The Cemetary of Dead Races was an another Monster Dash original idea, and the credit goes to Nick Arcieri of MyNextRace.com.

We decided as one of our activations to create a cemetary with a unique twist.....tombstones from all the "dead races" that we knew about in the Ontario market.  And there were lots!   Where possible we will include the date of the last year we know of when the race happened, feel free to share with the Monster Dash Team any information you have to help us out!

FREE RACE DISCOUNTS AND SWAG if you can help us find more dead races, in Canada or the USA.
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ONtario Races We Used to LOve!

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• ​​Burlington Rock and Roll Marathon
• Shopper's Drug Mart Toronto Marathon
• Wang Toronto Marathon
• Compugen 10km
• Ismali Run
• Honda Indy Run
• Police Chase 5k Halifax,
• Donwoods Run for Recovery
• Grapes of wrath in prince Edward County
• YMCA Relay / YMCA Challenge
• Urban Burn Half Marathon
• Haydenshore Hoedown (Whitby)
• Howl on the Hill (Aurora)
• Milton Half Marathon
• Allen's Family Challenge (Toronto)
• ​Urban Warrior (Toronto)
• Mt Sinai Hospital 5km Run
• Oakville Father's Day Run
• ​Prostate Cancer Canada Father's Day Runs 
• Nike Run TO 10km
• Nike Women's Run 15km
• Wine Run (Niagara Running Series AND Landmark Sport Group)
• Niagara Half Marathon and 5km (May, 1998)
• Strawberry Festival Run
• Physiotherapy Run (Toronto)
• Music Run (Toronto)
• Race Against Racism (2005)
• Bob Hartwell Runner's Challenge (Aurora)
• Brampton YMCA 5km
• Billy Taylor Races (Guelph)
• PowerBar Rock and Roll 5km (Toronto, the Docks)
• Zombie Run Toronto
• Rays Boathouse 5km
• Ambulance Chasers 5km 
• Run for Heroes Marathon
• Legacy Run (Markham)
• Absolutely Accurates Race Series (Hamilton)
• Run for Research 5-10km
• Night Crawler 8km (Toronto)
• Midsummer Night Run (Toronto)
• Alpha Run 5-10km (Toronto)
• Avon Run for Women (Toronto)
• Thrill on the Hill (Aurora)
• Hamilton Halloween Run
• Halloween Haunting in (Waterloo)
• Baycrest Challenge (North York)
• Downsview Half Marathon
• London Marathon (Ontario, not the U.K. version)!
• Run for Heroes Marathon (Ahmertsburgh)
• Olga's Boys Night Out 5km
• Yonge Street 10km
• Girls on the Run (Toronto)
• Wipeout Run Toronto
• Mud Hero Urban (Toronto)
• Microsoft Run
• J&J Ontario Marathon Challenge
• CBI Hustle for hunger – Toronto
• Joggin for the noggin
• Pedals for preemies -Toronto
• Skate the Shore – toronto
• Hike-a-thon for the Homeless
• IDRF High Park 5K
• The Race to Help Hunger Disappear
• The Neon Vibe 5k
• Colour Blast Canada (all cities)
• The Kee 5km (Muskoka)
• Run or Dye (Kingston)
• Colours of Hope (Barrie)
• The Race to Help Hunger Disappear 
• The Westover shore to shore
• The Playoff Run (Toronto)
• Adidas Nite Run Toronto (1am start, daylight savings time)
• Recession Runs 
• Great Raisin River Footrace
• Variety Village Walk, Roll, Run
• Great Urban Race (Toronto)
• Joe's Team Triathlon, 2016 (Muskoka)
• The Crucible (Toronto)
• Met Con Blue 10km
• Oasis Lovely Spring Run (Toronto)
• The Music Run (Toronto)
• Whitby Waterfront Races
• Oxfam TRailwalker
• Trek or Treat Vaughan
• Running Buddies Trail Challenge
• The Oracle Trail Race
• Oochigeas 8km - Newmarket
• Excel Running Series
• Sears Great Canadian Relay (Ottawa and Collingwood)
• Laura Secord 25km (Niagara Falls)
• Lovely Spring Run (Toronto)
• Wipe Out Parkinson's 5-10km (Tillsonburg)
• Shamrocks and Sneakers 4km (Toronto)
• Muck M/S
• Ottawa Physio 5km run
• Loaring Run Under the Sun 10K
• California Run (Brockville)
• Canusa 5km (Hamilton)
• Port Perry 5km
• Dedication Dash 5km
• Nepean Trail Runs
• Humber River Run
• Creemore Vertical Challenge
• Marden Half Marathon
• Toronto Mud Run
• CANI Running Series (Orillia)
• Chuckle Run (London)
• The Transplant Trot (Owen Sound)
• Heartbreaker Challenge 10k, 5k
• IRun and Rock 10k (Newmarket)
• Race for Teens at Risk (Oakville)
• Pedals for Preemies
• NDCA Family Fun Run 5k
• Spring Fling (Toronto)
• Toronto 10-miler
• Dash for Dementia
• Moonlight Odyssey Trail Run
• South Huron Trail Run
• The Grape Escape
• Niagara on the Lake Run for Alzheimer's
• Muskoka full Ironman
• TO FitFest 2016
• Pineapple Challenge
• Tim Horton's Run for the Camp
• Sharing Love with Partners & Community 10K & 5K 
• Trillium Races Mt Forest, ON
• Island Girl Races - Toronto Island
• Race the Grand
• Run for your Lives
• Zombie Chase (Windsor)
• ​Vulture Bait Ultra Trail Races
• Go the Distance 8k (London)
• Sears Canadian Relay - Collingwood / Toronto
• Oakville Mercedes Benz Run
• ​Concrete Rush (Toronto)
• ​Run the District (Series - London)
• ​Chuckle Run
• Barn Fruit Markets 30km
• ​Transplant Trot​​
• ​North Face Endurance Challenge Ontario
• ​Westmonster Woods Dash
• The Crucible Obstacle Challenge (Canada)
• ​Festival City Races
• Cobourg triathlon and duathlon
• Insane inflatable 5K Toronto
• Meredith Inspirational Run
• RBC Golf Run at the Canadian Open
• ​Great Lakes 5k
• ​I run for icecream (london)
• ​Bread and Honey Races (Streetsville)
• Run for Heart​ (Becel,Manulife)
• Unity Run (Hamilton)
• Streetsville Mile
• Shamrocks and Shenanigens (Wallaceberg)
• Prostate Cancer Bike Ride at the CNE​
• Sharkey's Run (Oakville)
• OTMH Classic 5k (Oakville)
  
