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Social & Family · how to plan in Toronto & the GTA

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Everything on EventPlans.ca for Social & Family: 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.

Bartender’s hands straining a cocktail into a coupe glass

Venues

Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives (PAMA)

Brampton · 50–149 guests

Peel Region's art gallery, museum and archives in downtown Brampton, which rents a historic 1867 courtroom, council chambers, a lounge and a…

High view of a park event site with tents, pathways and parking area

Venues

Cedar Ridge Creative Centre

Scarborough, Toronto · 50–149 guests

Outdoor space

A City of Toronto arts centre in Scarborough that rents a hall, smaller rooms and its garden for events of up to…

Striped circus tent lit from inside at dusk with people walking toward it

Venues

Assembly Hall

Etobicoke, Toronto · 150–299 guests

Free parking

A City of Toronto heritage building in Colonel Samuel Smith Park with a 254-seat hall, two smaller rooms and 50 free parking…

Florist wiring roses onto a hexagonal arch with an open ring box nearby

Venues

The Village at Black Creek

North York, Toronto · 300+ guests

Near transit

A 19th-century living-history village run by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, with banquet rooms, a covered pavilion and grounds for large…

Across Canada

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

Prince Edward Island

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Venues

Rodd Charlottetown

Charlottetown · 300+ guests

In-house catering

A historic downtown hotel with Georgian- and Victorian-style function rooms and full-service catering.

Ballroom from above with round tables around a dance floor and stage

Venues

Confederation Centre of the Arts

Charlottetown

Outdoor space

A downtown performing arts centre and gallery with more than 26,000 sq ft of rentable space, including theatres, Memorial Hall, studios and…

New Brunswick

Hand pressing an embosser onto a blank contract on a walnut desk

Venues

Beaverbrook Art Gallery

Fredericton · 300+ guests

New Brunswick's provincial art gallery, which rents its gallery spaces and pavilions for events of up to 300 guests and refers renters…

Quebec

Hands plugging cables into a projector with an outdoor screen behind

Venues

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec

Quebec City · 300+ guests

In-house catering · Free parking

Quebec's national fine arts museum in Battlefields Park, with its own catering and private exhibition access.

Long harvest table set with candles and greenery in a barn

Venues

Marché Bonsecours

Montreal · 300+ guests

Bring your own caterer

A 19th-century market building in Old Montréal with four event halls (about 27,000 sq ft).

Ontario, outside the GTA

Rows of empty red theatre seats facing a stage lit by a work light

Venues

Canadian War Museum

Ottawa · 300+ guests

A national museum on LeBreton Flats that rents its lobby and other spaces for receptions and dinners, with caterers chosen from an…

Saskatchewan

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Venues

Saskatchewan Science Centre

Regina

In-house catering

A science centre in a former power plant in Wascana Park that rents its IMAX theatre, exhibition hall and boardrooms, with catering…

Crew hauling ropes to raise a striped tent canvas in morning mist

Venues

Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Regina · 150–299 guests

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