Event Details
Challenge for Life is an opportunity to improve your own health, and reduce your personal risk of cancer, while raising money and awareness for all cancers affecting Manitobans. Making progress against cancer requires significant collective effort and the involvement of Manitobans - like you - across our province.
Join the 16th Annual Challenge for Life on June 3, 2023! Or participate virtually May 27-June 3. Challenge yourself to help change the course of cancer in Manitoba.
People of all ages and abilities can enjoy taking the Challenge. Register as an individual, form a community team with friends and family, or form a corporate team with your colleagues!
Three ways to #TaketheChallenge:
20k | 5k | Virtual
The 20k Walk starts and ends in Assiniboine Park and journeys through some of Winnipeg's most charming and historic neighbourhoods.
The 5k Walk - Take in the cherished character of Assiniboine Park with a 5k Walk in the Park.
Virtual Challenge - Complete your Challenge to reach a distance of 20k or 200 minutes of fitness! Walk, cycle, swim, run or do a workout...from aerobics to zumba and everything in between. There are no limits! Get as creative as you want with your Challenge. Plus, we invite you to join us on June 3 for the event celebrations to walk down Victory Road and ring the bells as you cross the finish line!
Event Day
7:30 A.M.
CHECK-IN TENT OPENS
ENTERTAINMENT on the Lyric Stage
Keith McPherson Trio
DINING TENT OPENS
7:30 - 8:10 A.M. and 11 A.M. - 2 P.M.
PHOTO BOOTH (free photo opportunity)
8:15 A.M.
GROUP PHOTO
8:30 A.M.
OPENING CEREMONIES
9 A.M.
20K WALK AND 5K WALKS BEGINS!
Event Guides
Challenge for Life is nearly here! Click the items below to view the event guides so you have all the information you need to have the best Challenge possible.
In-person event guide 
Virtual event guide
Route Maps
Lace up your running shoes, fill up your water bottle, and move with your fellow Manitobans in the challenge of your life.
By registering, you commit to raise a minimum of $250 for CancerCare Manitoba prior to June 3, 2023. You also commit to making simple lifestyle changes to help reduce your risk of cancer.
Registration is $25 and includes a Challenge t-shirt, a personal webpage and fundraising/training support.
Make it a walk for the whole family! Participants 5 years old and younger are free and not required to meet the fundraising minimum.
Training Walks
Join us in training for your Challenge for Life every Saturday until event day!
Each time we will meet at 8 a.m.
- Saturday, May 6 - 7km - Assiniboine Park - Meet at Lyric Theatre
- Saturday, May 13 - 8km - Kildonan Park - Meet at Rainbow Stage (front doors)
- Saturday, May 20 -10km - BDI, 766 Jubilee
- Saturday, May 27 -14km - Wolseley & Wellington Cres. - meet on Wellington Cres. & Cambridge
