Beneva Mississauga Marathon
The Lowdown
The Beneva Mississauga Marathon is a Boston-qualifying, point-to-point road marathon through Mississauga, Ontario, first run in 2004. A 2023 change in ownership briefly dropped the full 42.2K distance in favor of a half-marathon-only event, but Beneva became title sponsor in 2024 and restored the marathon alongside the half marathon, 10K, 5K, kids' Tims Trot and a marathon relay as one race weekend. The certified, net-downhill course loses roughly 76 meters (250 feet) of elevation from start to finish: it begins near Celebration Square in downtown Mississauga, crosses the Credit River onto tree-lined Mississauga Road, passes the University of Toronto Mississauga campus, and winds through the lakeside villages of Clarkson, Port Credit and Lakeview before finishing along the Lake Ontario waterfront trail at Lakefront Promenade Park. The race carries a six-hour time limit and typically sees several hundred marathon finishers within a weekend field of roughly 10,000 runners across all distances.
Race Day
Weather Forecast
Elevation
Terrain Profile
Relatively flat course
Participants
Field Size
Intimate field
Crowd Rating
Spectator Support
Good crowd energy
Boston Qualifier
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Celebration Square / Mississauga Civic Centre
Credit River
University of Toronto Mississauga campus
Port Credit
Lakefront Promenade Park
Lake Ontario waterfront trail
Other distances available during the event weekend:
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
CA
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Eligibility
- Marathon entrants must be at least 18 years old on race day
Required Documents
- Government-issued photo ID for race kit pickup
Entry Methods
- Online registration via Race Roster
Cancellation & Refund Policy
All entries are non-refundable and no deferrals are issued per official registration terms
Founded in 2004; ran continuously through 2022.
New ownership in 2023 dropped the full marathon distance, running only a half marathon, 10K and 5K that year under the 'Mississauga Half' name.
Beneva became title sponsor in 2024 and restored the full 42.2K marathon alongside the other distances.
Weekend also includes the Tims Trot kids' race and a marathon relay.
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