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

Birthdays, showers, reunions and every celebration at home or out.

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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.

Across Canada

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

Saskatchewan

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

Venues

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…

Gobo light patterns on a ballroom dance floor during a focus session

Venues

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.

Manitoba

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

Venues

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

Venues

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.

Server from behind carrying a tiered cake with lit candles toward a table

Venues

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

Venues

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…

British Columbia

Patterned light beams sweeping a crowded wedding dance floor

Venues

Craigdarroch Castle

Victoria

Outdoor space

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

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

Venues

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.

Venues

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.

Two pairs of hands exchanging a pen over a blank agreement

Venues

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

Venues

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…

Venues

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.