''The Amazing Race Canada 4'' is the fourth season of ''
The Amazing Race Canada'', a Canadian
reality competition show based on the American series ''
The Amazing Race
''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...
''. Hosted by
Jon Montgomery
Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite hosti ...
, it featured ten teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race across
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
and the world. The grand prize included a CA$250,000 cash payout, a trip for two around the world, and the choice of any two
Chevrolet vehicles driven during the season. This season visited six provinces, one territory, and two additional countries and travelled over during eleven legs. Starting in
Yellowknife
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ...
, racers travelled through the
Northwest Territories,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
,
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
,
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
,
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
, and
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
before finishing in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
. The season premiere aired on
CTV on June 28, 2016, with the finale airing on September 13, 2016.
Dating couple Stephanie LeClair and Kristen McKenzie were the winners of this season and became the first all-female team to win the Canadian edition of the show, while exes Jillian McLaughlin and Emmett Blois from ''
Big Brother Canada 1'' finished in second place, and father and daughter Joel Ground and
Ashley Callingbull-Burnham finished in third place.
Production
Development and filming
On September 21, 2015, CTV announced that the show was renewed for a fourth season.
Filming of the show was reported in
Yellowknife
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ...
, in the
Northwest Territories, at the
Legislative Assembly building, on
Frame Lake
Frame Lake is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is an endorheic freshwater body located between the city's downtown section and a larger residential area. The Frame Lake Trail circles it, and city hall and the territoria ...
close to the
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) (''Centre du patrimoine septentrional Prince-de-Galles'' in French) is the Government of the Northwest Territories' museum and archives. Located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the ...
, and at the ceremonial circle near the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...
"G" Division headquarters downtown. On May 10, host Jon Montgomery was spotted near a clue box at
Prince Rupert City Hall in
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
. Teams were reported racing near
Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario.
History
Constructed from 1833 to 1834, and opened on June 1, 1 ...
in
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between To ...
, on May 14, where a
U-Turn
A U-turn in driving refers to performing a 180° rotation to reverse the direction of travel. It is called a "U-turn" because the maneuver looks like the letter U. In some areas, the maneuver is illegal, while in others, it is treated as a ...
board was also seen.
Casting
Casting began on September 23, 2015, and as in the previous three seasons, an online site was used for submission of applications and audition videos.
Casting closed on November 23, 2015.
Programming
A half-hour special episode titled ''The Amazing Race Canada: Top 20 Moments'', reviewing the events of the first seven episodes, aired in place of a regular episode on August 16, with regular episodes resuming the following week. Similar to previous seasons, a special season-end reunion/recap again titled ''After The Race'', this time hosted by the cast of ''
The Social'', aired immediately after the season finale to review the season as a whole.
Marketing
Petro-Canada and trip sponsor
Air Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada by the size and passengers carried. Air Canada maintains its headquarters in the borough of Saint-Laurent, Montreal, Quebec. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled an ...
discontinued their sponsorship,
Chevrolet continued sponsoring the show along with previous seasons' sponsors
Bank of Montreal (BMO) and
Mentos
Mentos are a brand of packaged scotch mints or mint flavored candies sold in stores and vending machines. First produced in 1932, they are currently sold in more than 130 countries worldwide by the Italian-Dutch corporation Perfetti Van Melle. T ...
. New sponsors for this season were
outerwear
Outerwear is clothing and accessories worn outdoors, or clothing designed to be worn outside other garments, as opposed to underwear. It can be worn for formal or casual occasions, or as warm clothing during winter.
List of outerwear
* Academic ...
sponsor
Mountain Equipment Co-op and trip sponsor
Hotels.com
Hotels.com is a website for booking hotel rooms online and by telephone. The company has 85 websites in 34 languages, and lists over 325,000 hotels in approximately 19,000 locations. Its inventory includes hotels and B&Bs, and some condos and oth ...
.
Cast
The cast includes actress and
Mrs. Universe
Mrs. Universe is an annual international event for "the most honorable married woman". The event is open to married, divorced, and widowed women from nations on all continents around the world, who are between the ages of 18 and 55, have a family ...
2015 winner
Ashley Callingbull-Burnham, and ''
Big Brother Canada 1''
HouseGuests Jillian MacLaughlin and Emmett Blois. Lowell Taylor is the first
legally blind
Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment, is a medical definition primarily measured based on an individual's better eye visual acuity; in the absence of treatment such as correctable eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment ...
contestant in any
edition of ''The Amazing Race''.
Results
The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.
*A placement with a dagger () indicates that the team was eliminated.
*An placement with a double-dagger () indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg, and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg.
*An ''
italicized and underlined'' placement indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop, but there was no rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were instructed to continue racing.
*A indicates that the team used an Express Pass on that leg to bypass one of their tasks.
*A indicates that the team used the U-Turn and a indicates the team on the receiving end of the U-Turn.
*A indicates that the leg featured a Face Off challenge.
;Notes
Race summary
Leg 1 (Northwest Territories → Alberta)
*Episode 1: "Who's Ready to Let It All Hang Out?" (June 28, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
London, England
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...
(awarded to Jillian & Emmett)
;Locations
*
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the o ...
(
Frame Lake
Frame Lake is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is an endorheic freshwater body located between the city's downtown section and a larger residential area. The Frame Lake Trail circles it, and city hall and the territoria ...
) (Starting Line)
*Yellowknife (
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) (''Centre du patrimoine septentrional Prince-de-Galles'' in French) is the Government of the Northwest Territories' museum and archives. Located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the ...
– Ceremonial Circle)
*Yellowknife (
Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly)
* Yellowknife (
Yellowknife Airport
Yellowknife Airport is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the Government of the Northwest Territories. The airport has regular scheduled passenger servi ...
) →
Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anch ...
(
Edmonton International Airport
Edmonton International Airport, as of August 29, 2022, officially branded YEG Edmonton International Airport is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of the Canadian province of Alberta. Designat ...
)
* Edmonton →
Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref> ...
(
Jasper Train Station)
* Jasper (
Jasper Skytram)
*
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada. It is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains spanning . It was established as a national park in 1930 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Its locatio ...
(
Athabasca River
The Athabasca River (French: ''Rivière Athabasca'') is a river in Alberta, Canada, which originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Much of the land along its banks is ...
)
*Jasper National Park (Two Valley Creek Canyon)
*Jasper National Park (
Pyramid Lake – Pyramid Island)
;Episode summary
*From
Frame Lake
Frame Lake is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is an endorheic freshwater body located between the city's downtown section and a larger residential area. The Frame Lake Trail circles it, and city hall and the territoria ...
