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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001097362-06-000012
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060427
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060427
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060427

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001097362
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15014
		FILM NUMBER:		06785285

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		150 KING STREET WEST
		STREET 2:		TORONTO ONTARIO
		CITY:			CANADA M5H 1J9
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			00000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO OF CANADA
		STREET 2:		150 KING STREET WEST SUITE 1400
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SUN LIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030702

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SUN LIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES OF CANADA INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000224
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<P align=center><FONT size=4><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><BR>
  <FONT size=3><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B> </FONT>
<P align=center><FONT size=5><B>FORM 6-K</B> </FONT>
<P align=center><FONT size=2><B>Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>
  Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13a-16 or 15d-16<BR>
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  1934</B> </FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2><strong>For the month of April 2006. </strong> </FONT>
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  <I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I> </FONT>
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<P><FONT size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the
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      <TD vAlign=top>CEO Certificate dated April 27, 2006</TD>
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<P align=center><FONT size=2><B>SIGNATURE</B> </FONT>
<P><FONT size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
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  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT>
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      <TD vAlign=top><FONT size=2>Date: April 27, 2006</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT face="serif">Certification of Interim Filings </FONT></B>
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<FONT face="serif">I, Donald A. Stewart, the Chief Executive Officer of Sun Life Financial Inc., certify that: </FONT>
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   <TD valign="top" width="5%"><FONT face="serif">1.</FONT><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT face="serif">I have reviewed the interim filings (as this term is defined in Multilateral Instrument 52-109 </FONT><I><FONT face="serif">Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings) </FONT></I><FONT face="serif">of Sun Life Financial Inc. (the issuer) for the interim period ending March 31, 2006;</FONT><BR></TD>
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   <TD valign="top" width="5%"><FONT face="serif">2.</FONT><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT face="serif">Based on my knowledge, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings;</FONT><BR></TD>
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   <TD valign="top" width="5%"><FONT face="serif">3.</FONT><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD valign="top" colspan="2"><FONT face="serif">Based on my knowledge, the interim financial statements together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date and for the periods presented in the interim filings; and</FONT><BR></TD>
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   <TD valign="top" width="5%"><FONT face="serif">4.</FONT><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD valign="top"><FONT face="serif">The issuer&#146;s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures for the issuer, and we have:</FONT><BR></TD>
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   <TD valign="top"><FONT face="serif">designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused them to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which the interim filings are being prepared.</FONT><BR>   </TD>
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<FONT face="serif">Date: April 27, 2006.</FONT>
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<U><FONT face="serif">/s/ &#147;</FONT></U><I><U><FONT face="serif">Donald A. Stewart&#148;</FONT></U></I>
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<FONT face="serif">Donald A. Stewart Chief Executive Officer</FONT>
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