| Toronto Waterfront Marathon | |
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 2008 Toronto Waterfront Marathon | |
| Date | Mid-October |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | Marathon |
| Primary sponsor | TCS |
| Established | 2000 |
| Course records | Men's:2:05:00 (2019) Philemon RonoWomen's:2:20:44 (2024)  Waganesh Mekasha |
| Official site | Toronto Waterfront Marathon |
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TheToronto Waterfront Marathon is a road-running race held inToronto, Ontario, Canada, every year in the second or third Sunday of October. Aside from the actualmarathon, the race also includes a half-marathon. The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is considered Canada's most prestigious road race, also acting as the nation's time-trial event during Olympic cycles.
The race is one of the elite label marathons in theWorld Athletics Label Road Races.[1] At the 2013 edition of the race, race winnerDeressa Chimsa broke the men's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil.[2] In the 2011 edition of the race, race winnerKoren Jelela Yal broke the women's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil. Canadian runnerEd Whitlock set multiple age group world records at the Waterfront Marathon, including a record in the 75 to 79 age group with a time of 3:08:35 in 2006,[3] and a record in the 85 to 89 age group with a time of 3:56:33 in 2016.[4]
In the 2018 race,Cam Levins brokeJerome Drayton's 43-year-oldCanadian men's national record for the marathon, finishing fourth in 2:09:25, a 44-second improvement on the previous mark set by Drayton in 1975.[5]
The 2020 in-person race was cancelled due to concerns surrounding the globalCOVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (as was the case for the May 2020Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon event), although virtual races were to be held instead from October 1 to 31, 2020 instead.[6]
In 2024, organizers announced that the marathon and half-marathon would occur on Sunday, and the 5K race will be held on the Saturday.[7]
Key: Course record
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| Country | Total | Men's | Women's |
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| Kenya | 19 | 15 | 4 |
| Ethiopia | 10 | 2 | 8 |
 Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 |
 Russia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 United States | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Bahrain | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon has successfully raised millions of dollars for charity since its inception. The largest charity attending the marathon for the past three years has been theEngineers Without Borders organization, which uses donations from the marathon for its Run to End Poverty initiative.[11]
