Cycle Toronto

Cycle Toronto is a Canadian cycling advocacy and charity organization based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2008 as the Toronto Cyclists Union, the group adopted its current name in 2012 and became a registered charity in 2021. Cycle Toronto host public education and safety workshops, organizes cycling events, and publishes the Toronto Cycling Handbook.

Cycle Toronto

Established	2008 Toronto, Ontario
Type	Charity
Purpose	Cycling advocacy
Location	Centre for Social Innovation, 192 Spadina Ave, Office 215, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2C2, Canada
Area served	Toronto
Membership	3000[1] (2018)
Key people	Michael Longfield, Executive Director Ashley Quan, President, Board of Directors[2]
Staff	5[2]
Volunteers	100 regular volunteers, 100 others
Website	Cycle Toronto
Formerly called	Toronto Cyclists Union until 2012

History

A number of cycling activists had talked about starting an advocacy and lobbying organization for Toronto over the years, similar to the Active Transportation Alliance in Chicago or Transportation Alternatives in New York City. In 2007, David Meslin did a research trip of cycling advocacy organizations across North America and returned with a presentation. Toronto cycling activists soon began the organizing work of forming the Toronto Cyclists Union, a membership-based cycling advocacy group, which launched as the Toronto Cyclists Union in 2008.^[3][4][5]

At the organization's 2012 annual general meeting (AGM), members voted in favour of a motion put forward by the Board of Directors to change the name of the organization to Cycle Toronto.^[6]

In April 2021, Cycle Toronto announced that they had become a charity.^[7][8]

Year	Members	Annual Report
2008	374
2009	513
2010	1049	link
2011	1863	link
2012	2276	link
2013	2253	link
2014	2865	link
2015	3054	link
2016	2500	link
2017	3000	link
2018	3000	link
2019		link

See also

• Advocacy for Respect for Cyclists
• Cycling in Toronto
• Toronto Bicycling Network