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The Canadian Marathon Championships is the annual
national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
s for the
marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...
in
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. The event is currently part of the
Toronto Waterfront Marathon The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in October. The race day also includes a half marathon and 5 km race. The race has quickly become an elite level marathon and is one of just five World A ...
. The event was held in Ottawa beginning with its inception in 2000 before moving to Toronto in 2015.Athletics.ca Marathon
 At the 2018 championship,
Cameron Levins Cameron Levins (born March 28, 1989) is a Canadian long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 meters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Levins had the best-Canadian finish ever of fourth in the marathon at the 2022 World Champions ...
broke the Canadian marathon record in the
Toronto Waterfront Marathon The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in October. The race day also includes a half marathon and 5 km race. The race has quickly become an elite level marathon and is one of just five World A ...
by 44 seconds with a time of 2:09:25, beating the 43 years record by
Jerome Drayton Jerome Drayton (born January 10, 1945 in Kolbermoor, Bavaria, Germany) is a former long-distance runner who competed internationally for Canada. He was born as Peter Buniak in Germany, and came to Canada in the mid-1950s when his mother moved the ...
of 2:10:09 in 1975.


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Athletics Canada Athletics Canada or AC (french: Athlétisme Canada) is the national governing body of athletics in Canada, which includes track and field, cross-country running, road running, and race walking. Athletics Canada is involved in many aspects of the ...
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Canadian records in track and field The following is a list of national outdoor and indoor athletics records for Canada maintained by Canada's national athletics federation, Athletics Canada. Outdoor Key to tables: + = En route to a longer distance A = Affected by altitude Mx ...
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Canadian Track and Field Championships The Canadian Track and Field Championships is an annual outdoor track and field competition organized by Athletics Canada, which serves as the Canadian national championships for the sport. The most recent edition of the event took place in Montrea ...
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Canadian Half Marathon Championships The Canadian Half Marathon Championships is the annual national championships for the half marathon in Canada sanctioned by Athletics Canada. The event is currently hosted by the Manitoba Marathon weekend, which is awarded hosting duties from 201 ...
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Canadian 10Km Road Race Championships The Canadian 10 km Road Race Championships is the annual national championships for the 10K in Canada sanctioned by Athletics Canada. The event is currently hosted as part of the Ottawa Race Weekend since 2015. It was previously hosted by ...
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Canadian 5Km Road Race Championships The Canadian 5K Road Race Championships is the annual national championships for the 5km road race in Canada. The inaugural event will be held on September 7, 2014. The event is currently part of the B&O Yorkville Run in Yorkville, Toronto Yorkv ...
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Sports in Canada Sports in Canada consist of a wide variety of games. The roots of organized sports in Canada date back to the 1770s, culminating in the development and popularization of the major professional games of ice hockey, lacrosse, basketball, baseball ...
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Marathons at the World Championships in Athletics The marathon at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious global title in the discipline after the marathon at the Olympics. From 1997 to ...
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IAAF World Marathon Cup The IAAF World Marathon Cup was an international event organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations every two years. From 1997 until 2011 (its final year) it was incorporated with IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Ed ...


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{{reflist Marathons in Canada National athletics competitions Annual sporting events in Canada