#1 Advertising & Marketing Event
About 1,000 of the country’s top marketers and their clients returned to the Westin Harbour Castle last year for a reception, award show, dinner, and dancing. Cosette’s SickKids Foundation campaign won Best of the Best. New sponsored dance floor lounges plus late night snacks kept the party going until the wee hours. Next: November 23, 2018
#2 Advertising & Marketing Event
The Agency of the Year awards returned to Koerner Hall in 2017 when about 500 industry types came out to celebrates the country’s top creative, media, digital, PR, and design shops with pre- and post-show cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Cosette won gold for the second year in a row. Next: November 1, 2018
#3 Advertising & Marketing Event
The posh Carlu hosted the Marketing Awards again this year, when Cosette took home two Best in Show awards, one for McDonalds and one for SickKids. The cocktails-and-dinner event did not sell out this year, and attendance was level with last. Next: Spring 2019
#4 Advertising & Marketing Event
The Achieving Communications Excellence gala welcomed 380 public relations practitioners to the Carlu, a new venue for the event, where Casey House and agency Narrative won best PR campaign. Next: May 2019
#5 Advertising & Marketing Event (up from #7)
The radio creative awards returned to the TIFF Bell Lightbox, drawing some 190 attendees. Best in Show went to lg2 and Touché! for their entry “Reaction Time” for La Société de l’Assurance Automobile du Québec. Next: Spring 2019
#6 Advertising & Marketing Event (up from #8)
The awards gala honoring design and deployment in breakthroughs media campaigns left the Fairmont Royal York in 2017 for the Carlu, where Budweiser Red Light’s “Light up the nation” campaign won Best in Show. Next: November 27, 2018
