Toronto Tech Week 2026 expands with new venue, tools

Toronto Tech Week has unveiled an expanded programme for 2026, with its Homecoming mainstage event moving to History and an events calendar organisers expect will surpass last year's scale.

The weeklong initiative will run across the city and is forecast to draw more than 15,000 attendees. Organisers also expect more than 300 events, including founder talks, panels, meet-ups, and social gatherings.

Homecoming venue

Homecoming is scheduled for 27 May 2026 at History, a live events venue in Toronto. Organisers expect up to 1,000 in-person attendees, alongside a virtual audience of more than 100,000.

The Homecoming speaker list includes Shopify chief executive Tobi Lütke; Uber president and chief operating officer Andrew Macdonald; Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst; and Neo Financial co-founder Andrew Chau.

Other named speakers include Rebel founder and chief executive Emily Hosie and Andreessen Horowitz editor-at-large Alex Danco. Additional speakers are expected to be announced.

Toronto Tech Week was introduced as a citywide format rather than a single conference. Partners and community groups can organise events as part of the calendar, with programming spread across venues and neighbourhoods.

Partner events

The official events calendar lists more than 150 partner-organised sessions and gatherings so far, with more expected in the coming weeks.

Programming announced for 2026 includes events tied to League of Innovators, Sagard, Robinhood, Carta, CDL, Build Canada, ALL IN, and Spotify. The calendar also includes sessions hosted by founders, startups, and venture communities across the city.

Examples highlighted by organisers include Pickle and Pitch by Honest Create and The Product Folks; ALL IN Talks Toronto by Vector Institute and Scale AI; and The Heart Space Launch by Schulich's Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Pursuits, and Demo Room. The list also includes a Builder Co-Working Session by Stan and Venn.

Speaker series

Beyond Homecoming, the week will feature several higher-profile sessions anchored by local institutions and media partners. Reynold Xin, co-founder and chief architect of Databricks, is listed for the University of Toronto Desjardins Speaker Series.

Raquel Urtasun, founder and chief executive of Waabi, is set to appear as part of BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall. That session is also due to feature Jim Balsillie, chair of the Council of Canadian Innovators and former RIM co-chief executive, and Christian Weedbrook, chief executive and founder of Xanadu.

Julia (Baird) Konefal, a co-founding partner and organiser of Toronto Tech Week and head of platform and operations at Golden Ventures, positioned the week as a focal point for the local technology scene.

"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," Konefal said.

New tools

Organisers are adding digital tools to help attendees navigate the larger programme. Lazer Technologies is providing an event scheduling tool that lets participants browse the calendar, build a personal agenda, and share schedules with other attendees.

The week is also introducing an online support tool built on Ada, described as an AI agent that can answer questions about programming, provide recommendations, and help visitors move between events.

Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify, said the week helps raise the city's profile as a technology hub.

"Toronto is a tech powerhouse hiding in plain sight," Finkelstein said. "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."

Hosie, also a Homecoming speaker, framed the week as a relationship-driven gathering for founders, operators, and investors.

"A strong tech ecosystem is built through the relationships between the people creating it," Hosie said. "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."

Organisers expect hundreds more events to be added to the calendar in the coming weeks, alongside additional speaker announcements for Homecoming and other sessions.