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Corporate · how to plan in Toronto & the GTA

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Everything on EventPlans.ca for Corporate: planning guides, ideas, lessons from the free Academy and the vendors who work these events in Toronto and the GTA.

Where to start

Set the budget with the budget calculator (it shows HST and contingency).
Build the dates backwards with the timeline generator.
Shortlist rooms in the venue directory and acts with the entertainment finder.
Run the day from a run of show.

Across Canada

Listings outside the Greater Toronto Area, by province. More cities are being added.

Ontario, outside the GTA

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Rogers Centre Ottawa

Ottawa · 300+ guests

Ottawa's convention centre beside the Rideau Canal, formerly the Shaw Centre, with 192,000 sq ft of meeting space over four floors and…

Saskatchewan

Stage manager’s wristwatch and run sheet backstage beside a cue light

The Hotel Saskatchewan

Regina · 300+ guests

In-house catering

A historic downtown hotel with 12 event rooms and about 15,400 sq ft of event space; the Regency Ballroom seats 350 for…

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Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Regina · 150–299 guests

Saskatchewan's natural history museum, which rents its lobby, auditorium, boardroom and T.

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Remai Modern

Saskatoon · 300+ guests

In-house catering

A modern art museum beside the South Saskatchewan River that rents single spaces or the whole building, catered by Hearth.

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Wanuskewin Heritage Park

Saskatoon · 300+ guests

A First Nations heritage site and interpretive centre north of Saskatoon with meeting rooms, an outdoor amphitheatre and more than 6 km…

Hands tracing a route on a blank aerial site printout with toy cars

TCU Place

Saskatoon · 300+ guests

In-house catering

Saskatoon's downtown arts and convention centre, with 21 meeting rooms, a 2,074-seat theatre and in-house catering for banquets of up to 1,200.

Manitoba

Hands tracing a route on a blank aerial site printout with toy cars

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Winnipeg · 300+ guests

In-house catering · Outdoor space

A national museum at The Forks that rents a main hall, a garden, terraces and a dining space at the top of…

Alberta

Hand-drawn booth layout on grid paper with tape strips and a tape measure

Art Gallery of Alberta

Edmonton · 300+ guests

In-house catering

A contemporary art gallery on Churchill Square that rents its atrium, hall, theatre and terrace.

Manitoba

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RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg

Winnipeg · 300+ guests

Winnipeg's downtown convention centre.

Alberta

Rows of gold chairs facing a small stage in a sunlit salon

Edmonton Convention Centre

Edmonton · 300+ guests

Edmonton's downtown convention centre, built into the river valley below Jasper Avenue, with an 80,000 sq ft hall, a Riverview Room and…

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Fairmont Hotel Macdonald

Edmonton · 300+ guests

In-house catering · Outdoor space

A historic downtown hotel with eight meeting rooms (about 13,500 sq ft) and more than 9,000 sq ft of outdoor event space…

Two masquerade masks on a tray at a gala entrance

Heritage Park: Gasoline Alley Museum

Calgary · 300+ guests

Near transit

A living-history park in southwest Calgary whose Gasoline Alley Museum hall hosts events of 150 to 1,000 guests among vintage vehicles, with…