, teams had to run to the ceremonial circle at the
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre (PWNHC) (''Centre du patrimoine septentrional Prince-de-Galles'' in French) is the Government of the Northwest Territories' museum and archives. Located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, the ...
, where they found their first clue directing them to the
Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. There, teams had to locate a wooden greeting containing a phrase written in
Weledeh: ''"Hotìa dechı̨nta k’èahdè" ("Travel safely across the land")''. They then had to search the nearby forest, where tags containing words of the same language and their translation were hanging from the trees were, for ones matching their clue. They then had to correctly recite the phrase in English to an
Elder in order to receive their next clue. Teams also received a
Bank of Montreal credit card
A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the o ...
that served as the teams' source of money for the rest of the season.
*After the first task, teams had to drive to
Yellowknife Airport
Yellowknife Airport is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by the Government of the Northwest Territories. The airport has regular scheduled passenger servi ...
and book one of two flights to
Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anch ...
, with the first four teams on the first flight. Once there, teams boarded a bus to the town of
Jasper
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref> ...
and found their next clue outside of the
Jasper Train Station.
* In this season's first Roadblock, one team member was equipped with a bungee cord and rode in the
Jasper Skytram, which stop midair halfway up the mountain. At this point, they climbed out of the tram and used
monkey bars underneath in order to reach their clue on the other side. Only three teams were permitted in the Skytram at a time. If they fell, they had to wait in line for the next crossing.
*After the first Roadblock, teams had to paddle a raft along the
Athabasca River
The Athabasca River (French: ''Rivière Athabasca'') is a river in Alberta, Canada, which originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Much of the land along its banks is ...
and find their next clue on the shoreline.
* In this leg's second Roadblock, teams had to drive themselves to Two Valley Creek Canyon. Here, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to
rappel down into the canyon and then search the river valley on foot for a
Parks Canada representative who gave them an
avalanche beacon
An avalanche transceiver or avalanche beacon is a type of emergency locator beacon, a radio transceiver (a transmitter and receiver in one unit) operating at 457 kHz for the purpose of finding people buried under snow. They are widely carrie ...
, which they used to locate one of three
caches containing their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop on Pyramid Island.
Leg 2 (Alberta)
*Episode 2: "Deal, Guys? Deal! Deal!" (July 5, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Paris, France
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
(awarded to Jillian & Emmett)
;Locations
* Jasper (
Jasper Park Information Centre
The Jasper Park Information Centre National Historic Site, located in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, is the primary visitor contact centre for visitors to the park. Sited in the Jasper townsite, it was built as the park administration bu ...
) →
Calgary (
City Hall)
*Calgary (
The Bow –
''Wonderland'' )
*Calgary (
Calgary Tower
The Calgary Tower is a free standing observation tower in the downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company Limited and Husky Oil as part of an ...
)
*Calgary (McDougall Centre, Harley Hotchkiss Gardens Century Gardens – Beatnik Bus)
*Calgary (Canada Boy Vinyl)
*Calgary (
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is a polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SAIT offers more than 110 career programs in technology, trades and business. Established in 1916, it is Calgary's second oldest post-se ...
Bow Habitat Station – Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery)
*Calgary (
Studio Bell –
National Music Centre
The National Music Centre (NMC; french: Centre nationale de musique) is a non-profit museum and performance venue located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The centre's permanent building, branded Studio Bell, is located at 850 4th Street S.E. in Dow ...
)
;Episode summary
*At the
Jasper Park Information Centre
The Jasper Park Information Centre National Historic Site, located in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, is the primary visitor contact centre for visitors to the park. Sited in the Jasper townsite, it was built as the park administration bu ...
, teams had to sign up for one of three buses to
Calgary, each of which carried three teams. When they arrived at
Calgary City Hall
Calgary City Hall (often called Old City Hall or Historic City Hall), is the seat of government for Calgary City Council, located in the city's downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The historic building completed in 1911 serves as the offic ...
, teams were greeted by
Mayor Naheed Nenshi, who gave them a photograph of a sculpture. They had to figure out that this was the ''Wonderland'' sculpture at
The Bow building, where they found their next clue.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to rappel from the roof of the
Calgary Tower
The Calgary Tower is a free standing observation tower in the downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company Limited and Husky Oil as part of an ...
to the street below in order to receive their next clue from Seefar, the Calgary Tower
mascot
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fi ...
.
*Teams had to track down the Beatnik Bus, a mobile
record store, by using a local's cellphone to check its
social media
Social media are interactive media technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities and networks. While challenges to the definition of ''social medi ...
accounts for hints as to its location. The bus stopped for ten minutes at a time at three locations around downtown: the McDougall Centre, the Harley Hotchkiss Gardens, and the Century Gardens. Once teams found the bus, they could receive their next clue from a local musician after listening to him perform one of his songs.
* This season's first Detour was a choice between
Sim or
Swim. In
Sim, teams travelled to the
Mayland Heights campus of the
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is a polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SAIT offers more than 110 career programs in technology, trades and business. Established in 1916, it is Calgary's second oldest post-se ...
, where they had to use a
training simulator to guide a
crane's payload through a course on a simulated construction site without hitting any obstacles. If both team members successfully completed the course in a combined time of under six minutes, they received their next clue. In
Swim, teams travelled to the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery at the Bow Habitat Station, where they had to use a barrier to corral a school of
rainbow troutlings into a confined area and then use nets to transfer the troutlings into two cages in order to receive their next clue.
* Teams also had the option of going for two Express Passes. For this, they travelled to Canada Boy Vinyl, where they had to search for the Express Passes among thirteen crates of newly pressed
vinyl record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts nea ...
s, while placing each record they picked up into an album sleeve. Steph & Kristen found the Express Passes.
*After the Detour, teams had to check into the Pit Stop at the
National Music Centre
The National Music Centre (NMC; french: Centre nationale de musique) is a non-profit museum and performance venue located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The centre's permanent building, branded Studio Bell, is located at 850 4th Street S.E. in Dow ...
.
;Additional note
*This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 3 (Alberta → Vietnam)
*Episode 3: "Toads! Are You Kidding Me?" (July 12, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
(awarded to Joel & Ashley)
;Locations
*Calgary (
Peace Bridge
The Peace Bridge is an international bridge between Canada and the United States at the east end of Lake Erie at the source of the Niagara River, about upriver of Niagara Falls. It connects Buffalo, New York, in the United States to Fort Er ...
