Popularity ranking · Canada

The 51 most popular Marathons in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 51 largest marathons in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. New York City Marathon, Chicago Marathon and Berlin Marathon lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 619k people. Across all 51 entries the average audience size is 23k, and the largest, New York City Marathon, reaches around 271k people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each marathon, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 51, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 New York City Marathon 271k 34.5 49.2% Marathon
2 Chicago Marathon 236k 37.1 58.0% Marathon
3 Berlin Marathon 111k 36.9 50.1% Marathon
4 Vancouver Marathon 104k 40.9 64.1% Marathon
5 Quebec City Marathon 50k 43.4 61.7% Marathon
6 World Marathon Majors 49k 32.1 48.8% Marathon
7 New York City Half Marathon 45k 40.1 59.7% Marathon
8 Boston Marathon 36k 37.3 55.7% Marathon
9 Badwater Ultramarathon 30k 33.3 42.7% Marathon
10 Tokyo Marathon 29k 34.2 53.7% Marathon
11 Los Angeles Marathon 26k 35.7 54.9% Marathon
12 London Marathon 25k 36.9 55.1% Marathon
13 Marathon des Sables 18k 32.6 43.5% Marathon
14 Chicago Half Marathon 16k 37.5 46.7% Marathon
15 Detroit Free Press Marathon 14k 45.3 100.0% Marathon
16 Paris Marathon 13k 32.4 76.9% Marathon
17 Rome Marathon 9k 43.1 34.0% Marathon
18 San Diego Half Marathon 7.5k 35.8 47.4% Marathon
19 Honolulu Marathon 7.1k 31.4 55.5% Marathon
20 Brighton Marathon 6.6k 31.2 52.6% Marathon
21 Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series 5.8k 38.2 63.4% Marathon
22 San Francisco Marathon 5.1k 42.4 58.0% Marathon
23 Stockholm Marathon 5k 30.5 51.6% Marathon
24 Mumbai Marathon 4.9k 37.1 48.3% Marathon
25 Houston Marathon 4.7k 32.3 47.7% Marathon

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular marathons compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each marathon by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest marathon in Canada?

New York City Marathon currently leads with an estimated audience of 271k people in Canada.

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