After a breakout inaugural year, Toronto Tech Week expects to see increased attendance and expanded programming in 2026, anchored by the Homecoming mainstage at Toronto’s iconic History venue.
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Toronto Tech Week, a weeklong, citywide tech initiative, will bring back its mainstage event, Homecoming, on May 27, 2026, at a new venue, History. Following a successful debut last year, Toronto Tech Week is expected to welcome more than 15,000 attendees and host more than 300 events across the city during the weeklong celebration.
Homecoming is expected to gather up to 1,000 in-person attendees and more than 100,000 virtually, for conversations with global tech leaders, such as Tobi Lütke, CEO of Shopify; Andrew Macdonald, President and Chief Operating Officer of Uber; Nick Frosst, Co-founder of Cohere; Andrew Chau, Co-founder of Neo Financial; Emily Hosie, Founder & CEO of Rebel; Alex Danco, Editor-at-Large at Andreessen Horowitz; and more.
Toronto Tech Week is excited to welcome dozens more speakers throughout the week, including Reynold Xin, Co-Founder & Chief Architect of Databricks, for the University of Toronto Desjardins Speaker Series, as well as Raquel Urtasun, Founder & CEO of Waabi, Jim Balsillie, Chair of the Council of Canadian Innovators, former RIM Co-CEO, and Christian Weedbrook, CEO & Founder of Xanadu, for the BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall.
Additionally, the official events calendar is now live and features a growing list of more than 150 partner-organized events from across the ecosystem. The lineup includes programming from League of Innovators (LOI), Sagard, Robinhood, Carta, CDL, Build Canada, ALL IN, and Spotify, alongside additional events hosted by leading founders, startups, and venture communities across the city.
Check out a few of the exciting events such as Pickle and Pitch by Honest Create and The Product Folks, ALL IN Talks Toronto by Vector Institute and Scale AI, The Heart Space Launch by Schulich’s Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Pursuits, and Demo Room, Builder Co-Working Session by Stan and Venn and so many more that are now available on the Toronto Tech Week Calendar.
“Toronto Tech Week was created to give the city’s tech ecosystem a shared moment to come together and showcase what’s being built here,” said Julia (Baird) Konefal, Co-Founding Partner and Organizer of Toronto Tech Week and Head of Platform & Operations at Golden Ventures. “What we saw last year was the scale and ambition of this community – founders, operators, and investors all showing up to support each other. Seeing the ecosystem return this year with even more events, speakers, and global participation reflects the momentum building in Toronto as one of the most exciting places in the world to build technology.”
What’s new at Toronto Tech Week in 2026?
- Join Us at Homecoming: Be part of Homecoming, the mainstage event, this year on May 27 at History, one of Toronto’s most iconic venues for live events and culture. Experience inspiring conversations about entrepreneurship, innovation, and the future of technology, alongside networking, spots for photos, and more. Tickets are now available.
- Explore Events Across the City: Dive into a growing calendar of 150+ community-led events spanning AI, fintech, venture capital, engineering, robotics, and startup growth. From panels and founder talks to meetups, dinners, runs, and social gatherings, explore events happening across Toronto and discover new ideas, people, and opportunities.
- Build and Share Your Tech Week Schedule with Lazer Technologies: Plan your week your way with our new event scheduling tool. Browse the calendar, build your personal agenda, and share your schedule with friends and colleagues attending events across the city.
- Navigate the Week with 24/7 Agentic Online Support from Ada: Visiting from out of town or exploring multiple events? Use our new Ada-powered AI agent to discover programming, get recommendations, and easily navigate Toronto Tech Week’s decentralized schedule.
“Toronto is a tech powerhouse hiding in plain sight,” said Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify. “It’s time the world caught up. This city punches well above its weight – and Toronto Tech Week is the megaphone it needs to turn up the volume on what’s being built here.”
“A strong tech ecosystem is built through the relationships between the people creating it,” said Emily Hosie, Founder and CEO of REBEL. “Toronto Tech Week gives the community a chance to come together, share ideas, and build the connections that power the next wave of Canadian startups.”
Hundreds more events will be added in the coming weeks.
Tickets for Toronto Tech Week’s Homecoming mainstage event are now available. For more information about the week or to host an event, please visit and register at torontotechweek.com. Stay connected with us on social media at @torontotechweek.
About Toronto Tech Week
Toronto Tech Week is a weeklong, citywide collection of technology events with a shared purpose to connect and celebrate builders, startups, and companies across Toronto’s tech ecosystem. This is not a traditional conference — it is an open platform for anyone to join or host events to globally showcase Toronto as a city where innovation thrives. Toronto Tech Week is a local, non-profit initiative founded by Golden Ventures, BetaKit, Toronto Tech Fest and led by the Canada Tech Week Organization.
Toronto Tech Week is presented by The City of Toronto, Shopify, Google For Startups and supported by Bell, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, and Ada.
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