Running clubs in Montreal.
12 clubs, and when they meet. Most meet on weekday evenings, around Griffintown, Plateau, Little Burgundy. Most are free to join. Subscribe to this calendar →
What to expect.
A running club in Montreal is usually a fixed day, a fixed time and a fixed meeting spot, and everyone runs from there. Most are free, most run on weekday evenings or weekend mornings, and most split into pace groups once they start moving, so you are rarely the slowest or the fastest.
The listings below carry the day and time the club itself publishes. Check the club's own page on the day for the week's route or a weather call, then turn up five minutes early.
All 12 running clubs in Montreal.
A to Z, in each club's own words. Every one links to the club, and every day and time is the one the club publishes.
Boutique Courir's free Sunday-morning group run from its Saint-Denis shop: about an hour for people who can already run 60 minutes, with energy-product tastings before and after and changing rooms at the store.
Sundays, 9:30am · Plateau · Free · boutiquecourir.com →The Running Room shop on avenue du Parc hosts a free Wednesday-evening group run: all paces, no sign-up, back at the store by about 7:15.
Wednesdays, 6pm · Mile End · Free · runningroom.com →Social crew going since 2012 that meets Tuesday at 7pm at the corner of Laurier and Brébeuf by parc Laurier. Motto: if you don't run, you cheer.
Tuesdays, 7pm · Plateau · Free · strava.com →Social crew running Lachine Canal routes from Le Petit Dep on rue de la Montagne, Monday and Wednesday evenings plus Saturday morning. All paces, coffee or beers after.
Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm · Griffintown · Free · strava.com →Montreal's original trail club trains on Mount Royal. 2026 membership is sold out, but the Friday 7am session from the Cartier monument is open to anyone, member or not, until the end of October.
Fridays, 7am · Mount Royal · Free · trailmontreal.com →Free neighbourhood club with four weekly outings: a Monday trail run from the Cartier monument, a Tuesday 7am run from Augusta Café, Wednesday intervals at the Étienne-Desmarteau track, and Saturday road runs from the Parc Maisonneuve chalet with two start times. No registration, just turn up.
Saturdays, 9am · Rosemont · Free · lespelicans.org →Sunday-morning themed social run, new route each week, 6-10 km at about 6:30/km, from Baristello in Griffintown; moves to Ciele's espace MTL in winter. No-drop, dogs and kids welcome.
Sundays, 9am · Griffintown · Free · strava.com →Sunday-afternoon run-or-walk of 3-8 km on a marked trail, split for different paces, starting from a different bar or metro each week and ending with food, drinks and the club's songs. The $13 covers refreshments.
Sundays, 1pm · $13 · meetup.com →Free 45-minute group workout at 6:29 every Wednesday morning, mixing running with bodyweight exercises. October to April it meets at Nelson's Column at the top of Place Jacques-Cartier; summers at Percival-Molson Stadium.
Wednesdays, 6:29am · Old Montreal · Free · november-project.com →Queer and trans run club open to all experience levels. Tuesday 6pm runs alternate between Marché Atwater in Saint-Henri and Bar Social in Verdun; Saturday-morning runs and socials are posted on the club's public Google Calendar.
Tuesdays, time varies · Free · calendar.google.com →Thursday-night crew run from 1630 rue Notre-Dame Ouest, going since 2017: hilly 8-12 km routes around 6:00/km, coat and bag drop at the start. Just show up.
Thursdays, 6:55pm · Little Burgundy · Free · strava.com →Free Friday 7am run from Café Ma Bicyclette at Atwater Market, organised by a coaching outfit but open to anyone, with two distance options including a deliberately slow 6-7 km.
Fridays, 7am · Saint-Henri · Free · uptemporunning.com →
Questions people actually ask.
Do I need to be fast?
No. Most run clubs post a few pace groups and a no-drop rule, which means nobody is left behind. If a club is pace-specific, its listing or its own page says so.
What do I bring to a first run?
Shoes you have already run in, a layer for the way home, and water if the club does not finish somewhere that sells it. Many end at a café or brewery, so a card helps.
Are run clubs free?
Nearly all of them. The ones that charge, usually a coached session or a track booking, say so in the cost column.
Every listing links straight to the club. Know a running club in Montreal we don’t? Add it.