)
* Calgary →
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
, population_density_km2 = 4,292
, population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2
, population_demonym = Saigonese
, blank_name = GRP (Nominal)
, blank_info = 2019
, blank1_name = – Total
, blank1_ ...
*
Cái Bè
Cái Bè is a township () and capital of Cái Bè District, Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern ...
(Tourist Dock)
* Cái Bè (Tourist Dock →
Cái Bè Floating Market)
* Cái Bè (Cái Bè Floating Market → Tân Phong Island)
* Tân Phong Island → Cái Bè (Bến Phà Cái Bè Qua Tân Phong)
*Cái Bè (Cái Bè Land Market)
*Cái Bè (Phước Ân Temple
Mekong Delta Canal)
* Cái Bè (Mekong Lodge)
;Episode summary
*At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
, population_density_km2 = 4,292
, population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2
, population_demonym = Saigonese
, blank_name = GRP (Nominal)
, blank_info = 2019
, blank1_name = – Total
, blank1_ ...
and then travel to the tourist dock in
Cái Bè
Cái Bè is a township () and capital of Cái Bè District, Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern ...
. There, teams had to sign up for a
water taxi
A water taxi or a water bus is a watercraft used to provide public or private transport, usually, but not always, in an urban environment. Service may be scheduled with multiple stops, operating in a similar manner to a bus, or o ...
departing the next morning, when they also received their next clue. After boarding the water taxi, teams were given a shopping list written in
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
with four items that they had to find within the floating market: a ceramic statue, fermented tofu, a basket of fruit, and a bag of rice. They then had to deliver them to Tân Phong Island in order to receive their next clue, which instructed them to travel by ferry back to Cái Bè, where they found their next clue at the ferry terminal.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use a stick with a small flag attached to separate and herd 20
duck
Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form ...
s out of a flock of 300 into a pen in order to receive their next clue.
*After the Roadblock, teams had to carry two ducks by hand to the Cái Bè Land Market and deliver them to a marked stall in exchange for the Detour clue.
* For their Speed Bump, Kelly & Kate had to carry a total of 20
toad
Toad is a common name for certain frogs, especially of the family Bufonidae, that are characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands.
A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scient ...
s by hand through the Cái Bè Land Market to a marked stall before they could continue racing.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Vibrate or
Hydrate. In
Vibrate, teams travelled to Phước Ân Temple, where they had to correctly perform a
traditional Vietnamese drum dance in order to receive their next clue. In
Hydrate, teams had to load a
sampan with 60
coconuts and row down a canal to a marked dock, where they had to unload and carry them to a nearby
coconut water
Coconut water (also coconut juice) is the clear liquid inside coconuts (fruits of the coconut palm). In early development, it serves as a suspension for the endosperm of the coconut during the nuclear phase of development. As growth conti ...
hut in order to receive their next clue.
*After the Detour, teams had to take a water taxi to Mekong Lodge and check in at the Pit Stop.
Leg 4 (Vietnam)
*Episode 4: "Shine Your Light" (July 19, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
(awarded to Kelly & Kate)
;Locations
*
Cái Bè
Cái Bè is a township () and capital of Cái Bè District, Tiền Giang Province, Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern ...
(Mekong Lodge)
* Cái Bè (Mekong Lodge → Tourist Dock)
* Cái Bè →
Ho Chi Minh City
*Ho Chi Minh City (
Chợ Lớn –
Bà Thiên Hậu Temple)
*Ho Chi Minh City (Corner of
Lý Chính Thắng Street & Nguyễn Thông Street)
*Ho Chi Minh City (Sửa Chữa Bảo Dưỡng)
*Ho Chi Minh City (
District 1 District 1 may refer to:
* I District, Turku, in Finland
* District 1, Düsseldorf, a district in Düsseldorf, Germany
* Sector 1 (Bucharest), also known as District 1, in Bucharest, Romania
* District I, Budapest in Budapest, Hungary
* Distric ...
– Quán Ốc A Sòi)
*Ho Chi Minh City (Glow Skybar Kingdom Karaoke)
*Ho Chi Minh City (
City Hall)
;Episode summary
*At the start of the leg, teams had to travel by water taxi to the tourist dock, and then travel by bus to
Ho Chi Minh City. Once there, teams had to travel to
Bà Thiên Hậu Temple, where they had to choose two birdcages and release the birds in order to receive their next clue. Teams found their next clue at the corner of Lý Chính Thắng Street & Nguyễn Thông Street.
* In the leg's Roadblock, one team member had to correctly assemble a
scooter using only an instruction manual written in Vietnamese and a sample scooter as a reference in order to receive their next clue.
*After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to Quán Ốc A Sòi and eat a dish of fried
crickets
Crickets are orthopteran insects which are related to bush crickets, and, more distantly, to grasshoppers. In older literature, such as Imms,Imms AD, rev. Richards OW & Davies RG (1970) ''A General Textbook of Entomology'' 9th Ed. Methuen 8 ...
,
centipedes,
worm
Worms are many different distantly related bilateral animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes (though not always).
Worms vary in size from microscopic to over in length for marine polychaete wo ...
s, and a
bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most ...
before receiving a box containing two live
red palm weevil larvae (known locally as "coconut worms"). Each team member then had to consume one coconut worm in order to receive their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Flip Flop or
V-Pop. In
Flip Flop, teams travelled to Glow Skybar, where they watched a demonstration of a
flair bartending
Flair bartending is the practice of bartenders entertaining guests, clientele or audiences with the manipulation of bar tools (e.g. cocktail shakers) and liquor bottles in tricky, dazzling ways. Used occasionally in cocktail bars, the action re ...
routine and the mixing of the bar's signature cocktail: the "Hello Vietnam". Teams then had to precisely recreate the routine and the cocktail in order to receive their next clue. In
V-Pop, teams travelled to Kingdom Karaoke, where each team member had to correctly memorize at least one verse of the
V-pop
V-pop ( vi, nhạc pop Việt Nam, nhạc trẻ or nhạc xanh), an abbreviation for Vietnamese popular music, is a music genre covering Vietnamese pop music from the 1990s to the present day.
Etymology
During the 1970s, V-pop was limited to ...
song "
Shine Your Light", and then perform
karaoke
Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music i ...
in front of an audience. If the song was performed correctly, teams could receive their next clue.
*After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop:
City Hall.
