	Joe Kemp		1	100.00
72	Janet Chesal	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	1	100.00
73	Cara-Leigh Wyllie	Kanata Food Cupboard Crew	2	100.00
74	Robert Riddoch	United West Walkers	1	100.00
75	Moe Saleh	The Icebreakers	4	100.00
76	Ed Hoskins	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5	1	100.00
77	Dominique Jestin	West Carleton Secondary School	2	95.00
78	Kina Simmonds	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5	3	95.00
79	Mia Dore	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	2	90.00
80	Erin Berard	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	2	80.00
81	Hannah M	West Carleton Secondary School	1	75.00
82	Helen Mason	The Icebreakers	1	75.00
83	Dominique Clermont	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	2	55.00
84	Corinne Civalleri	Frosty Folks United	1	55.00
85	James Bittle	Kanata Seniors Care	1	50.00
86	Lindsay Neeley		1	50.00
87	Lucie Nyiragwiza	Hearts of Gold in the Cold	1	50.00
88	Nancy Todd-Giordano	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5	1	50.00
89	Adele Bisson	EarlyON Winter Wanderers	1	50.00
90	Emily Black	Kanata North Cathy Curry	2	50.00
91	Mitzie Constant	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre	1	50.00
92	José von Winckelmann	Western Ottawa CRC General Team	1	50.00
93	Roger Farley	Cold Hands, Warm Hearts Board Crew	1	50.00
94	Ted MITCHELL	United West Walkers	1	50.00
95	Susan Novo	HappinessHabits613	1	50.00
96	Aline A	Kumon Kanata South	1	30.00
97	Crystal Bernard	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5	1	25.00
98	Lindsay Chung	HappinessHabits613	1	25.00
99	Laura Gallo	The Icebreakers	1	15.00
100	Simon Lacasse	Alphabet Soup
101	Frances Minhas	Minhas Family
102	Anshi Shah	Meridian Credit Union
103	Amara Minhas	Minhas Family
104	Sadat Kamal	Fin's Freezies
105	Shannon Amos
106	Jessica Cole	CHILLERS
107	Nick Neeley
108	Gabby Assaf	Meridian Credit Union
109	Raffaele GIORDANO	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5
110	Emily Edgett
111	Jessica Matchem	Kanata Food Cupboard Crew
112	Laura-Ann Schlingmeier	Kanata Food Cupboard Crew
113	Brad Hammond	Alphabet Soup
114	Carrie Groulx	Kanata Food Cupboard Crew
115	Nicholas Giordano	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5
116	Carly McMaster	The Icebreakers
117	OLGA PEKALSKA	HappinessHabits613
118	Patrick Shanahan	Kanata Seniors Care
119	Anourath Phommachanh	Fin's Freezies
120	Ayesha Bhaidani	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre
121	Kevin Williams	OPS AUXILIARY
122	Beth Haliburton	Western Ottawa CRC General Team
123	Roxanne Bell	Bells Corners Partners
124	Anna-Leigh Hughes	Alphabet Soup
125	Heidi Buchanan	EarlyON Winter Wanderers
126	Avi Norton	Fin's Freezies
127	Alexina Payer	Emile Vallee
128	Oliver Meier	Team Soda Pop
129	Solon Barboutsis	Meridian Credit Union
130	Justin Abraham	The Icebreakers
131	Sarah Tunstall	Team Soda Pop
132	Pierre Kelly	Freezin’ For Reason with Jan
133	Stephen Bierbrier	HappinessHabits613
134	Mina Andrews	Team Soda Pop
135	Cathy Curry	Kanata North Cathy Curry
136	Arya Bhimani
137	Nora Andrews	Team Soda Pop
138	Malachi Kinistino	Team Soda Pop
139	Hannah Abraham	The Icebreakers
140	Tally McRae-Croskery	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5
141	Jennifer Albert	Meridian Credit Union
142	Mike Croskery	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5
143	Ray Clavette	Western Ottawa CRC General Team
144	Belen Larronda	EarlyON Winter Wanderers
145	Tisha Rainbow	Fin's Freezies
146	Cindy Wynter	Kanata Food Cupboard Crew
147	Sheila Sim	Kanata North Cathy Curry
148	Brandon Vale	Across the Country, Close to Home
149	Allison Leslie	Fin's Freezies
150	Peter von Moos	Kanata Seniors Care
151	Francine Robichaud	Kanata Seniors Care
152	Rita Gratton	Tillie's Trouper's
153	James Norton	Fin's Freezies
154	Marie Eveline	Kanata Seniors Care
155	Gabriella Fazekas	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5
156	Nick Leonard	Kanata North Cathy Curry
157	Tanvir Minhas	Minhas Family
158	Melissa Laguerre
159	Genevieve Barbeau	Alphabet Soup
160	Sally Kader	Kumon Kanata South
161	Chadi El Berouali	EarlyON Winter Wanderers
162	Evan Whelan
163	KENDRA SMITH	Pinecrest Queensway Community Health Centre
164	Sunnie Thompson	Hearts of Gold in the Cold
165	Anne-Marie Legault	Kumon Kanata South
166	Wendy Argue	Planting Stability - Rural Neighbours Rooted in Ward 5

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Funds

Goal: Get 5 Donors

Top Challengers

Got a big-hearted business, workplace, group, church, or community? Step up and join the Challenge to compete for your local pride in support of CNOY. Check the National Challengeboard to see more!

Meridian Credit Union$300.00Corporate > Financial and Insurance

Meridian Credit Union$300

StarbucksCorporate > Goods and Services

Bells Corners Partners$0

Event Day Details

Save the date - CNOY Day is February 28, 2026!

Start/Finish Google Map

John G. Mlacak Community Centre

2500 Campeau Dr, Kanata, ON K2K 2W3

Schedule

4:00 pm: Meet Check-in

4:45 pm: Muster Gather for Opening Remarks

5:00 pm: Move Send-off

6:00 pm: Munch Light meal served

7:00 pm: Mosey Thank You! See you in 2027!

Not able to join us in person at the Main Event? We hope you'll register, fundraise and walk offsite with friends and family.

Route Details

Route Distances: Check out the maps below to see where we will be walking.

Rest stop: Keep an eye out for opportunities to rest and refresh with yummy snacks along the route.

Signage: Routes will be well-signed with our bold blue CNOY signs.

Route Support: Route marshals, rest stop hosts, and support vehicle drivers provide support along the route.

Children 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.

No Pets: We love our little furballs like you do, but pets are not permitted at the Coldest Night of the Year except for approved and trained service animals. Read more about our pet policy >

Check-In

All walkers participating at the Main Event on Saturday, February 28, 2026 must check-in upon arrival.

Toques! Fundraising walkers who raise $150+ (or $75+ for those under 18) will receive a CNOY toque as a thank you on event day, while supplies last.

Offsite fundraising walkers can contact their local event director to arrange toque pickup the week of the event.

Have questions? Visit the FAQ section!

Handling Money

Credit Card: The Best Option! Simple, secure, automatically tax receipted for gifts of $20+. Visit the Donate page, share your personal page link, or have your donor call the CNOY Head Office.

Cheques: The Old Faithful - made out to Coldest Night of the Year with your name on the Memo line. Mail them to CNOY Head Office along with your completed pledge form.

Cash: You have 2 options:

1. Login to FundHub, click “Enter $$ and Cheques,” create pledges for your cash donations, pay them off with your personal credit card, and keep the cash. OR...

2. Write a cheque (made out to “Coldest Night of the Year”) for the total amount of cash you’ve collected. Mail it to the CNOY Head Office with your completed pledge sheet.

Waivers

All participants must register online and accept the electronic waiver.

Adults accept the waiver automatically when they register online.

Youth/Children under the age of majority need a waiver signed by their parent or guardian.

An online form will be emailed to all parents/guardians before CNOY Day.

You may also bring a filled-out printed waiver.

Waivers will also be available at check-in on CNOY Day.

What to Bring

A few common sense suggestions:

A cell phone for emergencies (recommended but not required)

Good waterproof shoes/boots for walking

Warm coat and mitts/gloves

Extra snacks if you have allergies or food sensitivities

Your own water bottle

A passion for the charity you're walking and fundraising for!

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Ottawa Kanata Maps

Check out this year's CNOY route maps below:

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5kmView + print!

Contact Us

CNOY Ottawa Kanata 2026

The CNOY Team Participant & Donor Services
Toll Free 1.877.743.3413 / Phone 519.603.2250
Email ottawakanata@cnoy.org