Beauty Conferences in Canada

Beauty conferences in Canada are built for learning in depth. Each one focuses on a specialist field, so therapists, artists and practitioners can spend a day or two with their own community and come away with skills they can use straight away.

Aesthetic medicine has CBAM Congress in Vancouver each May, a trade only programme for medical aesthetics professionals. Massage therapists meet at the Canadian Massage Conference in Calgary each September, where talks sit alongside a trade area. For permanent make up, lash and brow artists, Next Level PMU in Markham, just north of Toronto, combines a conference with business sessions and awards in late October, while WULOP Canada brings education, competitions and awards for lashes, brows and make up each September. The ESI Show adds conference sessions to its trade floors in Toronto in April and Montreal in September, covering skin, spa and salon business.

Every beauty conference in Canada is listed below with dates, venues and who can attend, so you can choose where to invest your learning this year.

Getting to the conferences

Canada's conferences are spread across the country, so flying is usually the quickest way between them. In Toronto, The ESI Show is at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre near Union Station, and Next Level PMU is at the Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre in Markham, best reached by car. In Montreal, the Palais des congrès is beside Place d'Armes metro station. The Carriage House Hotel and Conference Centre in Calgary is on the south side of the city.

Where to stay

Several conferences are held in hotel conference centres, so booking a room at the venue is the easiest way to make the most of early sessions and evening networking. For the city centre shows, downtown hotels in Toronto and Old Montreal are within easy reach.

Getting the most from a conference

• Look at the programme before you go and mark the sessions you most want to attend.
• Bring a notebook or tablet, as many talks move quickly through practical detail.
• Check whether the conference is trade only and what proof of profession you need.
• Stay for the social and awards events, where much of the real networking happens.