Leg 5 (Vietnam → British Columbia)
*Episode 5: "The Little Blind Tugboat That Could" (July 26, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
New York City, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
(awarded to Steph & Kristen)
;Locations
*
Ho Chi Minh City (September 23 Park)
* Ho Chi Minh City →
Sandspit, British Columbia
Sandspit ( hai, K'il Kun) is the largest community on Moresby Island, in Haida Gwaii off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. The only town on Moresby Island, Sandspit has accommodations, a campground, supermarket and 85-berth harbour se ...
*
Alliford Bay →
Skidegate
Skidegate ( hai, Hlg̱aagilda) is a Haida community in in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Columbia across Hec ...
*Skidegate (
Haida Heritage Centre
The Haida Heritage Centre is the premier cultural centre and museum of the Haida people. It is located in Skidegate, a community on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. The centre is situated just south o ...
)
*Skidegate (Spirit Lake Trail)
*
Queen Charlotte City →
Prince Rupert
*Prince Rupert (
City Hall –
Charles Melville Hays
Charles Melville Hays (May 16, 1856 – April 15, 1912) was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the General M ...
Statue)
* Prince Rupert (Cow Bay Marina)
*
Port Edward (
North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site)
;Episode summary
*At the start of the leg, teams were instructed to fly to
Haida Gwaii
Haida Gwaii (; hai, X̱aaydag̱a Gwaay.yaay / , literally "Islands of the Haida people") is an archipelago located between off the northern Pacific coast of Canada. The islands are separated from the mainland to the east by the shallow Heca ...
. Upon arrival in
Sandspit, British Columbia
Sandspit ( hai, K'il Kun) is the largest community on Moresby Island, in Haida Gwaii off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. The only town on Moresby Island, Sandspit has accommodations, a campground, supermarket and 85-berth harbour se ...
, teams had to travel by ferry to
Skidegate
Skidegate ( hai, Hlg̱aagilda) is a Haida community in in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southeast coast of Graham Island, the largest island in the archipelago, and is approximately west of mainland British Columbia across Hec ...
on
Graham Island
Graham Island () is the largest island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago (previously known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), lying off the mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is separated by the narrow Skidegate Channel from the other pr ...
. They then had to drive to the
Haida Heritage Centre
The Haida Heritage Centre is the premier cultural centre and museum of the Haida people. It is located in Skidegate, a community on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii off the Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. The centre is situated just south o ...
, where they found their next clue.
* In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to listen to six
Haida storytellers, who each told the story depicted on one of the
totem poles
Totem poles ( hai, gyáaʼaang) are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually m ...
outside the Haida Heritage Centre, as well as the name of its carver. They then had to correctly identify all six totem poles by carver to a judge on the nearby beach in order to receive their next clue.
*After the first Roadblock, teams had to travel to the end of the Spirit Lake Trail and assemble two sets of puzzle pieces to form two works of contemporary
Haida art in order to receive their next clue. Teams drove to the
Queen Charlotte City Harbour and travelled by
seaplane
A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.Gunston, "The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary", 2009. Seaplanes are usually divided into two categories based on their technological characteri ...
to the coastal city of
Prince Rupert. They then had to locate the statue of the city's founder,
Charles Melville Hays
Charles Melville Hays (May 16, 1856 – April 15, 1912) was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the General M ...
, located in front of
City Hall in order to find their next clue.
* In this leg's second Roadblock, teams travelled to Cow Bay Marina and took a water taxi, which departed every 20 minutes, to a
log boom
A log boom (sometimes called a log fence or log bag) is a barrier placed in a river, designed to collect and or contain floating logs timbered from nearby forests. The term is also used as a place where logs were collected into booms, as at the ...
floating in the middle of the bay. Here, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to choose a lane and pilot a small
tugboat
A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...
equipped with a
dozer blade
A bulldozer or dozer (also called a crawler) is a large, motorized machine equipped with a metal blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction work. It travels most commonly on continuous tracks, ...
to find three small marked
timber rafts and push them to a dispatcher at the other end of the lane in order to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop: the
North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site in
Port Edward.
Leg 6 (British Columbia → Ontario)
*Episode 6: "Am I Actually Operating the Plane?" (August 2, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Delhi, India
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
(awarded to Steph & Kristen)
;Locations
*
Prince Rupert (Sunken Gardens Park)
* Prince Rupert →
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
*
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
* Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname
** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
(
Bank of Montreal Hamilton Main Branch)
*Hamilton (
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport –
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is an aviation museum located at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada. The museum has 47 military jets and propeller-driven aircraft on display.
Displayed is a ...
)
*Hamilton (
Bayfront Park
Bayfront Park is a public, urban park in Downtown Miami, Florida on Biscayne Bay. The Chairman to the trust is Ary Shaeban. Located in the park is a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by Count Vittorio di Colbertaldo of Verona, one ...
)
*Hamilton (Heddle Marine Service Collective Arts Brewing)
*Hamilton (
Dundurn Castle
Dundurn Castle is a historic neoclassical mansion on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The house took three years and $175,000 to build, and was completed in 1835.
The forty-room castle featured the latest conveniences of gas lighti ...
)
;Episode summary
*At the start of the leg, teams were instructed to travel to
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington, ...
. After arriving in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
, teams had to travel to downtown Hamilton and find the
Bank of Montreal main branch. There, each team received a video message from their loved ones who informed them of the location of their next clue: the
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is an aviation museum located at the John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada. The museum has 47 military jets and propeller-driven aircraft on display.
Displayed is a ...
.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member was flown with an instructor in one of three vintage
de Havilland Chipmunks to an altitude of , at which point they were given control of the airplane and had to correctly perform a 360°
rate one turn while maintaining a constant speed and altitude in order to receive their next clue. Frankie & Amy used their Express Pass to bypass this Roadblock.
*After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to
Bayfront Park
Bayfront Park is a public, urban park in Downtown Miami, Florida on Biscayne Bay. The Chairman to the trust is Ary Shaeban. Located in the park is a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus sculpted by Count Vittorio di Colbertaldo of Verona, one ...
. There, they had to ride
bicycles along a trail to a marked boat launch and then paddle
kayaks across
Hamilton Harbour
Hamilton Harbour, formerly known as Burlington Bay, lies on the western tip of Lake Ontario, bounded on the northwest by the City of Burlington, on the south by the City of Hamilton, and on the east by Hamilton Beach (south of the Burlington ...
to an outdoor
climbing wall
A climbing wall is an artificially constructed wall with grips for hands and feet, usually used for indoor climbing, but sometimes located outdoors. Some are brick or wooden constructions, but on most modern walls, the material most often used i ...
