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Thank you to all Exhibitors for your patience while waiting for us to send the post show newsletter, with the final attendance.

As you know, we transitioned our team to the Vancouver Boat Show throughout closing weekend and during move-out of the Toronto Show. 

We have just completed the Vancouver Show; and can now return to our Toronto follow-up and survey! Thank you very much to all exhibitors for your understanding!

On the final day of the show, Sunday, January 26 the attendance was 6,045, compared to 6,355 at the 2024 Show, which is a 5% decrease year over year.

Final total attendance for the 2025 Show was 55,114 attendees, over the 9 days. This reflects 8% less attendees at the 2025 Show, compared to 2024 (which had 60,125 attendees over 10 days)

There were 4,089 exhibitor and marine trade badges at the 2025 Show (each counted one time), compared to 3,701 at the 2024 Show.

Advance E-ticket sales were 21,829 for the 2025 Show. Of those advance sales, 1,910 were not redeemed, where the ticket purchasers were not able to attend. For your information, we do not count unredeemed tickets in our total attendance. This statistic is just for your informational purposes. 

Each year we have an extensive Post Show Survey process for both Exhibitors and Consumers. We genuinely welcome all feedback.

We thoroughly review all comments and ideas, and we place a great deal of value on every individual and company’s input. We also hold meetings with the Boat Show Committee to discuss collective survey results to help guide our decisions and direction.

The strength and long-term success of the Toronto International Boat Show has been due to the feedback and input we receive from you, our Exhibitors. 

Here are the future dates for the Toronto Show:

·   January 17 – 25, 2026

·   January 16 – 24, 2027

·   January 22 – 30, 2028

·   January 20 – 28, 2029

·   January 19 – 27, 2030

We would genuinely appreciate everyone completing the survey to provide us with valuable feedback by Monday March 3, 2025. 

Three randomly chosen survey participants will be awarded with $100 visa gift cards.

If you want to speak to us directly or have any questions concerning the survey, please email or call us at:

Katya Sundukova I  katya@canadianboatshows.com I 905 951 4050

Cynthia Hare I chare@canadianboatshows.com I 905 951 4054

Linda Waddell I lwaddell@canadianboatshows.com I 905 951 4051

Congratulations to our 2025 "Buy A Boat & Win" winner Michelle Owl, Cutler, Ontario. Michelle has won $10,000 towards the purchase of her new Legend Boat. 

We will present her cheque in the spring when Michelle takes possession of her new boat. 

Offering a $10,000 prize for one lucky boat-buyer, our BUY-A-BOAT & WIN contest, creates incentive for consumers to finalize boat purchases before the end of the show. 

Each day of the show, we also made a random dealer draw from the "Buy A Boat & Win" ballots submitted by dealers.

Number of Boats Sold: A secondary objective of this program is to generate sales statistics - frequently released by the media. The accuracy of the numbers we provide is reliant on exhibitor participation in the program. 

This year, the Buy A Boat & Win program reported 486 boats sold by dealers who participated in the program by submitting ballots. 

Congratulations to our $100 Dealer

Draw Winners 

Saturday: Cory Mountain- Muskoka Boat Gallery

Sunday: Anthony Nichols - Legend Boats

Monday: Kim Moffat - Fogh Marine

Tuesday: Adam Goodak- Central Marine

Wednesday: Wim Gerritsen - Quiet Waters Sailboats

Thursday: James Barrow- Blackwater Boats

Friday: Joe Racco - St. Onge Recreation

Saturday: Marian McGuire - Duhamel & Dewar Legend Boats

Sunday: Dave Adams - Buckeye Marine

Thank you to RBC,

the 2025 sponsor of the

BUY/SELL-A-BOAT & WIN program.