Emancipation Day TIMED Run/Walk 2025 (5th Year Anniversary)

This page is kept as a past race archive for the Aug 9, 2025 edition in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Use the links below to find upcoming races in the same area or distance category. You can also browse the 2025 race calendar.

The Emancipation Day TIMED Run/Walk is organized by BLM ~ In This TOGETHER to honor Emancipation Day (August 1). This event acknowledges the history of slavery in Canada and addresses ongoing anti-Black racism as a step toward spreading awareness and fostering positive change.

Join the community-focused 5K event in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, celebrating unity and progress with a timed run/walk suitable for all levels.

• Start and finish at the Black Cultural Centre, 10 Cherry Brook Road
• Course follows Cherry Brook Road to Loon Lake Road turnaround
• Road surface throughout the course
• Race kit pickup and parking at New Beginnings Ministries, 26 Cherry Brook Road
• Post-race celebration at race kit pickup location

• Free entry for all participants
• Race kit pickup and post-race celebration at New Beginnings Ministries
• Community-focused event supporting anti-racism awareness
• 5th Year Anniversary Gala with dinner and dance at Halifax Tower Hotel