Winter Commute Month 2026

June is Bike Month, so get ready to explore your city by bike!

Bike Month is an opportunity for people to try riding a bike for the first time, learn new skills, or simply have fun and connect with new people.  Bike Month invites new, learning, and experienced riders to celebrate the joys and possibilities of cycling – from commuting to work or school, to running errands, to minding your health – riding a bike is a healthy, sustainable, and FUN way to get around.

Log your cycling trips for a chance to win a gift card! Each trip can help reduce emissions, ease traffic congestion, and contribute to cleaner communities. With our easy-to-use trip-logging feature on the Smart Commute website/app, you’ll be able to log your efforts and monitor your personal stats throughout the month. Track your trips, view your carbon reduction, and watch your impact add up to real change.

Log your trips!



YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A $50 OR $100 GIFT CARD!

Each bike trip you log on the Smart Commute Tool counts as 1 entry to a random prize draw of a $50 or $100 gift card.

How to participate:

  • Complete a bike trip.
  • Log your trips on SmartCommute.ca (website or mobile app) for a chance to WIN a $50 or $100 gift card.
  • Each sustainable commuting trip counts as one (1) entry to the random prize draw.
  • New users (welcome!) who create their account between June 1 and 30, 2026, gain two (2) entries to the random prize draw.
  • Trips must be taken between June 1 and 30, 2026, and must be logged on the Smart Commute Tool by 11:59pm EST on Friday, July 3, to qualify for the prize draw.
  • A prize draw will be drawn in July. You will be notified if you have won through your email address. Please ensure that it is typed correctly and can be contacted.
  • Each respective Smart Commute office reserves the right to distribute prizes, subject to change without notice.

Note: Logging a trip on SmartCommute.ca automatically enters you into the Bike Month Contest and winners may choose to opt out of receiving the prize.

Click here to download the official contest rules.



ATTEND OUR WEBINARS

June is Bike Month, so get ready to explore your city by bike! Attend our Bike Month webinars to learn more about cycling. Register using the links below:


1) Get Ready to Cycle: Basics, Gear, and Safety : Thursday May 28, 2026, from 12 - 1 p.m. Click Here to Register

Hosted by pointA, this webinar will provide an overview of bicycles and how to ride them safely. You will learn about the benefits of cycling, bicycle parts, safety checks, common rules of the road, cycling gear, and etiquette and techniques. This webinar is perfect for anyone who is unfamiliar with cycling or would like a proper refresher on how to cycle safely this season.


2) Cycling Infrastructure, Safety & Security : Thursday June 4, 2026, from 12 - 1 p.m. Click Here to Register

Join City of Toronto Transportation Services staff to learn more about their recent cycling achievements and near-term plans to grow, connect and renew Toronto's cycling network. Attendees will leave the session with a better understanding of how to get around Toronto by bike and how staff are building the City’s cycling future.


3) Equity-Based Active Transportation Research and Experience : Thursday June 11, 2026, from 12 - 1 p.m. Click Here to Register

Hosted by the Town of Ajax and Ontario Tech University, this webinar is about how working towards equity in active transportation requires ongoing engagement with equity-deserving communities to address barriers to participation.


4) More Than Good Enough - Advancing Public Bike Parking Options: Thursday June 18, 2026, from 12 - 1 p.m. Click Here to Register

Hosted by the City of London, learn how the City is improving bike parking and how these lessons may apply in your community.


5) Ontario Bike Tourism : Thursday June 25, 2026, from 12 - 1 p.m. Click Here to Register

Hosted by Ontario By Bike, this webinar will help you discover cycle touring and cycle tourism in Ontario. Learn about what makes both a destination and business bicycle- friendly, what services are needed to become certified and other opportunities as cycle tourism in Ontario continues to grow.