A new name, a fresh format, and two days you won't want to miss
When we launched the Canadian Mortgage Summit, the ambition was simple: bring the people who matter most to this industry into one room and give them something worth showing up for. What's happening in Toronto this September is that idea, taken further.
MortgageFest Canada, the rebranded and expanded successor to the Canadian Mortgage Summit, will take over the International Centre on September 23 and 24 with more than 2,000 mortgage brokers, lenders, and executives set to attend. The full, two-day programme is built around what Canadian mortgage professionals need to hear right now.
Registration is free – so make sure to book your place now.
A new name, a bigger vision
Along with the rebrand, we’ve also restructured our format to reflect how brokers actually want to learn and engage: less passive presentation, more hands-on, practical content built around real challenges facing the industry in 2026.
The Insights Stage, new for this iteration of the event, is designed specifically around broker-led sessions. Each session is framed around interactive formats – whiteboards, group discussion, and shared case studies – with the stated aim of ensuring every attendee leaves with something concrete: a checklist, a framework, or a clear next step they can act on immediately.
The Summit Stage, meanwhile, will carry the keynote addresses and broader market direction sessions across both mornings, setting the tone for each day before the programme splits into parallel tracks.
What's on the programme
Day One, themed around winning in the new mortgage reality, opens with a keynote on the Summit Stage before breaking into parallel sessions. The Insights Stage will tackle revenue diversification for brokers operating in a lower-volume environment, succession planning and how to build a brokerage with genuine transferable value, incorporation and tax strategy, and a workshop for broker owners on hiring and managing agents without sacrificing compliance or file quality.
Day Two shifts focus to how top brokers execute and grow in practice. Sessions cover buying and selling mortgage books, a candid top-producer marketing playbook breaking down what's actually driving funded deals right now, a bootcamp for new agents navigating year one, and a live Q&A on fraud risk and broker liability — including the growing challenge of AI-generated documentation and what it means for a broker's due diligence obligations.
Both days include dedicated networking time in the Expo Hall, which organisers describe as well worth attending in its own right. An F1 simulator on the show floor adds a distinctly non-conference touch to the two days. Closing the event on Day Two is a keynote on the Summit Stage, followed by final time in the Expo Hall.
Sessions built for today's market
The program was designed with the pressures brokers across Canada are navigating right now firmly in mind. The renewal wave, which is currently producing one of the largest mortgage refinancing cycles on record, will feature prominently in the lineup, as will the role of artificial intelligence in reshaping how deals are structured, assessed, and potentially manipulated.
Private lending, alternative channels, and the growing regulatory expectations around broker responsibility are also all top of mind during the two-day schedule.
For newer entrants to the industry, a dedicated New Agents Bootcamp on Day Two will address the realities of building a sustainable niche in a more regulated and increasingly automated market, acknowledging directly that success in 2026 looks different from earlier cycles.
Women in Mortgage Summit Canada also returns
Running alongside Day Two of MortgageFest Canada for the first time is the Women in Mortgage Summit Canada, a dedicated one-day event at the same venue. It carries a separate ticket – with further details on that iconic event coming soon.
MortgageFest Canada is free to attend, but your place is not held until you register. If there is one industry event worth clearing your calendar for this September, this is it. We'll see you in Toronto!
