AI Events in Toronto, ON

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Thu

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12:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

Women in AI: Pitch Competition

AWS HQ Torontoby Black Founders Network Events Toronto

A free Toronto showcase where women founders pitch AI-driven ideas to investors and operators, followed by community networking at AWS HQ.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopersGeneral

5:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

AAIF Toronto: Agentic AI Night

Arctiqby AAIF Community Toronto

A free Toronto meetup on the operational realities of agentic AI, focused on what breaks when agents reach real users, traffic and production systems.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchersBusiness

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

AI FinOps: The Next Frontier of DevOps Optimization

Centrilogic Torontoby Toronto Enterprise DevOps User Group

A free downtown session on the bill that arrives after you adopt AI tooling: measuring consumption, optimizing token usage, managing context in agent workflows, and applying FinOps discipline to Copilot and Claude Code.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusiness

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

write the rules: an AI policy workshop

by airess

A beginner-friendly Toronto workshop examining an AI security incident, then using small-group work to turn lessons about testing, access and oversight into practical AI policy ideas.

WorkshopFreeBeginnerGeneralDevelopersBusiness

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

Kling AI Industry Reception: Film, AI, and the Future of Production

TIFF Lightboxby Kling AI

A free TIFF Lightbox reception for TIFF Market passholders, bringing filmmakers and creative-technology leaders together to see Kling AI's video model and discuss AI-powered production.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsGeneralBusinessDevelopers

Sep

Sun

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

Cafe Cursor Toronto

by Cursor Toronto

An all-day drop-in co-working session for people building with AI coding tools. Bring a project, take a seat, and work alongside other Toronto developers shipping with Cursor.

MeetupFreeAll levelsDevelopers

Sep

Tue

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EDT

The AI-first startup playbook

by MaRS Discovery District

A free MaRS panel for startup builders on the practical choices AI reshapes: product architecture, go-to-market work, internal policy and the division of labour between people and software.

MeetupFreeAll levelsBusinessDevelopers

6:15 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

Compute Runs on Minerals: Mapping AI's Critical Mineral Exposure in the Age of Pax Silica

by Trajectory Labs

Trajectory Labs hosts a Toronto talk on the mineral supply chains underneath AI infrastructure, examining the materials behind data centres, geopolitical chokepoints, and attempts to build more resilient AI capacity.

MeetupFreeIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

6:15 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

Compute Runs on Minerals: Mapping AI’s Critical Mineral Exposure in the Age of Pax Silica

by Trajectory Labs

Trajectory Labs hosts a Toronto discussion on the minerals and supply chains that underpin frontier AI infrastructure, examining how concentrated extraction and export restrictions shape Canada's AI ambitions.

MeetupFreeIntermediateResearchersDevelopersBusiness

Sep

Wed

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

AI Meetup with Snowflake, CircleCI

St. Paul's Bloor Streetby Toronto AI Developers Group

A Toronto developer evening on AI-era software delivery, with technical talks on validating generated code, plus practical discussion of GenAI, LLMs and agent development.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopers

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

Cursor Hackathon Toronto: September

by Cursor Toronto

An evening hackathon for Toronto's Cursor community: pick a problem, build with AI coding tools for three hours, and show what you got working by the end of the night.

HackathonFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Sep

Thu

2:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT

Horizons Toronto: AI + Digital Innovation

BrainStation Torontoby BrainStation

BrainStation convenes Toronto senior leaders for an afternoon of AI and digital innovation panels, practical perspectives from major brands, and curated networking over cocktails.

ConferenceAdvancedBusinessDevelopers

5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

Grok Bot Meetup Toronto: September

by Cursor Toronto

An inaugural Toronto community meetup for people building with Grok and AI coding tools, combining a practical bring-your-laptop session with peer conversation and volunteer-led support.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopers

Sep

Sat

10:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT

Global AI Conference Toronto

Microsoft Canada Toronto Officeby Global AI Toronto

A free full-day developer conference at Microsoft's Toronto office, with a keynote and two parallel tracks: expert sessions and guided hands-on labs building agents and production AI applications.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateDevelopersResearchers

Sep

Mon

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

Machine Learning Toronto: MLTO Q4 2026

by PRAKTIKAI

The quarterly gathering of MLTO, a Toronto machine learning community of several thousand members, run with Rootly. An evening of talks and networking for working ML practitioners.

