Events & training | Federation of Canadian Municipalities

From two major conferences to workshops and webinars, our events and training provide the right environment for learning and building productive working relationships. Access the tools you need to overcome challenges and address your community's needs.

FCM conferences

Attend the largest gathering of Canadian municipal officials and the country’s premier municipal sustainability event.

FCM’s Sustainable Communities Conference 2025

Fredericton, NB | February 10-13, 2025
Don’t miss Canada’s leading event for local sustainability changemakers and champions.

Annual Conference and Trade Show 2025

Ottawa, Ontario | May 29–June 1, 2025

Join us for Canada’s largest gathering of municipal elected officials, featuring full programming and valuable networking and learning opportunities.

Past conferences

See our past conferences.

Webinars and workshops

We share knowledge, experience and best practices to help you solve challenges and improve outcomes.

Webinar recording

Webinar recording: Designing Destinations: Maximizing the Social, Cultural and Economic Impact of Tourism

Destination Canada is back to host a new activity on the importance of intentional destination development.

Webinar recording

Webinar recording: Creative collaboration for climate adaptation: Innovative models for community resilience

This webinar recording explores creative, multi-stakeholder collaborations in municipalities working to help build climate-resilient communities.

Webinar recording

Webinar recording: How municipalities can get started with biogas & RNG projects

Municipalities can create new revenue streams, generate renewable energy, and support local sustainability goals by incorporating biogas & renewable natural gas (RNG) into municipal waste management. Biogas & RNG are proven technologies for municipal landfills, wastewater treatment facilities, and as an option to manage green bin waste.

Webinar recording

Webinar recording: Boosting the visitor economy, enriching communities and generating opportunities for all

Join Gracen Chungath, Senior Vice President of Destination Development at Destination Canada, as she discusses the real value of tourism to Canada and its communities.

Webinar recording

Webinar recording: How collaboration can strengthen municipal asset management

Watch our webinar to discover how collaboration can improve your municipal asset management processes.

Webinar recording

Webinar recording: From National Adaptation Strategy to local climate resilience

Discover how you can use technology to optimize your workforce, modernize your hiring and onboarding processes, and engage your people to drive retention.

Upcoming conferences

FCM’s Sustainable Communities Conference 2025

February 10–13, 2025
Fredericton, NB

Annual Conference and Trade Show

May 29–June 1, 2025
Ottawa, ON

June 4–7, 2026
Edmonton, AB

June 10–13, 2027
Halifax, NS

Board of Directors and Committee meetings

March 3–7 2025
Virtual Committee Meetings

March 18–20 2025
Board of Directors Meeting
Dorval, QC

May 26 2025
Board of Directors’ meeting
Virtual

October 6–10 2025
Virtual committee meetings

October 28–30 2025
Board of Directors’ meeting
Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, ON

Greening our events

FCM is committed to making our events as beneficial as possible for the environment and the local economy. We make every effort to be a leader in sustainability for all our activities and we partner with organizations that have a similar mindset.

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Advocacy Days

Each November, FCM's elected board members from across Canada converge on Ottawa for several intensive days of meetings with parliamentarians.