It’s the tastiest event of the year!
Get ready for United Way’s ULTIMATE BURGER BATTLE!
The Ultimate Burger Battle brings new and returning customers to local eateries, all while raising funds for local needs, right here in our community!
Here’s How It Works
Step 1
Restaurants create a signature “Ultimate Burger" to sell throughout the month of November.
Step 2
This is the tastiest part! Community members and workplaces indulge in as many Ultimate Burgers as they can!
Step 3
$2 per Ultimate Burger sold is donated back to the United Way of Thunder Bay.
Participating restaurants battle it out for the title of:
We know you look forward to the Ultimate Burger Battle every year – we sure do – and what better way to give back than by enjoying burgers together?!
Ultimate Burger of the Year
Most Ultimate Burgers Sold
People’s Choice
Our History
United Way’s Ultimate Burger Battle (formerly Novemburger) began in 2019 with a modest eleven participating restaurants.
From those humble – yet deliciously ambitious – beginnings, the event has grown year-by-year, into the national phenomenon it is today!
11 participating restaurants
3,901 burgers sold
$13,037 raised
14 participating restaurants
6,370 burgers sold
$18,267 raised
17 participating restaurants
10,119 burgers sold
$24,383 raised
16 participating restaurants
11,446 burgers sold
$27,768 raised
27 participating restaurants
22,415 burgers sold
$65,347 raised
40 participating restaurants
44,461 burgers sold
$131,954 raised
Check out which regions are participating this year!
In 2025, the Ultimate Burger Battle expanded to include several additional United Ways across the country!
NOURISH THE NORTH
Funds raised from the Ultimate Burger Battle support United Way of Thunder Bay’s NOURISH the North.
NOURISH the North unites farmers, food producers, Indigenous partners, community organizations, and local businesses to build a sustainable, circular food system that strengthens communities across Northwestern Ontario.
By connecting locally grown food with local needs, we help ensure that individuals, families, children, and seniors facing food insecurity have access to fresh, nutritious meals. At the same time, we support long-term food security by building systems rooted in local relationships, shared infrastructure, and regional capacity.
We recognize that lasting food security requires more than emergency responses — it depends on a resilient, place-based food system grounded in collaboration, care, and respect for diverse knowledge systems, including Indigenous food sovereignty. By investing in community-led solutions that connect programs, people, and places, NOURISH the North is planting the seeds for a thriving, healthier, food-secure future across Northwestern Ontario.