Canadian Tech @ Scale

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · Shopify HQ, 620 King St W · 9:30am–4:30pm ET

Since 2016

The tenth Canadian Tech @ Scale

Canadian Tech @ Scale brings together top tech leaders from Canada and abroad to learn from each other's successes and failures from scaling their companies.

Since 2016 the event has given experienced and aspiring leaders in software engineering, data science, systems and security a place to build real connections and share what actually happened. It is invitation-only and run entirely by volunteers.

Shopify and Index Exchange are our 2026 partners, providing the space and covering conference costs.

Why attend

Content and connections come first

Expand your network

Participants come from coast to coast — start-ups, scale-ups and large tech companies. Meet the people solving the problems you are about to hit.

Build real connections

Interactive roundtables and AMAs with industry peers, structured so you leave with a support network rather than a stack of business cards.

Quality content only

No vendors are present and soliciting is not allowed. Learn from leaders, contribute to the discussion, take something back to your team.

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Speakers

Ben Vinegar
Co-founder, Modem
Connor Giles
CTO & Co-Founder at Terminal
David Thompson
VP of Engineering at Clio
Jean-Michel Lemieux
Executive IC at Spellbook, ex-Shopify CTO
Mike Shaver
VP Engineering at Tailscale
Robbie Goldfarb
Co-Founder at Forum AI
Ruslan Nikolaev
Co-founder at Float
Waleed Ayoub
CTO at Daybreak.ai

The day

Times are ET. The full schedule lives on the event page.

Schedule for Canadian Tech at Scale 2026
Time	Session
09:00–09:30	Registration and breakfast
09:30–16:30	Main eventAMAs, panels and interactive roundtable group discussions.
16:30–18:30	Networking cocktailOn site, straight after the day ends.

Venue

Shopify HQ, Toronto

Where: 620 King St W, Toronto, ON M5V 1M7 (near King & Spadina)
Tickets: Complimentary, thanks to Shopify.

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The night before

Index Exchange

Index Exchange hosts a cocktail reception from 5:30pm on Wednesday, October 14, opening the tenth anniversary. It is a separate event from the conference and registers separately.

Register for the reception

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Partners

Shopify hosts the conference and Index Exchange hosts the reception the evening before. Between them they provide the spaces and cover conference costs, in support of the Canadian tech community.

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