, which each team member had to climb and ring a bell at the top in order to receive their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Dry Dock or
Art Rock. In
Dry Dock, teams travelled to Heddle Marine Service and entered the
dry dock, where each team member had to suit up in protective gear and then properly
weld an airtight seal on an section of
structural steel in order to receive their next clue. In
Art Rock, teams travelled to Collective Arts Brewing, where they had to recreate a work of
spray paint art Spray paint art uses spray painting on a non-porous material, such as wood, metal, glass, ceramic or plastic.
Spray paint art is usually street art, in large cities. Themes may include surreal landscapes of planets, comets, pyramids, cities, and n ...
by using
stencils to apply coloured layers in a specific order. If their work matched the example, teams could then take it to the brewery's stage and receive their next clue from the band
Elliott BROOD
Elliott Brood (often stylized as Elliott BROOD) is a Canadian three-piece, alternative country band formed in 2002 in Toronto, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica, and kazoo, Casey Laforet on guitar, lead v ...
.
*After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop:
Dundurn Castle
Dundurn Castle is a historic neoclassical mansion on York Boulevard in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The house took three years and $175,000 to build, and was completed in 1835.
The forty-room castle featured the latest conveniences of gas lighti ...
.
;Additional note
*There was no elimination at the end of this leg; all teams were instead instructed to continue racing.
Leg 7 (Ontario)
*Episode 7: "I Could Be Prime Minister" (August 9, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Rome, Italy (awarded to Steph & Kristen)
;Locations
*
Burlington
Burlington may refer to:
Places Canada Geography
* Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Burlington, Nova Scotia
* Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington"
* Burlington, Prince Edward Island
* Burlington Bay, no ...
→
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
* Toronto →
Kingston
*Kingston (
Springer Market Square
Kingston City Hall is the seat of local government in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Occupying a full city block facing Lake Ontario in Kingston's downtown, the city hall is a prominent building constructed in the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassi ...
)
*Kingston (Clarence Street)
*Kingston (
Queen's University –
Nixon Field Kingston Yacht Club)
*Kingston (
Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario.
History
Constructed from 1833 to 1834, and opened on June 1, 1 ...
)
*Kingston (
Bellevue House
Bellevue House National Historic Site was the home to Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John Alexander Macdonald from 1848 to 1849. The house is located in Kingston, Ontario.
Bellevue House was constructed around 1840 for Charles Hales, a we ...
)
*Kingston (
Rideau Canal –
Kingston Mills
Kingston Mills, located approximately north of downtown Kingston, Ontario, is the southernmost lockstation and one of 24 lockstations of the Rideau Canal system. Kingston Mills is a component of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site, and alon ...
Lock Station)
;Episode summary
*At the start of the leg, teams were instructed to travel by train via
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
to
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between To ...
. Once there, teams had to travel to the
Springer Market Square
Kingston City Hall is the seat of local government in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Occupying a full city block facing Lake Ontario in Kingston's downtown, the city hall is a prominent building constructed in the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassi ...
in front of City Hall and search for the Vader's Maple Syrup stand, where they found their next clue. Teams then had to search Clarence Street for several marked vehicles, each with a four-digit licence plate, and six locked cases, each with a tablet computer inside. Once teams found a licence plate number that opened a case, they could use an app on the tablet to unlock the vehicle as well as retrieve their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
On the Field or
Offshore. In
On the Field, teams travelled to
Nixon Field at
Queen's University, where they had to wear
Bumperz and complete a series of
bubble soccer drills against the university's
women's soccer players. They had to perform a
somersault
A somersault (also ''flip'', ''heli'', and in gymnastics ''salto'') is an acrobatic exercise in which a person's body rotates 360° around a horizontal axis with the feet passing over the head. A somersault can be performed forwards, backwards ...
, pass a soccer ball back and forth between each other, and finally score a goal while the goalie attempted to ram the scoring team member in under 25 seconds before receiving their next clue from the university's mascot,
Boo Hoo the Bear. In
Offshore, teams travelled to the
Kingston Yacht Club, where they had to properly rig a
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminolo ...
and then sail it out to a buoy, where they could retrieve their clue before returning to the dock.
*After the Detour, teams were directed to
Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario.
History
Constructed from 1833 to 1834, and opened on June 1, 1 ...
. There, they had to enter the penitentiary and search among 400 cells for their next clue directing them to
Bellevue House
Bellevue House National Historic Site was the home to Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John Alexander Macdonald from 1848 to 1849. The house is located in Kingston, Ontario.
Bellevue House was constructed around 1840 for Charles Hales, a we ...
.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to dress as the first
Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority the elected House of Commons; as su ...
,
Sir John A. Macdonald, and then memorize and correctly recite one of Macdonald's political speeches, which included prompts to ring a bell, to an audience of historical players in order to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop at
Kingston Mills
Kingston Mills, located approximately north of downtown Kingston, Ontario, is the southernmost lockstation and one of 24 lockstations of the Rideau Canal system. Kingston Mills is a component of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site, and alon ...
Lock Station.
;Additional note
* This leg featured a Double U-Turn. Steph & Kristen chose to use the U-Turn on Jillian & Emmett, while Jillian & Emmett chose to use the U-Turn on Joel & Ashley.
Leg 8 (Ontario → Cuba)
*Episode 8: "I Just Wanna Win" (August 23, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Cancún, Mexico (awarded to Jillian & Emmett)
;Locations
*
Kingston (
Kingston City Hall)
* Kingston →
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
* Toronto →
Havana, Cuba
*Havana (
Castillo de la Real Fuerza
The Castillo de la Real Fuerza (Castle of the Royal Force) is a bastion fort on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and bordering the Plaza de Armas. Originally built to defend against attack by pirates ...
)
*Havana (
Old Havana
Old Havana ( es, link=no, La Habana Vieja) is the city-center (downtown) and one of the 15 municipalities (or boroughs) forming Havana, Cuba. It has the second highest population density in the city and contains the core of the original city of ...
–
Havana Club
Havana Club is a brand of rum created in Cuba in 1934. Originally produced in Cárdenas, Cuba, by family-owned José Arechabala S.A., the brand was nationalized after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. In 1993, French-owned Pernod Ricard and the go ...
Rum Museum & Park Humboldt Park Humboldt)
*Havana (Old Havana –
Cámara Oscura)
*Havana (Old Havana –
Hotel Ambos Mundos
The Hotel Ambos Mundos (, '' Both Worlds Hotel'') is a hotel in Havana, Cuba. Built with a square form with five floors, it has an eclectic set of characteristics of 20th-century style architecture. It was built in 1924 on a site that previousl ...
