Event type Road Established 2000 2016 Date 16 October 2016 Boston marathon qualifier Yes | Distance Marathon 2017 Date 22 October 2017 Primary sponsor Scotiabank | |
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Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Official site Toronto Waterfront Marathon Official website torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/en/index.htm Course Records (Male) Deressa Chimsa - 2:07:04.8 (2013) Course Records (Female) Koren Jelela Yal - 2:22:42.5 (2011) | ||
The Scotiabank 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.
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The race has quickly become an elite level marathon and is one of just five IAAF Gold Label marathons in North America. At the 2013 edition of the race, race winner Deressa Chimsa broke the men's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil. In the 2011 edition of the race, race winner Koren Jelela Yal broke the women's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canada soil. Canadian runner Ed 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, and a record in the 85 to 89 age group with a time of 3:56:33 in 2016.
The Waterfront Marathon is not the only Toronto Marathon. The smaller GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon, which used to be held three weeks later in October, is held on the first Sunday in May.
Scotiabank toronto waterfront marathon 2015 live broadcast
Past winners
Key: Course record
Charities
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 the Engineers Without Borders organization, which uses donations from the marathon for its Run to End Poverty initiative.