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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.

Venues

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.

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Pickering Museum Village

Pickering · up to 108 guests

Pickering Museum Village is a City of Pickering heritage museum with restored buildings and heritage gardens in Greenwood.

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The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Oshawa · up to 250 guests

Licensed bar

The gallery building, about 36,000 sq ft, was designed by architect Arthur Erickson and sits in Oshawa's Civic Centre.

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Markham Museum

Markham · up to 220 guests

Outdoor space

Markham Museum is a City of Markham heritage museum on 25 acres.

Across Canada

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

Ontario, outside the GTA

Venues Destination · overnight from Toronto

Windermere House

Muskoka · up to 130 guests

Outdoor space

Windermere House is a Victorian-style resort hotel on Lake Rosseau that has operated since 1870.

Toronto & GTA

Venues

Station Gallery

Whitby · 150–299 guests

Free parking

The gallery occupies the former Whitby Junction Station, a Grand Trunk Railway station built in 1903.

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Angus Glen Golf Club

Markham · up to 800 guests

In-house catering · Free parking

Angus Glen is a golf club in north Markham with a clubhouse conference and banquet centre.

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Parkwood Estate

Oshawa · up to 125 guests

Outdoor space

Parkwood is a historic grand estate and National Historic Site, now operated as a museum.

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Chateau Le Jardin

Vaughan · 300+ guests

In-house catering · Free parking

The venue has operated in Woodbridge since 1985.

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Coach House at Oakville Museum (Erchless Estate)

Oakville · up to 28 guests

Outdoor space

The Coach House was built around 1899 on the Erchless Estate, home of the Chisholm family, and is now part of the…

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C Banquets

Mississauga · up to 200 guests

In-house catering

C Banquets is run by City of Mississauga Hospitality Services on the 12th floor of the Civic Centre, across from Square One.

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The Rose Brampton

Brampton · 300+ guests

The Rose is a City of Brampton performing arts centre in downtown Brampton that opened in September 2006.