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Interactive Floorplan, Exhibitor & Product Search is Now Live!
The Toronto Boat Show's Interactive Floorplan, Exhibitor & Product Search platform is NOW LIVE within TorontoBoatShow.com.

The main purpose of this valuable resource is to promote all Exhibitors along with what you are displaying and selling - connecting consumers with your products and services!

Upon testing the interactive product search, we noticed that many of you are including key words and selecting company categories for all products or services you sell at your physical places of business, but not necessarily have that product or service available at the show. 

For example, if a customer selects a key word for a product they wish to purchase at the show and come up with your company describing that item is available at your place of business but is not available at the show, the experience for that buyer will not be positive and will cause frustration.  

Therefore, we are asking you to CLICK HERE to log in and and double check your “key words” and “company categories” you are describing is what you have DISPLAYED and available FOR SALE at your exhibit - THANKS!
10-Day Parking Pass Deadline is Midnight Jan.13th
Order your parking pass on-line before midnight January 13th. No Exhibitor Passes will be sold online or during move-in after the deadline. Buy Now & $ave otherwise you will pay the higher daily rates.

  • 10-Day Pass $110 - Surface Pass
  • 10-Day Pass $160 - Underground Pass
New Move-In Exhibitor Hospitality Location
New This Year for Exhibitors! New Location for food & beverage during move in.

Looking for something to eat or drink during move in? Head to Heritage Court just outside of Cottage Country (See floorplan with move-in hospitality area circled in red).

There will be a good selection of sandwiches, hot dogs, pastries, chips, coffee, water and soft drinks for purchase.
Exhibition Place / Enercare Centre is now a CASHLESS facility for Parking, Food & Beverage accepting Credit & Debit Cards, Apple and Google Pay services.

Food and beverage vending machines will accept Visa Gift Cards.
Buy a Boat & WIN $10,000 Sell a Boat & WIN $100
The Buy/Sell A Boat & WIN program returns as an important tool to help close the sale. 
 
An added incentive for the consumer to buy at the show, this program offers the boat-buyer the chance to enter to WIN $10,000 toward the cost of their boat purchased at the show - however, large or small! 
 
Ballots are completed at point of purchase, with either the dealer or consumer dropping the ballot off at the Show Office (Salon 103). Each day, a draw awards $100 to a dealer who sold a boat that day. 
 
The program also gathers boat sales statistics for business stories, providing positive exposure for the industry. Thanks to the 2023 Sponsor RBC.
Delivering New Product Balloons
It's not too late to get on board with this program promoting your new products. New Product balloons clearly identify where new products are located at the 2023 Boat Show.

We will be delivering balloons to exhibit spaces starting Wednesday to those who submitted information to our online New Product Showcase and requested to also participate in the onsite program.

If you have not yet uploaded information on your new product or service, click below and do so today!
Reminder to Submit Insurance before Moving In
Thank you to those exhibitors who have submitted their insurance certificates as a pre-requisite to exhibit as outlined in your Toronto Boat Show space agreement.

If you have not submitted your insurance certificate to Canadian Boat Shows, please click on the link below to upload a copy of your insurance. Our supplier ExhibitorInsurance.com will then review and contact you via email if there are any changes to be made.

Please click below to SUBMIT your certificate of insurance for the
Toronto International Boat Show for review.
Need for Safety Gear & Garbage Removal
Safety Awareness: 

Floor managers will be on the show floor to ensure a safe and timely move-in. Please keep safety top of mind while moving in boats, working around cranes, and setting up temporary platforms. The safety engineer will be around during move-in to inspect temporary platforms and structures.

Garbage Removal: 

During move-in, we also encourage exhibitors to remove their own shrinkwrap, skids, and leftover wood from the Enercare Centre. As the show is charged for garbage removal from the floor, these efforts help keep space costs down. For garbage remaining on the show floor, there will be many large bins placed around the halls. Please use them; it helps keep labour costs down, and the floor safe and clean.
RSVP for the Industry Breakfast January 24
Register Now for Canada's State of the Industry Breakfast
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
NMMA Canada’s State of the Industry Breakfast is back for the first time since 2020! We invite you to enjoy breakfast with your industry colleagues and hear the latest insights and analysis on the recreational boating sector. Speakers include NMMA President Frank Hugelmeyer; Boating Industry Canada editor Andy Adams & keynote by Wells Fargo economist Nick Bennenbroek. Plus, the induction for the 2023 NMMA Canada Hall of Fame award.

  • Doors open: 8:00am with Breakfast served at 8:30am
  • Program: 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Location: Beanfield Centre (Exhibition Place) 
  • 105 Princes’ Boulevard Toronto, Ontario M6K 3C3 
Exhibitor Pre-Show Check-in & Staging
BOAT SPACE EXHIBITORS have access to the Advance Holding Area (Lot 852/Lot 2) now:

  • Exhibitors may utilize the staging yard to pre-stage boats. 
  • Park in the extreme south areas towards Lakeshore Boulevard.
  • Please ensure you don't block any other boats, as their move-in time may be earlier than yours.

After move-in is complete, trailers may not remain in this lot. If they do, they will be towed. The floor manager in the staging trailer will direct you to the appropriate storage lot.
COTTAGE COUNTRY & MARINER'S MARKETPLACE EXHIBITORS check-in at the staging trailer Wednesday January 18th & Thursday January 19th between 8:00am and 6:00pm if you wish to drive your vehicle (van / trailer) right up to your booth space. The person in the staging trailer will issue you a move-in card required to enter the show floor.

  • You will be routed to the loading dock/door closest to your booth for entry into the venue. You will then proceed setting up your booth making sure you are ready for business starting "First Look Friday" January 20th at 12 noon.
  • Exhibitors with bulk spaces will be given a targeted move in time.
  • Forklifts will be available on-site (see fork-lift order desk in Main Hall when you arrive)

Any smaller space exhibitors not requiring driving their vehicle to their booth location, may park in exhibitor parking (Lot # 858) under the Gardiner Expressway with access to Cottage Country & Mariner’s Marketplace from north side entrances walking in displays and products.
Special Thanks to our Show Bag Sponsors
Thank you to Yamaha and MD Marine Insurance, sponsors of the complimentary, reusable bags show-goers receive as they enter the boat show.
Thanks for Celebrating our 65th Anniversary with us!