Toronto record

TOURISM Toronto and its meetings, conferences and events unit Business Events Toronto hosted 26 city-wide conventions in 2018 - a new record for the number of city-wide conventions held in a single year.

The total tops the 2017 record of 18 events.

“Business events are a thriving and vital part of our tourism industry that contributes $33b in direct spending in Canada, directly employs 229,000 people and C$19b of GDP, ” said Heidi Welker, Chair of Meetings Means Business Canada.