Everything You Need to Know About SocialNext: Toronto

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Ten years ago, SocialNext started in Calgary with a simple idea: bring Canada's marketing community together. Today it spans 6 cities across the country, and that idea has never felt more relevant.

In just a few weeks it lands back in Toronto for its 3rd year. If you have been looking for your people, this is where you find them.

Two Days. Three Experiences.

Normally a one-day conference, SocialNext: Toronto has expanded to two days in 2026. Here is a short and snappy look at everything going on:

SocialNext Pre-Conference Workshop: Own Your Marketing 

April 8 — Storys Building, 11 Duncan St 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Bundle with a SocialNext ticket or purchase separately

Three 45-minute hands-on sessions, no panels, no theory. Just practical frameworks you can put to work the next day.

Geoffrey Blanc and Nihal Mandanna (Cyberimpact) cover email strategy. René Thomas and Lindsay Smith (Takt) tackle brand messaging. Jesse Luimes and Alyssa Pulford (HeyOrca) walk through community-led marketing.

Capped at 200 seats.

Full Circle: A CMO Experience 

April 8 — Storys Building, 11 Duncan St 12:30 PM – 7:00 PM | Bundle with a SocialNext ticket or purchase separately | Presented by NP Digital and SocialNext

A senior-only experience for CMOs, Founders, Presidents, and Senior VPs. Fireside conversations and real debate around how AI is reshaping the entire marketing operating layer. No panels, no consensus slides.

200 seats total. Visit fullcircleconference.ca for the full lineup.

SocialNext: Toronto Conference 

April 9 — The Carlu, 444 Yonge St 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM | Conference ticket required

There is something that happens when you put 500 marketers in the same room. The conversations before the sessions, the ones that run long over coffee, the people you meet at the end of the day who end up in your corner for years. That is what April 9 is.

Sessions cover Meta ads performance, AI and brand voice, influencer strategy, community-led growth, smartphone content creation, email marketing, and more. Speakers include Neil Patel, Fab Dolan, Caley Dimmock, Alison Preiss (Pet Valu), and representatives from Meta, Reddit, TikTok and more. See the full lineup at socialnext.ca.

Marketing News Canada will be on-site recording live podcast episodes all day. Come find us.

Ticket and Registration Options

There is a pass structure for every combination of the above, whether you want a single event, a single day, or the full two-day experience.

If you purchased a conference ticket before March 3, 2026 and want to add April 8 programming, you can do so through the Registrant Account Centre at socialnext2026.account.webconnex.com, or reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

April 8 is less than four weeks away! If you are still deciding, now is the time. Save $150 until Friday, March 13.

Register now!

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