Embassy Grand Convention Centre handles events from about 100 guests to 2,200: conferences, annual general meetings, product launches, galas, company holiday parties and large weddings. It sits on The Gore Road in Brampton, Ontario, on the border of Vaughan and about 10 minutes north of Toronto Pearson International Airport.
Seminars and company events
The venue hosts product launches, annual general meetings, large conferences with international partners, galas, client evenings and holiday parties. For working sessions it provides breakout rooms, podiums, pull-down screens and AV support. A newly installed audiovisual system covers video conferencing, high-speed Wi-Fi, high-resolution projectors and multiple screens, with built-in sound and lighting that includes pin spots and moving heads. A sales representative helps choose the date, the menu and the rooms. An event coordinator then draws up the floor plan, handles décor and logistics, schedules vendor deliveries and setup, and builds the agenda. The reception desk is staffed full time, and managers are on site during every event.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings, indoors and outdoors, are a core part of the business, from South Asian celebrations to kosher weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs. Ceremonies can take place outside for up to 225 guests seated in the garden, or indoors in a ceremony and lunch layout for 300. A landscaped courtyard with a gazebo, a waterfall and a fountain serves for photographs, and furnished private suites are set aside for the wedding party. The venue notes that weekend dates are often booked a year or more ahead, for weddings as well as galas and company parties.
Rooms and capacities
The building has 10 event spaces that can be reconfigured, with three reception areas, an atrium, large foyers and several meeting rooms equipped with AV. Rooms have private lobbies and separate entrances, and bars open on both the lobby and the banquet room. Published layouts include round tables for 200, 400, 600, 800, 1,000, 1,200 and 1,400 guests, theatre seating for 200 or 2,000, classroom seating for 300 and a concert layout for 800. The outdoor garden seats up to 250. A facilities layout document with the floor plans is available from the venue.
Catering
Two in-house executive chefs specialize in Italian and South Asian cooking and adapt menus to each event, and halal menus are offered. The building also has a licensed, fully equipped kosher kitchen run under strict supervision. Clients who prefer can work with a caterer from the venue's preferred list instead of the in-house kitchen, which widens the range of cuisines and traditions. A tour of the kitchen can be arranged on request.
History and setting
The venue is a large modern banquet and convention building with high ceilings, modern crystal chandeliers and custom acoustic panelling in the halls. Guests arrive under a covered entrance on a red carpet, and the outdoor courtyard gives daytime events a garden setting away from the street.
Getting there
Embassy Grand is at 8800 The Gore Road, Brampton, close to Highways 427, 407 and 401, with downtown Toronto within driving distance. Toronto Pearson is about 10 minutes south. A large free parking lot surrounds the building, and a hotel on the same lot offers preferred rates to Embassy Grand guests.