)
*Havana (
Habana del Este
Habana del Este (Spanish for "East Havana"), also spelled ''La Habana del Este'', is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (''municipios'' in Spanish) forming the city of Havana, Cuba.
Geography
As its name indicates it is on the eastern side ...
–
Playas del Este)
*Havana (Pedrito's Max Brakes)
*Havana (
El Morro – Restaurante La Divina Pastora)
;Episode summary
*At the start of the leg, teams were instructed to travel by train to
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
and then fly to
Havana, Cuba. Once there, teams had to search the
Castillo de la Real Fuerza
The Castillo de la Real Fuerza (Castle of the Royal Force) is a bastion fort on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and bordering the Plaza de Armas. Originally built to defend against attack by pirates ...
for a scale model replica of the Canadian
schooner ''
Bluenose
''Bluenose'' was a fishing and racing gaff rig schooner built in 1921 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. A celebrated racing ship and fishing vessel, ''Bluenose'' under the command of Angus Walters, became a provincial icon for Nova Scotia and ...
'' in order to find their next clue.
* This leg's Detour was a choice between
Sugar or
Shake. In
Sugar, teams travelled to the
Havana Club
Havana Club is a brand of rum created in Cuba in 1934. Originally produced in Cárdenas, Cuba, by family-owned José Arechabala S.A., the brand was nationalized after the Cuban Revolution of 1959. In 1993, French-owned Pernod Ricard and the go ...
Rum Museum and, using a manual grinder, had to extract of sugar juice from sugar cane. Then, each team member had to deliver two trays of drinks on foot to Park Humboldt and then make their way back to the museum in order to get their next clue. In
Shake, teams went directly to Park Humboldt, where they had to correctly perform a
Salsa Cubana routine in order to receive their next clue.
*After the Detour, teams had to listen to a guided tour at
Cámara Oscura and spot an ''Amazing Race'' flag hanging on the
Hotel Ambos Mundos
The Hotel Ambos Mundos (, '' Both Worlds Hotel'') is a hotel in Havana, Cuba. Built with a square form with five floors, it has an eclectic set of characteristics of 20th-century style architecture. It was built in 1924 on a site that previousl ...
. The tour guide told them that the hotel is the site of the
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...
Museum in room 511, where teams found their next clue.
* For this season's first Face Off, teams had to compete against each other in a game of
beach volleyball. The first team to score 15 points received their next clue, while their opponents had to wait for another team. The last losing team had to wait for the sand to run out of an
hourglass before receiving their clue.
*After the Face Off, teams found their next clue at Pedrito's Max Brakes.
* In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to watch a demonstration and then correctly make three
engine gaskets from old tire rubber in order to receive their next clue directing them to the Pit Stop at Restaurante La Divina Pastora.
;Additional note
*This was a non-elimination leg.
Leg 9 (Cuba → Nova Scotia)
*Episode 9: "For Those About to Rock" (August 30, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Mexico City, Mexico (awarded to Jillian & Emmett)
;Locations
*
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. (
Hotel Meliá Habana)
* Havana →
Sydney, Nova Scotia (
JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport
JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport is a regional airport located in Reserve Mines in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The airport serves the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) and the surrounding areas of Cape Breton Island. McCurdy ...
)
*Sydney (
Canadian Coast Guard College
The Canadian Coast Guard College (CCGC) is a maritime training college and Canadian Coast Guard facility located in Westmount, Nova Scotia, Westmount, Nova Scotia—a suburb of the former city of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Sydney in the Cape Breton Reg ...
)
*
Christmas Island
Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the ...
(
Post Office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...
)
*
Iona (
Highland Village Museum)
*Iona (Highland Village Museum –
Blackhouse)
*
Louisbourg (
Fortress of Louisbourg
The Fortress of Louisbourg (french: Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a National Historic Site and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Its two siege ...
)
*Louisbourg (
Louisbourg Lighthouse)
;Episode summary
*At the start of the leg, teams were instructed to fly to
Sydney, Nova Scotia. Once there, teams had to search outside of the
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...
for a marked car with their next clue. Teams then had to drive to the
Canadian Coast Guard College
The Canadian Coast Guard College (CCGC) is a maritime training college and Canadian Coast Guard facility located in Westmount, Nova Scotia, Westmount, Nova Scotia—a suburb of the former city of Sydney, Nova Scotia, Sydney in the Cape Breton Reg ...
in order to find their next clue. Teams were also informed that their mileage would be measured using the ''Teen Driver System'' feature, and the team who drove the fewest total miles in this leg would win a bonus $5,000 prize at the Pit Stop. Jillian & Emmett and Frankie & Amy both received this prize since they tied for the lowest mileage. Once there, teams were instructed to choose a vessel and take part in a
Coast Guard
A coast guard or coastguard is a maritime security organization of a particular country. The term embraces wide range of responsibilities in different countries, from being a heavily armed military force with customs and security duties to ...
rescue drill. They had to direct their driver to one of two marked locations using only
inology. There, one team member then had to swim out to retrieve a dummy. After returning to shore, they then had to bring the dummy to a waiting ambulance. If teams brought back the correct dummy, they received their next clue.
* For their Speed Bump, Rita & Yvette had to deliver two sacks of letters from cadets of the Canadian Coast Guard College to the
Christmas Island
Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around north-west of the ...
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...
and then stamp every letter with the office's famous
postmark
A postmark is a postal marking made on an envelope, parcel, postcard or the like, indicating the place, date and time that the item was delivered into the care of a postal service, or sometimes indicating where and when received or in transit ...
before they could continue racing.
* This leg's Detour, at the
Highland Village Museum, was a choice between
Feel the Rhythm or
Feel the Burn, both requiring teams to dress in
traditional attire. In
Feel the Rhythm, teams had to learn and correctly perform a traditional
Scottish highland dance
Highland dance or Highland dancing ( gd, dannsa Gàidhealach) is a style of competitive dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th centuries, in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games. It ...
routine with a troupe in order to receive their next clue. In
Feel the Burn, teams completed a series of three
Highland Games events. First, each team member had to
toss a caber so it landed end-over-end within designated lines. Then, they each had to carry or move either two heavy logs for two laps, or one log for four laps, around a marked course. Finally, each team member had to
throw a stone such that it landed on one of two targets in order to receive their next clue.
