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Date: Saturday June 14th, 2008
Time: Meet at 11:00am for socialising, body painting, bike decorating etc. Bring food to share if you wish. Ride starts around 12 noon, following a route along several major streets in the downtown core.
Location: Route starts at Coronation Park (west of Bathurst Street, by the waterfront at the centre of the park)

What to bring

• Water
• Sunscreen
• Decorations
• Signs for yourself and your bike
• Posters
• Costumes
• Body paints
• A personal picnic lunch including beverages for the day
• Minimal crotch covering (eg: jock-strap, thong, camera case, etc) in the unlikely event that police ask us to cover up
• Bicycle helmet – let's be good role models!

Legality

Remember, it's perfectly legal for women to go topless in Canada anywhere that a man might, which includes cycling on city streets. The Crown Attorney has also acknowledged that participating in an orderly event naked is not illegal, so long as you are wearing something, such as shoes.

Photos

See also: WNBR Toronto Yahoo! group photos

2006

• Spike's Naked Planet via Yahoo Photos

2005

• Spike's Naked Planet/TNT!MEN
• Naturist Ontario (at WorldGroups)

2004

• Spike's Naked Planet/TNT!MEN
• Naturist Ontario (at WorldGroups)

Videos

See Toronto 2005 World Naked Bike Ride: Fun and Fabulous! (click video stills at bottom of page)

History

2007

The 2007 ride in Toronto was the best yet. The weather was ideal. 30+ women and men participated and a new contingent from Hamilton joined up with us shortly after we set out. The police escort was courteous and the public was very supportive and showed much appreciation. The press coverage was generally very good - with a few excellent quotes and a clear reporting of the WNBR mandate and global scope.

Edited by Leif Harmsen

2006

The 2006 ride in Toronto was plagued by lack of organisation and cold weather, but we ended up having a great time. Someone faxed incorrect info to the Toronto police, who showed up at Coronation Park several hours before the rest of us. They ended up having a very long day, but were good sports about it.

We started gathering around 11:30, and left on our ride at about 13:00. It was only about 14 degrees, but the sun was very intense and it warmed up nicely.

We took a nice long winding route through the downtown core, and encountered a warm if low-key reception from the good citizens of Toronto. It's amazing how many people downtown happen to have cameras with them.

Our police escort hung back for the most part, but assisted us through a few intersections and left turns.

We look forward to better weather and an increase in numbers for 2007, and hope to have a few women join us.

Please read the messages and view the photos of the WNBR Toronto Yahoo! group.

Edited by John aka Scoutniagara and Spike

2005

Ride report at TNT!MEN: Toronto 2005 World Naked Bike Ride: Fun and Fabulous! This page includes a number of reports from the 2005 ride, and provides links to photos of the 2004 and 2005 rides.

2004

We had about 40 or 50 riders on the Toronto 2004 ride from Grange Park, but had a difference of opinion from two different police divisions, so for the 2005 ride, after a lack of leadership, a meeting place, Coronation Park was chosen. It worked out well, but we weren't able to advertise in sufficient time to draw more riders. We only had 10 riders, but I think we had a great and successful ride.

Links

Discussion groups

• WNBR Toronto Yahoo! group
• WNBR Canada Yahoo! group
• Naturist Ontario

Related websites

• TNT!MEN (Totally Naked Toronto Men Enjoying Nudity) – TNT!MEN is famous for marching naked in the Toronto Gay Pride parade, and for convincing City Hall to declare Hanlan's Point officially clothing-optional. Members of TNT participated in every ride since 2004.

There's a Facebook Group for World Naked Bike Ride: Toronto at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4836573289&ref=mf There's a Facebook Event for the 2008 Toronto World Naked Bike Ride at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5899566217

Location information

• Google map of Coronation Park with meeting point marked
• ViaMichelin map of Toronto
• Wikipedia: Toronto
• Wikipedia: Ontario