• Oshawa Rotary Run
  
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Canada wide Races no longer moving!

• Elliot Lake Dirt Digger Challenge
• Under Wear Affair (Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver
• Prostate Cancer Canada Father's Day Runs  (over 12cities across Canada)​
• HBC Run for Canada (various)
• World Airline Road Race (Calgary, 2005)​
• North American Out Games Run 
• Run for Wishes
• Thanksgiving Memory 10km
• Theatre Calgary Runs (2009)
• Catch the Elves 5km (2010)
• Longest Day Run (BC - 2005)
• Run for the Mountain (2010)
• Nike One Run (1995) - BC, QC, Toronto
• Semiahmoo Run 10km - White Rock
• Banff Winterstart Nite Race
• The Dot Dash (2014,Edmonton)
• Rimbey - Run Around the Zone (2014, Edmonton)
•  ​Yes We Can 5km (Edmonton)
• Great Urban Race (GUR)
• Concrete Hero (BC)
• Mustache Dache (BC, NS)
• Mitsubishi City Chase Halifax, Winnipeg and Montreal
• Oxfam Trail Walker
• Battlefrog Vancouver
• Livewire Relay RED
• Big White Chairlift Challenge
• Mogathon Races Saskatoon
• Sears Great Canadian Relay (BC)
• I Can Run Canoe (N.S.)
• We to We 3rd (Bedford, NS)
• Muck M/S
• Music for the Soul (Lethbridge)
• Halloween Howl - Edmonton
• Halloween Howl - Calgary
• Zombie Evasion - Calgary
• Zombie Evasion - Edmonton
• Point Grey Triathlon
• Dairy Queen Bunny Hop (PEI)
• Pineapple Challenge
• Tim Horton's Run for the Camps
• Land's End Races (BC)
• Dave Macauly 5k  (NB)
• Dairy Queen Road 5k/10k (NB)
• Catch the Bug 5k (NB)
• Noranda Bay 10k (NB)
• Body Plus 7k (NB)
• Spooky Run Moncton (NB)
• City Chase Calgary
• City Chase Edmonton
• City Chase Halifax
• Briefchase Run Vancouver
• City Chase Vancouver
• BIG Run Victoria
• Theatre Calgary Big Run
• Grande Montreal 10k
• Kennebecasis Valley Challenge Marathon
• Lions Club 5k, 10k (PQ)
• Laval Grand Prixe Dynamique
• Sears Great Canadian Relay - BC
• Sears Great Canadian Relay - Montebello
• Goddess Run Vancouver (BC)
• ​Okanagen Half Marathon and 10k
• Lakeland College Runaway Run​
• Tuxedos, Gowns and Hot Dogs 10k
• 4 Wing Community Run (Cold Lake, Alberta)
• Mountain Madness Half
• Dempter's Global Energy Race - Calgary and Richmond, BC
• Marathon (Grande Cache)
• The Beard Run (Calgary)
  
• Airdrie Mayor's Run
• Loop Around the Lake (Chestermere, AB)
• ​Cardston Family 5k
• Kenya Run for Water (Edmonton)
• Hinton Run​
• Sandcastle City Classic (BC)
• Bill Bowness Crescent Park X-Country Race​
  
  

USA and More Dead Races, some we don't want back!

• Chicago Lakeshore Marathon
• San Juan Trail 50k
• Phoenix National Trail 50 Mile
• Ghost Town 38.5 Mile (New Mexico)
• Mount Diablo 50 Miler
• Sunmart (Texas)
• Sisters Poker Run
• Sierra Nevada Endurance Runs
• Mad River 50k
• Doc Holliday 35 mile
• Lake of the Sky 36 miler
• Cheat Mountain 50-mile (Virg)
• Concrete Hero (L.A.)
• Battlefrog Races (USA)
• Howling Wolf Half Marathon (MA)
• Dawn of the Dunes Half Marathon and 5km
• Mesquite Tri-State Marathon
• Almond Bowl Marathon
• Santa Barbara International Marathon
• Otter Creek Trail Marathon & 16 Mile, 8 Mile
• Love.Run.Marathon & Half Marathon
• The Instant Classic Marathon Trail Run & Half Marathon
• Darlington Marathon
• Pend Oreille River Mothers Day Marathon
• Shires of Vermont Marathon
• Nike San Francisco Women's Half Marathon
• Endurance Events LLC
• Into the Mud Challenge
• Council Bluffs Half Marathon
• Big Hollow 5k (Illinois)