Your Green Living Hub

2023 Commuter Challenge Results and Prize Winners!

by | Jun 15, 2023 | Commuter Challenge, GoManitoba, Sustainable Transportation | 2 comments

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!

 

The results are in for the 2023 Commuter Challenge! We received one perfect week of weather (before the smoke came!) Manitobans came outside in the hot, wonderful summer weather, to get active and make a positive impact!

In Manitoba, The 2023 Commuter Challenge saw:

  • 3304 individuals register on 334 teams
  • 316,030 kilometres of active or sustainable trips were completed,
  • And these activities avoided 61,234 Kg of Co2 from going into the atmosphere!

Check out the results page for yourself for more details and to see how your team stacked up against the rest.

Please fill out our Commuter Challenge 2023 Participant survey to help us improve the event in future years!

See below for prize winners!

All winners have been contacted directly via their registered email, please also check your junk/spam folders.

 

City Results

City Award Categories are determined by population. Cities can win by achieving the highest % of participation in their population size category. See full City Results here.

500,000 and up Population Category

Gold: Winnipeg with 0.40486%

Silver: Kingston with 0.21192%

Bronze: London with 0.01471%

25,000 – 50,000 Population Category

Gold: Brandon with 0.02822%

10,000 – 25,000 Population Category

Gold: Thompson with 0.04011%

5,000 – 10,000 Population Category

Gold: Selkirk with 0.0518%

Silver: Flin Flon with 0.03332%

Bronze: Morden with 0.01564%

0 – 5,000 Population Category

Gold: Niverville with 0.05%

Silver: Beausejour with 0.03465%

Bronze: Stonewall with 0.02394%

 

Workplace Results

Workplace Award Categories are determined by the total number of employees. Workplaces win by achieving the highest % of participation in their size category. See full workplace results here.

Some of our leading workplaces:

Bike Week Winnipeg – 100%!
Canadian Council of Ministers for the Enviornment – 100%!
Chambers Fraser CPA – 100%!

Opportunities for Employment – 96.72%!
Epp Siepman Engineering – 96.3%!
Emerge Knowledge and Design – 93.1%!

Efficiency Manitoba – 77.33% w/ 75+ employees!
Assiniboine Credit Union – 50% w/ 500+ employees!
Manitoba Hydro -23.98% w/ 3000+ employees!

 

Grand Prize Winners:

Grand Prize: Two Any-Day passes to Winnipeg Folk Festival 2023

… goes to Tyler from Efficiency Manitoba!

Grand Prize: Two night stay at Wild Skies Resort

… goes to Ivory from Specialized Services for Children and Youth!

Grand Prize: FREE Bus Pass for a Year with Winnipeg Transit

…goes to Matt from Transport Canada!

 

 

Workplace Prize Winner: HTFC Planning & Design!

HTFC Planning & Design has won:

 

Individual Prize Winner: Jonathon from Winnipeg!

Jonathon has won:

 

Team Prize Winner: Team Rylan!

Team Rylan has won:

 

Telecommuting Prize Winner: Crystal from Shared Health! 

Crystal has won:

 

Walking Warrior Prize Winner: Lessa from the Government of Manitoba!

Leesa has won:

 

Cycling Superstar Prize Winner: Jens from the University of Winnipeg!

Jens has won:

 

Transit Trooper Prize Winner: Sean from Manitoba Hydro in Winnipeg!

Sean has won:

 

GoManitoba Prize Winners: Kira from City of Winnipeg; Rod, Gaston & Barry from Magellan Aerospace; Vien from RRC Polytechnic; Paul & Louise (individual)

Kira has won a $100 Gift Card to Mountain Equipment Company

Rodney has won a $100 Gift Card to Jardin St. Leon’s Market

Barry has won a $50 Gift Card to McNally Robinson

Louise has won a $50 Gift Card to Boston Pizza

Vien has won a Summer Reading Package from Great Plains Publishing

Paul has won two tickets to Shakespeare in the Ruins: As You Like it

Gaston has won two tickets to Shakespeare In The Ruins: The Dark Lady

 

Bonus Manitoba-Wide Prize Winners: Donovan from Vale in Thompson; Rebecca from Government of Manitoba in Brandon; Sean from Manitoba Hydro in Brandon

  •  Donovan, Rebecca and Sean have won a $25 gift card to a business of their choosing!

 

Participation Prize Winners: Jessica from Opportunities for Employment; Annie from Red River College Polytechnic; Akimi from InTouchCX 

  • Jessica, Annie and Akimi have won a $25 gift card to a business of their choosing!

 

 

THANKS EVERYBODY!  SEE YOU NEXT YEAR 🙂

 

Countdown to Commuter Challenge!

Day(s)

:

Hour(s)

:

Minute(s)

:

Second(s)

Thank you to our 2023 Main Sponsors!

Thank you to our in kind sponsors!

2 Comments

  1. Andrew Forsythe
    Andrew Forsythe on June 16, 2023 at 10:51 am

    I’d like to know how I personally stacked up against Jens the cycling superstar! Thanks

    Reply
    • Jesse Matas
      Jesse Matas on June 16, 2023 at 2:08 pm

      Hi Andrew, thanks for the question! Other than the workplace category, all winners were drawn at random from all who participated in the categories. KM-wise, you were 65th overall in Winnipeg! Nice work! That’s a lot of KMs.

      Reply

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *