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Corporate · how to plan in Toronto & the GTA

Holiday parties, team building, conferences, trade shows, launches, galas, picnics, retreats and hybrid events.

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Everything tagged for corporate events. Executive assistants and HR leads start with the holiday party hub; marketers with trade shows; and anyone reporting upward with the ROI calculator.

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.

Alberta

Several hands holding walkie-talkies together in a backstage huddle

Fairmont Palliser

Calgary · 300+ guests

A historic 407-room railway hotel in downtown Calgary with 13 meeting rooms; the largest is about 4,800 sq ft.

British Columbia

Patterned light beams sweeping a crowded wedding dance floor

Craigdarroch Castle

Victoria

Outdoor space

A Victorian-era mansion museum that rents its rooms and South Lawn after hours.

Alberta

Blank desk planner with colour-coded tabs on a windowsill desk

Calgary TELUS Convention Centre

Calgary · 300+ guests

A downtown convention centre with 122,000 sq ft of meeting space in 36 rooms and a multi-purpose hall, connected to three downtown…

British Columbia

Empty stage with crossing beams of amber and blue light through haze

Fairmont Empress

Victoria · 300+ guests

In-house catering · Outdoor space

A historic railway hotel on Victoria's Inner Harbour with about 18,000 sq ft of meeting space.

White-gloved hand reaching into an upturned top hat under a spotlight

Victoria Conference Centre

Victoria · 300+ guests

A downtown conference centre run by Destination Greater Victoria, with about 77,000 sq ft over two levels plus the Crystal Garden, a…

Patterned light beams sweeping a crowded wedding dance floor

Vancouver Maritime Museum

Vancouver

Outdoor space

A maritime history museum in Vanier Park with an events gallery, a lobby and an outdoor terrace over English Bay.

Planner’s hands sorting coloured paper chips into piles beside a calculator

Vancouver Convention Centre

Vancouver · 300+ guests

A two-building convention centre on Vancouver's downtown waterfront with 466,500 sq ft of meeting, exhibition, ballroom and plenary space.

Two pairs of hands exchanging a pen over a blank agreement

Museum of Vancouver

Vancouver · 300+ guests

Outdoor space

A civic history museum in Vanier Park that rents its lobby, studio, gallery-side rooms and a garden patio.

Toronto & GTA

Servers lined up with plates below a wall clock in a service corridor

Directory Independent

Elevation Audiovisual (Elevation AV)

AV, Lighting, Production, Sound, Staging · Typical events $1,000 to $10,000 (company's published range)

Event production company from Trenton, Ontario: audio, video, lighting and staging equipment with crew, for events from Toronto to Kingston.

Line drawing of a site map with routes and parking for Deer Creek Golf Club, a golf club in Ajax

Deer Creek Golf Club

Ajax · 300+ guests

In-house catering · Outdoor space

Deer Creek is a public golf facility in Ajax with 54 holes of golf.

Line drawing of a stage plot with three spotlights for Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, a theatre in Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts

Richmond Hill · 300+ guests

The centre was built by the City of Richmond Hill at Yonge Street and Wright Street, on the former site of the…

Line drawing of theatre-style seating rows facing a stage for Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre & Spa, a hotel in Markham

Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre & Spa

Markham · up to 1,184 guests

In-house catering

This is an all-suite Hilton hotel with 502 guest rooms and an attached conference centre.