Royal Victoria Marathon

Location: Victoria, Canada

Date: 11 October, 2026

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The Royal Victoria Marathon is Vancouver Island’s premier running event, offering athletes an unmatchable running experience on the pristine West Coast. Their world-class, record-breaking course is designed by runners, for runners. It is the only Boston Qualifier on the Island.

Many runners look for a beautiful venue, and a fast course when deciding on a trip revolving around a marathon event. Victoria can offer you all of that and more. The Victoria Marathon offers you a stunning venue for your activity based visit.

Victoria, BC, is a destination, with natural beauty and a gentle climate. Experience the run as well as the local pubs, coffee shops, retail stores, while taking in the wonderful surroundings of Beacon Hill Park, Butchart Gardens, the Inner Harbour and Chinatown district. 

The Royal Victoria Marathon is a popular destination marathon; it is a race “organised by runners for runners” with many small, but very special touches.

If you would prefer to search on hotels located closer to the start/finish area, click on the Event Website button to find these details. You can then type the address information into the location field of the map below, to find accommodation closer to the start finish. The location field is the top red bar on the map below.