MeetupIntermediateDevelopersResearchersBusiness

Sep

Tue

5:15 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

AI Summit 2026

OneElevenby TorontoAI - Toronto's AI Community

TorontoAI's free evening summit brings engineers, data leaders and CTOs together for hands-on workshops on production AI agents and agentic memory, an enterprise panel, and a community mixer at OneEleven.

MeetupFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusinessResearchers

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

AI Summit 2026: Hands-on AI Agents Workshops, Expert Panels and CxO Roundtable

OneElevenby TorontoAI - Toronto's AI Community

TorontoAI brings engineers, data leaders and CTOs together for a free hands-on evening on production agentic AI: building agents, persistent memory and workflow automation, followed by a candid enterprise panel and community mixer.

WorkshopFreeIntermediateDevelopersBusinessResearchers

Sep

Thu

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM EDT

SAS Innovate on Tour Toronto

Fairmont Royal Yorkby SAS Canada Events

A free full-day Toronto conference for leaders and practitioners working with data and AI, covering trustworthy deployment, AI governance, fraud prevention, financial services and enterprise adoption.

ConferenceFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchers

Sep

Mon

6:00 PM – 9:30 PM EDT

Data Drinks September 2026 [Toronto]

Firkin on Yongeby PRAKTIKAI

A low-key paid downtown gathering for Toronto's data and AI community, designed for practitioners and newcomers to meet, compare notes and make connections without a formal speaker programme.

NetworkingAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersGeneral

Sep

Tue

1:30 PM – 6:00 PM EDT

Tangentia Open Technology Summit

Royal Woodbine Golf Clubby Tangentia

A free Toronto technology summit on agentic AI, intelligent automation and production enterprise workflows, paired with networking for technology leaders and partners.

ConferenceFreeIntermediateBusinessDevelopers

Oct

Fri

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EDT

AI Builder Cafe: Build Something Scary

Workhaus, 901 King St Westby Flowgrammers

A free Toronto AI and automation builder day at Workhaus. Bring a laptop and a project, then spend the day building workflows or agents alongside the local Flowgrammers community.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

Oct

Thu

5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT

TorontoAI Monthly Social Drinks

Creeds Coffee Barby TorontoAI - Toronto's AI Community

A free after-work Yorkville gathering for Toronto's AI community, bringing together practitioners, founders and people curious about artificial intelligence for low-key conversation and new local connections.

NetworkingFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessResearchersGeneral

Nov

Thu

8:30 AM – 3:00 PM EST

MLOps North: Building Agents

RBC WaterPark Placeby Toronto Machine Learning Society

TMLS runs a two-day practitioner conference at RBC WaterPark Place on shipping AI agents: 35+ peer-reviewed sessions across 10 tracks on agent frameworks, infrastructure and production deployment.

ConferenceAdvancedDevelopersResearchersBusiness

Nov

Fri

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST

AI Builder Cafe: Finish 2026 Strong

Workhaus, 901 King St Westby Flowgrammers

A free Friday build day for Toronto's AI and automation community. Bring a laptop and a concrete workflow or agent project to push forward with peers at Workhaus in King West.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

Nov

Thu

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM EST

Generative AI and Agentic AI Summit Toronto

Marriott Downtown at CF Toronto Eaton Centreby AI Accelerator Institute (Toronto)

A one-day, three-stage summit at the Marriott Eaton Centre bringing together 350+ builders on production generative and agentic AI: control, reliability, evaluation and governance, plus workshops and roundtables.

ConferenceIntermediateDevelopersBusinessResearchers

Dec

Fri

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM EST

AI Builder Cafe: Ship Before the Year Ends

Workhaus, 901 King St Westby Flowgrammers

A free Toronto build day for people turning AI and automation ideas into working tools. Bring a laptop and use a focused Friday alongside Flowgrammers peers to get a project closer to shipped.

WorkshopFreeAll levelsDevelopersBusinessGeneral

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