An underlined leg number indicates that there was no mandatory rest period at the Pit Stop and all teams were ordered to continue racing.An underlined blue team placement indicates that the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump during the next leg.A red team placement means the team was eliminated.
Placements are listed in finishing order: Note that this table is not necessarily reflective of all content broadcast on television, owing to the inclusion or exclusion of some data. The following teams participated in this season, each listed along with their placements in each leg and relationships as identified by the program. New sponsors included Desjardins Group, Subway Canada, Destination BC, GURU Organic Energy, Marshalls, Tourism Richmond, Trans Canada Trail and Marvel Studios, which promoted Thor: Love and Thunder and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Marketing Ĭhevrolet and Expedia returned as sponsors. The cast includes Big Brother Canada 9 winner Tychon Carter-Newman, Broadway theatre actress Catherine Wreford, Inuvialuit Olympic cross-country skier Jesse Cockney, actress and Inuvialuit activist Marika Sila, and singer and Juno Award-winning artist Jully Black. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, contestants were required to be fully vaccinated. On January 8, 2020, the first stage of casting for this season was completed. The team that received the Pass would have to wait for another team to arrive and pass them before continuing on.Ĭasting for the season initially began on Octowith a deadline of December 1. The Pass was an obstacle that is similar to the Yield. The On Ramp was a task that allowed teams to find an On Ramp Pass and return to The Amazing Race Canada. This season introduced two new obstacles: the On Ramp and the Pass. Ģ022 Winter Paralympics gold medalist Mark Arendz appeared as the Pit Stop greeter during the fourth leg in Canmore, Alberta. įor the first time in the series, host Jon Montgomery doesn't introduce the teams instead, the teams introduce themselves.īy happenstance, retired National Hockey League player Ron Sutter helped siblings Jesse Cockney and Marika Sila with directions during Leg 2 in Lethbridge, Alberta. A task at the Richmond Night Market occurred on May 21, the date when filming officially wrapped. Filming took place in Belleville and Picton, Ontario on May 12. Racers were spotted in Kelowna and Vernon, British Columbia on May 6 & 7. Filming in Canmore, Alberta occurred on May 4. On May 1, the show filmed in Fernie, British Columbia. Teams were in Lethbridge, Alberta on April 30. On April 26, 2022, Ivanoh Demers of Radio-Canada reported that crew members were at La Grande Roue de Montréal. Bell Media confirmed the second postponement at upfronts a week later with Justin Stockman, Bell Media's vice-president of content development and programming, announcing that the show would be a part of CTV's summer 2022 schedule. Insight Productions CEO John Brunton then stated in an interview on Jthat the season would be delayed a second time to 2022 at the latest for safety reasons. On June 23, 2020, the show announced on its social media that the season had been postponed until 2021. Īfter the COVID-19 pandemic led to CBS suspending production of the thirty-third season of American edition of The Amazing Race and Network 10 limiting the racecourse for the fifth season of The Amazing Race Australia to Australia, Mike Cosentino, the President of Content and Programming at Bell Media, stated in mid-March 2020 that "decisions around the upcoming eighth season will be made with the health and safety of the Racers and the crew as the top priority." As the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada worsened, Consentino stated two months later that pre-production for the upcoming season had been halted due to safety concerns. The day after the finale of Season 7, CTV announced the renewal of the show for an eighth season. See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on television, and Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic