Runners start · local time — Wheelchair 07:57 · full marathon 08:00·08:20·08:45·09:00·09:15·09:25 (2026-10-18)
Start line is marked on University Avenue, just north of Queen Street.
The marathon, half marathon and 5K all start here, heading north.
Course leaves the city centre and runs west along Lake Shore Boulevard before turning at Leslie Street.
It then retraces the route east to Bay Street, heads north to Queen Street and passes through finish.
This section includes an out-and-back course along Lake Ontario, and the course visits more than a dozen Toronto neighbourhoods, including the downtown area.
Race Central, with bag drop, aid stations and food stalls, is set up in Nathan Phillips Square.
The event is considered one of Canada’s most prestigious road races and has served as the Canadian Olympic trials on each Olympic cycle.
It is designated a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race.
The men’s course record is 2:05:00, set by Kenya’s Philemon Rono in 2019;
the women’s record is 2:20:44, set by Ethiopia’s Waganesh Mekasha in 2024.
In 2018, Cam Levins ran 2:09:25, lowering the Canadian record by 44 seconds for the first time in 43 years.
