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The Vancouver Sun Run, sponsored by The Vancouver Sun newspaper, is a 10km race held in Vancouver, Canada each year in April since 1985. With over 36,000 finishers in 2005, it ranked as the 10th largest race in the world and the 3rd largest 10km race, behind only the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta and the Bolder Boulder.

The 2006 event took place on April 23 and over 50,000 participants registered for the 10km Sun Run and the 2.5km "mini Sun Run", which was run by 2,000 people, mostly children and their parents. In 2007, the Sun Run will take place on April 15.

The primary mandate of the Sun Run is to "promote health, fitness and community spririt and to support amateur athletics". The run is not a charity event, however the organisers claim over $1.1 million in race proceeds have been donated to charities since 1985.