Join your peers at Toronto’s Liberty Grand for a night of insight, recognition, and real connection
As we celebrate more than a decade of excellence in Canadian wealth management, the 2026 Wealth Professional Awards are shaping up to be the most impactful edition yet.
On 4 June, Liberty Grand in Toronto will host an evening that goes beyond handing out trophies.
It brings together the country’s top advisors, firms, and leaders to recognise achievement, share ideas, and celebrate the people shaping the future of advice in Canada.
Here are ten reasons you’ll want to be in the room.
1. Step into a 12‑year institution for Canadian wealth
Now in its twelfth year, the WP Awards have become the benchmark for excellence in Canada’s wealth management sector.
This is where the industry’s standout stories of leadership, innovation, client impact, and resilience come into focus.
When you attend, you plug into a national conversation about what “best in class” looks like for Canadian wealth professionals today, and where the bar is headed next.
2. Join the country’s most influential room in wealth
In the event will find elite advisors, dealer and fund executives, specialists in ETFs and alternatives, service providers, independent practitioners, and emerging talent from across the country.
Conversations that might normally take months to arrange happen over one evening, from new partnerships and referral relationships to mentorships and future hires.
If you work in or around wealth management in Canada, this is the room that connects the dots.
3. Put a national spotlight on your work and your team
The WP Awards unfold on stage, but they live far beyond the ballroom through Wealth Professional’s online and magazine coverage.
The event offers a national platform to elevate your brand, your practice, and your people.
Whether you attend as an Excellence Awardee, a finalist’s supporter, a sponsor, or a table host, you gain storylines, visuals, and moments you can share with clients, recruits, and stakeholders long after the night ends.
It is an efficient way to turn one evening into months of profile‑building.
4. Experience Liberty Grand at full gala energy
Liberty Grand gives the evening an immediate sense of occasion.
The historic architecture, grand ballroom setting, and waterfront location combine to create a genuine gala atmosphere from the moment you walk through the doors.
Guests benefit from complimentary parking on site, with staff directing arrivals to the appropriate lot, and a central Toronto location that makes it easy for attendees flying or driving in from across Canada.
Once you arrive, you can stop thinking about logistics and focus on the night.
5. Dress for the red carpet (without reinventing your wardrobe)
The dress code for the evening is formal: tuxedo, suit, evening gown, cocktail dress, or traditional attire.
For guests who want a fresh look without the commitment of a new purchase, the WP Awards has partnered with The Fitzroy Dress Rental.
Attendees can use the discount code WPA26 for 10% off their premium designer pieces, with the code valid once per customer and not combinable with other discounts.
Whether in classic formalwear or a designer rental, attendees can arrive in style—without the stress.
6. Spend the night with a true entertainment pro: Chloe Wilde
Chloe Wilde, one of Canada’s best‑known entertainment hosts, will lead the evening.
With more than a decade on air, she has gone from winning the Much VJ Search in 2013 to reporting for E! and hosting ETalk.
She has interviewed stars including Joan Rivers, Daniel Radcliffe, 50 Cent, Jake Gyllenhaal and Julianne Moore at events such as TIFF, Toronto Fashion Week and the MTV VMAs.
She brings strong live‑event experience, from WE Day crowds of 20,000 to major brand activations, and knows how to keep the room engaged while striking the right balance between heartfelt and fun.
7. Watch the Excellence Awardees become winners in real time
On 4 June, Excellence Awardees will discover live, on stage, who takes home the top honours.
Being in the audience means seeing the reactions, the unscripted speeches, and the genuine emotion of professionals who care deeply about their clients and teams.
If you or your colleagues are on the Excellence list, the experience becomes even more powerful, with your peers and partners there to share the moment.
8. Get a front‑row view of where Canadian wealth is heading
From the categories to the judging, the Wealth Professional Awards capture what matters most in Canadian wealth management today.
The multi-stage process – from open nominations and research to Excellence Awardee selection and independent panel review – highlights firms and individuals pushing into new territory in advice, literacy, products, technology and client experience.
Attendees get a practical view of the leading edge and what it could mean for their own practice, platform or career.
9. Stay for the band – and the full dance floor
After the trophies are handed out, the night shifts from formal awards to full‑scale party.
Soulfire, a dynamic five‑piece band, will fuel the dance floor with classic rock, soul, Motown, disco and Top 40 hits, delivered with polished, high‑energy performances.
It is a chance for the people behind the industry’s best work to celebrate properly.
10. Celebrate a profession that has earned its moment
In recent years, Canadian wealth professionals have guided clients through market volatility, policy shifts, global uncertainty, and changing life goals.
Many have acted as a steady anchor for households and businesses facing complex decisions.
The Wealth Professional Awards recognise that contribution.
The night offers space to step away from the day‑to‑day pace of markets, portfolios, and planning, and to acknowledge how far you and your peers have come.
It is a chance to reconnect with why you do this work, to recharge your motivation, and to return to clients with fresh energy.
Join the 2026 Wealth Professional Awards at Liberty Grand
Secure your place, organise your table, plan your route, and line up your formalwear.
Then join your peers at the WP Awards for a night that showcases the very best of Canadian wealth management – and the people behind it.
