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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001097362-20-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200220
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001097362
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			Z4
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-216115
		FILM NUMBER:		20634683

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO OF CANADA
		STREET 2:		ONE YORK STREET
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 0B6
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4169794800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO OF CANADA
		STREET 2:		ONE YORK STREET
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 0B6

	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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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2020</div>
    <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration No. 333-216115</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
        <font style="font-size: 10pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font><br>
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        Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 </div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">to</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</font><br>
        <font style="font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font><br>
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        <font style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC.</font><br>
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Canada</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Not Applicable</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(States or other jurisdiction of incorporation or incorporation)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">1 York Street, 31st Floor</font><br>
              <font style="font-weight: bold;">Toronto, Ontario, Canada</font><br>
              <font style="font-weight: bold;">M5J 0B6</font><br>
              (Address of registrant's principal executive offices)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">Not Applicable</font><br>
              (Zip Code)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">SUN ADVANTAGE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN</div>
    <div style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">(FORMERLY KNOWN AS U.S. EMPLOYEES&#8217; SUN ADVANTAGE SAVINGS AND
        INVESTMENT PLAN)</font><br>
      (Full title of the plan)</div>
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        <font style="font-weight: bold;">Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc.</font><br>
        <font style="font-weight: bold;">One Sun Life Executive Park</font><br>
        <font style="font-weight: bold;">Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts&#160; 02481</font><br>
        <font style="font-weight: bold;">(781) 446-1825</font><br>
        (Name, address, and telephone number,<br>
        including area code, of agent for service in the United States)<br>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">Copies to:</div>
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            <div>James Klopper</div>
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            <div>Tracie Allan</div>
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            <div>Sun Life Financial US</div>
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            <div>Sun Life Financial</div>
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            <div>1 Sun Life Park, SC 3093</div>
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            <div>1 York Street West, 31st Floor</div>
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            <div>Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481</div>
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            <div>Toronto, Ontario, Canada&#160; M5J 0B6</div>
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            <div>(781) 263-6373</div>
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            <div>(647) 256-2502</div>
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    <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an
      emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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            <div>Large accelerated filer&#160; <font style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2', serif;">R</font></div>
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            <div>Accelerated filer&#160; <font style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2', serif;">&#163;</font></div>
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            <div>Non-accelerated filer&#160; <font style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2', serif;">&#163;</font>&#160;<font style="font-size: 8pt;">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</font></div>
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            <div>Smaller reporting company&#160; <font style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2', serif;">&#163;</font></div>
            <div>&#160;</div>
            <div>Emerging growth company&#160; <font style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2', serif;">&#163;</font></div>
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    <div>If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
      revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <font style="font-family: 'Wingdings 2', serif;">&#163;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; margin-right: 36pt; margin-left: 32.4pt; font-weight: bold;">DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</div>
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    <div style="margin-right: 0.9pt;">This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this &#8220;Post-Effective Amendment&#8221;) to the registration statement on Form S-8 filed by Sun Life
      Financial Inc. (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;) with the Commission on February 17, 2017 (File No. 333-216115) (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is being filed to deregister 119,063 Common Shares of the Corporation (&#8220;Common Shares&#8221;) issuable pursuant to plan
      interests that remain unsold as of the date this Post-Effective Amendment (the &#8220;Unsold Shares&#8221;). The Unsold Shares were registered on the Registration Statement in connection with the Sun Advantage Savings and Investment Plan (formerly known as
      United States Employees&#8217; Sun Advantage Savings and Investment Plan) (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). The Registrant has terminated the offering of Common Shares pursuant to the issuance of interests under the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to the undertaking contained in
      the Registration Statement to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Corporation is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to
      deregister all the Unsold Shares that were registered under the Registration Statement that remained unsold as of the termination of the offering.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
      meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Toronto, Province of
      Ontario, Canada (Kansas City, Missouri, as to its U.S. representative) on the 19th day of February, 2020.</div>
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            <div>SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC.</div>
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            <div>(Registrant)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1.85pt;">By:</div>
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            <div style="font-style: italic;">/s/ Dean A. Connor</div>
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            <div>Dean A. Connor</div>
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            <div>Chief Executive Officer</div>
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            <div>SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA -</div>
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            <div>U.S. OPERATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.</div>
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            <div>(U.S. representative)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: right;">By:</div>
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            <div style="font-style: italic;">/s/ Collen Kallas</div>
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            <div>Colleen Kallas</div>
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            <div>Secretary</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 478 under the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</div>
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