Meeting the Moment and Shaping the Future: Adaptation Canada 2026 Program Announced

Across Canada, communities are navigating change. Climate impacts are intensifying, while pressures related to housing, affordability, health, infrastructure, and local economies continue to grow. We need to act with urgency while considering the long-term implications of a changing climate. Adaptation Canada 2026 is designed to meet this moment.

Building climate resilience is about more than preparing for and responding to the impacts of extreme weather, like flooding, drought, and forest fires—it is about strengthening our communities as a whole. Across Canada, governments, businesses across sectors, and community organizations are creating solutions. Adaptation Canada 2026 builds on this momentum and provides a platform to guide us into the future.

“The challenges facing communities today don’t exist in silos, and neither should our solutions,” says Ewa Jackson, Managing Director at ICLEI Canada. “Adaptation Canada is where people from across sectors come together to learn from one another, build practical partnerships, and turn climate risk into shared, community-led action.”

Dive into Climate-Resilience Across Sectors

We are thrilled to announce the Adaptation Canada 2026 program. Co-designed by adaptation experts from across Canada, the program spans sectors and themes—from infrastructure and housing to health, nature-based solutions, digital tools, and Indigenous knowledge. By intentionally breaking down silos, the conference creates opportunities for participants to learn from different perspectives, discover transferable approaches, and build relationships that extend well beyond the event itself.

Following a national Call for Speakers that generated more than 600 applications, the program brings together diverse perspectives, expertise, and lived experience from across the country. It reflects the depth and momentum of adaptation work underway in Canada. The program includes:

• 60+ concurrent sessions
• 3 plenary sessions
• 8+ study tours
• Parallel events
• An exhibition pavilion
• A project showcase space
• Over a dozen structured and informal networking opportunities
• And more!

Every element of the program is designed to support meaningful exchange, practical learning, and cross-sector collaboration.

Get Involved as a Sponsor

Hosted by ICLEI Canada and funded in part by the Government of Canada, Adaptation Canada 2026 is possible thanks to a network of partners and sponsors leading climate adaptation work across sectors, scales, and regions. Early sponsors and supporters include Co-operators (Platinum Sponsor); Enbridge (Gold Sponsor); Definity Financial, Evergreen, and the Wildfire Resilience Consortium of Canada (Silver Sponsors); Climate Risk Institute, CSA Group, MaRS, Mott MacDonald, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, and Sustainable Solutions Group (Bronze Sponsors); and Climes Group Engineering Inc. (Equity Sponsors). We are also working closely with exhibitors, project showcase partners, and Advisory Group members.

Our partners and sponsors are guiding crucial conversations on adaptation and leading the way towards a better, more resilient future. If your organization is committed to climate adaptation, join us to help drive bold action and build a more resilient Canada today and for tomorrow.

Join the National Conversation on Adaptation

Adaptation Canada 2026 brings together representatives and practitioners from all orders of government, Indigenous leaders and knowledge holders, industry professionals, researchers, businesses, and community organizations. Tickets include access to 3+ days of engaging presentations, workshops, and conversations with over 1,000 delegates, plus two receptions, all conference meals and breaks, study tours, and parallel events.

The conference will take place from September 22 to 24, 2026, at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Annishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. A vibrant hub of government, business, and innovation, Toronto offers an ideal backdrop for discussions on climate adaptation, public/private partnerships, and collective action.