At the 2026 Event
Community Partner — hosted the race team at the Civitan Farmer's Market every Saturday in the lead-up to June 21, and joined the Father's Day Waterfront Festival vendor market on race day.
Race-day by the numbers
The Civitan Club of Oakville runs the Dorval Crossing Civitan Farmer’s Market — the Town of Oakville’s longest-running farmers’ market — and welcomed the Mercedes-Benz Oakville Bronte Harbour Classic 5K team every Saturday in the lead-up to the 2026 race.
Running Saturdays from May through November, the market gathers 50-plus local vendors and family farms selling fresh produce, baked goods, prepared foods, preserves, and artisan goods. And it’s a market with a heart: every dollar from market stalls supports local Oakville charities. For a community race built on neighbours showing up for neighbours, there was no better Saturday-morning partner.
Behind the market is a volunteer service club that has been quietly powering Oakville’s good causes since 1960. The Civitan Club’s mission is building good citizenship through service, with a special emphasis on supporting people with developmental disabilities — and its giving to Oakville and Halton charities, scholarships, and not-for-profit groups has averaged about $40,000 a year. On race day, the club also joined the Father’s Day Waterfront Festival vendor market, sharing its community work with thousands of runners and families.
Why we love having them at the Classic
Every Saturday through the spring, they gave us a table at the market and let us meet Oakville face to face — a first-year race can't buy that kind of introduction. And a club that turns market stalls into roughly $40,000 a year for local charities shares exactly the values this race was built on.
— The Bronte Harbour Classic race team
Fun factWhat began as a little farmers' market at Hopedale Mall in 1979 is now the Town of Oakville's longest-running outdoor market season — and every stall rental funds local charities.
What they bring
Saturday Farmers' Market
Fresh produce, baked goods, prepared foods, preserves, and artisan products every Saturday at Dorval Crossing.
Learn more →50+ local vendors
Family farms, bakers, food makers, and craft producers from across the region under one roof.
Learn more →Markets that give back
Every dollar from market stalls supports local Oakville charities — a market with a mission.
Learn more →“Every Saturday morning, they gave the race a place to meet its community face to face. That's what local really means.”
From the BHC Journal
Welcome Civitan Club of Oakville — Community Partner of the Bronte Harbour Classic
The Civitan Club of Oakville runs Oakville's longest-running Saturday farmers market — and they've welcomed us every single week. If you've ever heard that unmistakable voice carrying across the stalls before you've even reached the gate, you already know Al McMullan. And you know exactly why we're grateful to have them with us on June 21st.
Read the full story →For our runners
Shop local every Saturday
Catch the Oakville Civitan Farmers' Market at Dorval Crossing, Saturdays May through November, 8am–1:30pm — fresh, local, and supporting community causes.