*Teams travelled on foot to the Highland Village Museum's
blackhouse, where they found their next clue. Teams then had to drive to the
Fortress of Louisbourg
The Fortress of Louisbourg (french: Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a National Historic Site and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Its two siege ...
for their next clue. There, teams had to dress in a
period French military uniform and roll six heavy wooden barrels filled with simulated
gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive. It consists of a mixture of sulfur, carbon (in the form of charcoal) and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). Th ...
through the grounds to the top of the fortress. After completing this, teams fired a
cannon
A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder ...
on the
battlement
A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at interv ...
before receiving their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop at the
Louisbourg Lighthouse.
;Additional notes
* This leg featured a Double U-Turn. Steph & Kristen chose to use the U-Turn on Joel & Ashley, while Jillian & Emmett chose to use the U-Turn on Rita & Yvette.
*
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
n
underground coal miner's
choir
A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...
The Men of the Deeps appeared as the Pit Stop greeters for this leg.
Leg 10 (Nova Scotia → New Brunswick)
*Episode 10: "We're Doing It Wrong! We're In Big Trouble" (September 6, 2016)
*Prize: A trip for two to
Sydney, Australia (awarded to Steph & Kristen)
;Locations
*
Sydney (Merchant Mariner Monument)
* Sydney (Port of Sydney) →
Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign of K ...
(
Bank of Montreal)
*Saint John (
Saint John City Market
The Saint John City Market in Saint John, New Brunswick, is the oldest continuously-operated farmer's market in Canada, with a charter dating from 1785. The market is located at 47 Charlotte Street.
History
Prior to the establishment of the market ...
)
*Saint John (
Moosehead Breweries
Moosehead Breweries Limited is Canada's oldest independent brewery, located in Saint John, New Brunswick. The brewery was founded in 1867 and is still privately owned and operated by the Oland family. The company is now in the sixth generation ...
Crosby's Molasses)
*
Saint Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourt ...
(
Algonquin Resort Golf Course)
*Saint Andrews (Kingsbrae Garden – Scents and Sensitivity Garden)
*Saint Andrews (
Passamaquoddy Bay
Passamaquoddy Bay (french: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its w ...
– Indian Point)
;Episode summary
*Teams signed up for one of two buses, each carrying two teams, from
Sydney to
Saint John,
New Brunswick
New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. Once there, they had to search downtown for a marked vehicle, which contained their next clue. Teams then drove to the
Saint John City Market
The Saint John City Market in Saint John, New Brunswick, is the oldest continuously-operated farmer's market in Canada, with a charter dating from 1785. The market is located at 47 Charlotte Street.
History
Prior to the establishment of the market ...
and were given five
gift basket
A gift basket or fruit basket is typically a gift delivered to the recipient at their home or workplace. A variety of gift baskets exist: some contain fruit; while others might contain dry or canned foods such as tea, crackers and jam; or the ...
s to deliver, each to a different hotel. To find the locations, they had use a provided tablet to enter the search criteria listed on the delivery tag of each gift basket into an
app. Once all five were successfully delivered, teams could return to the market to receive their next clue.
* This season's final Detour was a choice between
1867 or
1879. In
1867, teams travelled to
Moosehead Breweries
Moosehead Breweries Limited is Canada's oldest independent brewery, located in Saint John, New Brunswick. The brewery was founded in 1867 and is still privately owned and operated by the Oland family. The company is now in the sixth generation ...
, where they had to choose one of five uniquely labeled
beer bottle
A beer bottle is a bottle designed as a container for beer. Such designs vary greatly in size and shape, but the glass commonly is brown or green to reduce spoilage from light, especially ultraviolet.
The most widely established alternatives to ...
s and pull enough matching bottles from a fast-moving production line in order to fill five 24-beer cases. They then had to stack a full pallet of cases in order to receive their next clue. In
1879, teams travelled to
Crosby's Molasses, where they had to follow a recipe to prepare the company's signature
molasses taffy. After the mixture was heated, teams then had to pull the mixture until they made at least of taffy with the correct texture and colour in order to receive their next clue.
* For this season's second Face Off, teams drove to the
Algonquin Resort Golf Course in
Saint Andrews
St Andrews ( la, S. Andrea(s); sco, Saunt Aundraes; gd, Cill Rìmhinn) is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourt ...
. At the 12th hole, teams competed in a round of
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
. One team would take alternating strokes to sink their
ball in the
hole
A hole is an opening in or through a particular medium, usually a solid body. Holes occur through natural and artificial processes, and may be useful for various purposes, or may represent a problem needing to be addressed in many fields of en ...
, then wait for their opponent to do the same. The team who took the fewest strokes received their next clue, while their opponents had to wait for another team. The last losing team had to wait for the sand to run out of an
hourglass before receiving their clue.
*After the Face Off, teams found their next clue at the Scents and Sensitivity Garden.
* In this leg's Roadblock, teams entered the garden, where one team member was blindfolded for the duration of the task. They would first be led to one side of the garden by their partner, who read them the English names of fifteen plants they had to memorize, each distinguishable by a unique scent or texture. They then had to follow a guided rope on their own to the other side of the garden and correctly identify all 15 plants by touch or smell in to receive their next clue. If they guessed any incorrectly, they were led back to their partner to try again.
*After the Roadblock, teams had to use the hands-free
OnStar
OnStar Corporation is a subsidiary of General Motors that provides subscription-based communications, in-vehicle security, emergency services, turn-by-turn navigation, and remote diagnostics systems throughout the United States, Canada, China, ...
feature in their vehicle to call
Jon Montgomery
Jonathan Riley "Jon" Montgomery (born May 6, 1979, in Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer and television host. He won the gold medal in the men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Despite hosti ...
, who told them to search for the Pit Stop at Indian Point on the shore of
Passamaquoddy Bay
Passamaquoddy Bay (french: Baie de Passamaquoddy) is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy, between the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick, at the mouth of the St. Croix River. Most of the bay lies within Canada, with its w ...
.
Leg 11 (New Brunswick → Quebec)
*Episode 11: "Second Place Isn't Good Enough" (September 13, 2016)
*Prize: , a trip for two around the world, and two
Chevrolet Silverados (awarded to Steph & Kristen)
*Winners: Steph & Kristen
*Runners-up: Jillian & Emmett
*Third place: Joel & Ashley
;Locations
*
Saint John (
Hilton Saint John)
* Saint John →
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...
*Montreal (
Saint-Michel –
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Ju ...
World Headquarters)
*Montreal (
Old Montreal
Old Montreal (French: ''Vieux-Montréal'') is a historic neighbourhood within the municipality of Montreal in the province of Quebec, Canada. Home to the Old Port of Montreal, the neighbourhood is bordered on the west by McGill Street, on th ...
