[1] The race is held in mid-May, always one week before the Blue Nose Marathon in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In 2017, Canadian Running Magazine reported Fredericton Marathon to have the highest rate of Boston qualifying performances in Canada, with over 30 percent of finishers achieving the time standard in 2017.

[2] Although the headline event for the Fredericton Marathon is a full marathon race, it also features a half-marathon, 10 kilometer, 5 kilometer, and a youth and kids run, consisting of a 1km or 3km for kids aged 5 - 14, and a 5km challenge for students in high school.

Runners in each of these events, regardless of the distance they run, received medals that can be combined to form a "mega-medal" known as the "Tri-City Medallion.

"[8] The June 2013 edition of iRun listed the Tri-City run as one of Canada's unique races.