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[letterhead]
May 7, 1999
Via Edgar Transmission
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account G of Sun Life
Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), File No. 333-13087
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, Sun Life
Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), on behalf of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.)
Variable Account G (the "Variable Account"), certifies that (1) the form of the
prospectus which would have been filed under paragraph (b) of Rule 497 would not
have differed from that contained in the most recent amendment (Post-Effective
Amendment No. 5) to the registration statement of the Variable Account filed on
April 30, 1999, which became effective on May 3, 1999, and (2) the text of the
most recent amendment to the registration statement has been filed
electronically.
Please contact me at (781) 431-4925 if you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Roy P. Creedon
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Roy P. Creedon
Assistant Vice President and Counsel