–
Bank of Montreal Head Office
The Bank of Montreal's Head Office (french: Édifice de la Banque de Montréal) is located on 119, rue Saint Jaques (119, Saint Jacques Street) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, across the Place d'Armes from the Notre-Dame Basilica in the Old Montrea ...
)
*Montreal (
Saint Helen's Island
Saint Helen's Island (french: Île Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. It is situated immediately offshore from Old Mont ...
–
Montreal Biosphere
The Biosphere (french: La Biosphère), also known as the Montreal Biosphere (french: La Biosphère de Montréal), is a museum dedicated to the environment in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is housed in the former United States pavilion constructed ...
)
*Montreal (
St-Viateur Bagel &
Mile End
Mile End is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London, England, east-northeast of Charing Cross. Situated on the London-to-Colchester road, it was one of the earliest suburbs of London. It became part of the m ...
)
*Montreal (
Moment Factory
Moment Factory is a multimedia entertainment studio specializing in the design and production of immersive environments, combining video, lighting, architecture, sound and special effects. Headquartered in Montreal, the studio also has offices in ...
)
*Montreal (
Mont-Royal –
Kondiaronk
Kondiaronk (c. 1649–1701) (Gaspar Soiaga, Souojas, Sastaretsi), known as ''Le Rat'' (The Rat), was Chief of the Native American Wendat people at Michilimackinac in New France. As a result of an Iroquois attack and dispersal of the Hurons in 16 ...
Belvedere Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
Africa
* Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco
*Belvedere, Harare, Zi ...
)
;Episode summary
*At the start of the leg, teams were instructed to fly to
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
and find their next clue at the
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Ju ...
World Headquarters. There, teams had to dress in costumes and complete a series of three Cirque de Soleil tricks, with each racer required to perform at least one. First, one team member was harnessed with
bungee cord Bungee cords equipped with metal hooks
A bungee cord (sometimes spelled bungle; also known as a shock cord) is an elastic cord composed of one or more elastic strands forming a core, usually covered in a woven cotton or polypropylene sheath. The ...
s and had to
bounce and gain enough momentum to reach a
trapeze
A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a ceiling support. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances. Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, an ...
. Next, one team member had to stand on and roll a
large ball across the room without falling. Finally, one team member had to scale a
Chinese pole
Chinese poles are vertical poles on which circus performers climb, slide down and hold poses. The poles are generally between in height and approximately in diameter. Some poles have a slightly larger pole that rotates around the static central ...
in order to grab their next clue directing them to the
Bank of Montreal Head Office
The Bank of Montreal's Head Office (french: Édifice de la Banque de Montréal) is located on 119, rue Saint Jaques (119, Saint Jacques Street) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, across the Place d'Armes from the Notre-Dame Basilica in the Old Montrea ...
. There, teams had to use a
codebook
A codebook is a type of document used for gathering and storing cryptography codes. Originally codebooks were often literally , but today codebook is a byword for the complete record of a series of codes, regardless of physical format.
Crypto ...
to decipher an encoded message relating to the bank's history and then read it to a bank teller. If it was correct, teams received a key, which they could use to enter the vault and unlock a
safe deposit box
A safe deposit box, also known as a safety deposit box, is an individually secured container, usually held within a larger safe or bank vault. Safe deposit boxes are generally located in banks, post offices or other institutions. Safe deposit ...
containing their next clue.
* In this leg's first Roadblock, teams travelled to the
Montreal Biosphere
The Biosphere (french: La Biosphère), also known as the Montreal Biosphere (french: La Biosphère de Montréal), is a museum dedicated to the environment in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is housed in the former United States pavilion constructed ...
on
Saint Helen's Island
Saint Helen's Island (french: Île Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It forms part of the Hochelaga Archipelago. It is situated immediately offshore from Old Mont ...
. Inside the sphere, one team member had to use a
mechanical ascender to climb to the museum's observation deck, pull themselves horizontally across a suspended line to a platform on the outer structure, and then rappel down to retrieve their next clue on the sphere's exterior.
*After the first Roadblock, teams found their next clue at
St-Viateur Bagel.
* In this season's final Roadblock, the team member who did not perform the previous Roadblock had to stack three orders of
Montreal-style bagel
The Montreal-style bagel or Montreal bagel (sometimes beigel; yi, בײגל, translit=beygl; french: Bagel de Montréal) is a distinctive variety of handmade and wood-fired baked bagel. In contrast to the New York-style bagel, which also cont ...
s on holder sticks in a specific top-to-bottom sequence by variety, three sticks per order. They then had to deliver them on foot, carrying a complete order each time, to three locations in the surrounding neighbourhood of
Mile End
Mile End is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London, England, east-northeast of Charing Cross. Situated on the London-to-Colchester road, it was one of the earliest suburbs of London. It became part of the m ...
. If the bagels were not arranged correctly, they would not be accepted. Once all deliveries were successfully completed, racers could return to St-Viateur Bagel and receive their next clue, which directed them to the
Moment Factory
Moment Factory is a multimedia entertainment studio specializing in the design and production of immersive environments, combining video, lighting, architecture, sound and special effects. Headquartered in Montreal, the studio also has offices in ...
.
*At the Moment Factory, teams found a
flatscreen
A flat-panel display (FPD) is an electronic display used to display visual content such as text or images. It is present in consumer, medical, transportation, and industrial equipment.
Flat-panel displays are thin, lightweight, provide better l ...
displaying a map of Canada, Vietnam, and Cuba with the visited cities highlighted and had to place plaques, each containing a phrase heard or read from various sources throughout the season, one per leg, in the corresponding space on the interactive surface. 22 misleading phrases were also included. Once teams correctly filled in all 11 spaces, they received their final clue, which directed them to the finish line at
Kondiaronk
Kondiaronk (c. 1649–1701) (Gaspar Soiaga, Souojas, Sastaretsi), known as ''Le Rat'' (The Rat), was Chief of the Native American Wendat people at Michilimackinac in New France. As a result of an Iroquois attack and dispersal of the Hurons in 16 ...
Belvedere Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
Africa
* Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco
*Belvedere, Harare, Zi ...
on
Mont-Royal.
:
Ratings
Viewership includes initial date of viewing plus seven-day
DVR playback.
*Episode 6, "Am I Actually Operating the Plane?", aired during the opening week of the
2016 Summer Olympics.
*Episode 7, "I Could Be Prime Minister", aired during the first full week of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
*
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