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 AC 2025 Ottawa
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.

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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
Frequent and reliable public transit services are the lifeblood of economic growth in Canadian communities of all sizes and offer effective solutions for many of the challenges faced by Canadians. As our population continues to grow, expanding and maintaining transit systems across the country is an increasingly urgent priority.
Webinar recording
As Canada experiences historic growth, meeting current and future needs for renewable and sustainable energy is a particularly complex challenge for smaller municipalities. Small communities face unique challenges when planning for new sustainable, energy-efficient infrastructure.
Webinar recording
In recent years, Canadians have been confronted with record-breaking heatwaves, flooding, hurricanes, and wildfires that have severely damaged homes, businesses, and communities.
Webinar recording
With municipal and provincial elections taking place from coast to coast to coast, coupled with a federal election happening anytime in the coming months, politics are taking on a whole new life in the social and public arena.
Webinar recording
Destination Canada is back to host a new activity on the importance of intentional destination development.
Webinar recording
This webinar recording explores creative, multi-stakeholder collaborations in municipalities working to help build climate-resilient communities.
Upcoming conferences

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

May 26 2025
Board of Directors’ meeting 
Virtual

October 610 2025
Virtual committee meetings

October 2830 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.

Advocacy Days

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

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