An application period for Canadians to carry the torch opened in October 2014 and continued till December.

The torch was brought through a total of 130 communities, mostly in Ontario (with five outside the province, Richmond, Winnipeg, Calgary, Halifax and Montreal).

[2] The relay began on May 30, 2015 in Toronto and finished on July 10, the date of the opening ceremony.

[2] The torch arrived in Toronto and then headed to Thunder Bay, before visiting all other communities on the route.

The relay also visited five National Historic Sites of Canada, six Canadian Forces bases and one provincial park.