The Amazing Race Canada Season 09 Season 01 Description
I Hate Pancakes
An epic race throughout Canada begins, as 10 teams embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Leg 1 (Manitoba → Alberta)
- Episode 1: “I Hate Pancakes”
- Prize: A trip for two to Berlin, Germany
- Eliminated: Gail & Gisele
- Locations
- Winnipeg, Manitoba (Esplanade Riel) (Starting Line)
- Winnipeg (Winnipeg Art Gallery – Qaumajuq Visible Vault)
Winnipeg (Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport) → Calgary, Alberta (Calgary International Airport)- Calgary (Calgary Central Library)
- Calgary (The Devenish Building – Betty Lou’s Library)
- Calgary (Stephen Avenue or Olympic Plaza)
- Calgary (Peace Bridge)
- Episode summary
- After running across the Esplanade Riel to their first clue, teams had to travel to the Qaumajuq Visible Vault at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. There, teams had to choose an artwork title and search among 5,000 pieces of Inuit art for their chosen sculpture. They then had to enter the locator number into the museum database to find the name of their sculpture’s artist in order to receive their next clue.
- At the Fast Air Jet Centre of Winnipeg’s airport, teams had to sign up for one of two flights, each carrying five teams, to Calgary, Alberta. Once there, teams had to search outside of the airport for their next clue.
- In this season’s first Roadblock, one team member had to rappel face-first down the Calgary Central Library and look for three yellow flags attached to the building with the name of their next destination – Betty Lou’s Library – in order to receive their next clue. Teams also had the option of searching a section of the library for a book marked with an Amazing Race flag containing three Express Passes. Ty & Kat found the Express Passes.
- After the Roadblock, teams had to say a secret code to enter Betty Lou’s Library, a 1920s-themed speakeasy, and use the Nightography feature of their smartphones to photograph their next clue.
- This season’s first Detour was a choice between Batter or Beat. In Batter, one team member had to memorize six Calgary Stampede pancake orders, and the other team member had to make the pancakes. After the order was taken, the guests switched tables and seats, and teams had to serve the correct people and pancakes in order to receive their next clue. In Beat, teams were taught a call and response drumming technique. Teams then joined a drum circle, and team members had to perform the beat sequence in sync with each other in order to receive their next clue.
- Teams had to check in at the pit stop: the Peace Bridge.
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The Amazing Race Canada Show Description
The Amazing Race Canada is a Canadian adventure reality game show based on the international Amazing Race franchise. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show follows teams of two as they race across Canada and around the world. Each Race season is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in foreign areas, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and travel by air, boat, car, taxi, and other modes of transport. Teams are progressively eliminated at the end of most legs for being the last to arrive at designated Pit Stops. The first team to arrive at the Finish Line wins a grand prize of CA$250,000 and additional prizes from the show’s sponsors.
Commissioned and broadcast by CTV, The Amazing Race Canada is hosted by former Olympian Jon Montgomery, produced by Insight Productions in association with Bell Media and with the support of Profiles Television.
After the season 7 finale, it was announced that the show was renewed for an eighth season. Originally expected to premiere in mid-2020, the season’s production was postponed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. It is currently scheduled to premiere on July 5, 2022.
