Our event spaces bring together the social mission sector. They’re functional, beautiful, and can accommodate large groups or intimate gatherings. CSI spaces have hosted everything from book signings to AGMS to weddings!
About Booking Event Space
In accordance with the City of Toronto’s additional health measures during the pandemic, we are not offering event space bookings at this time.
We’re keeping a close eye on the recommendations of our health officials and government, and will update this page when we decide to open up event space bookings again.
Pricing
We offer discounts for off-peak bookings on the prices listed below. Also:
- Members get an additional 40% discount
- Non-members who have an operating budget below $250K/year get a 20% discount
Please contact us at events[at]socialinnovation[dot]ca for a quote.
Event Spaces
CSI Annex The Garage
Ground Floor
- Capacity: 100
- Accessible: Yes
Many a startup has been launched out of someone’s garage. CSI’s Garage is a more intimate space located within our Annex Lounge at 720 Bathurst (Bloor and Bathurst). Perfect for lectures, book launches, smaller socials, team meetings, AGMs, storytelling, brainstorm sessions… almost anything! View photos of the space.
Price: $199/hr (with discounts for off-peak hours, members, or organizations with annual operating budgets of less than $250k)
Questions? Need a quote? Send us an email.
Accessibility, Cancellations & Frequently Asked Questions
The story of the Centre for Social Innovation begins way back in 2003, when a group of visionary social entrepreneurs decided that something wasn’t working in the social mission sector.
ACCESSIBILITY
We are committed to ensuring all members and their guests are able to use our services. Information on our buildings’ accessibility is available here.
Cancellations
We require 15 business days to cancel your booking without any financial consequence, otherwise the full amount of the booking will be charged.
We require a three-hour minimum rental for event spaces.
FAQ
These are some of our more frequently asked frequently asked questions. For the full FAQ, please click here.
Meeting Rooms are smaller enclosed rooms typically used for board meetings, team meetings, and smaller activities.
Event Spaces are larger open-concept spaces, or a combination of open-concept space with meeting rooms.
The time of your booking with us should include time that you need to set up and clean up your event. This will be coordinated between your team and ours.
CSI will send you an electronic invoice for the amount of the rental which will include payment instructions. Any questions about invoicing can be directed to events@socialinnovation.ca.
Events may not run past 11pm, though your team can stay on site past that time to clean up. Most Event Spaces also function as Member Lounges during business hours, and are unavailable until 5pm on weekdays – the exception is the Garage at CSI Annex and the Atrium at 192 Spadina.
We require a three-hour minimum rental for event spaces.
Looking for something smaller?
Check out our Meeting Rooms page for information on spaces that fit 6 – 30 people.
