Largest hospitality events
The 100 hospitality events with the largest totals in the records.
| # | Record | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Champagne, François-Philippe “Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Refreshments: G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meetings” | $489,484.15$1,431 per attendee |
| 2 | Isabelle Desmartis “UNPKDM” | $255,223.64$243 per attendee |
| 3 | Kimberly Murray “National Gathering on Unmarked Burials – The Release of an Indigenous-led Reparations Framework” | $172,079.34$459 per attendee |
| 4 | Waddell, Steven “Western Pacific Naval Symposium - Workshop” | $159,942.87$1,066 per attendee |
| 5 | Kathleen Roussel “5th North American and Caribbean Conference of the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP)” | $156,809.90$1,296 per attendee |
| 6 | Peter Hammerschmidt “Halifax International Security Forum (HISF)” | $154,704.00 |
| 7 | Komal, Jaspinder “to provide on-site food services - lunch, beverages and snacks - under QR&O 36.35 for all participating personnel at the CUAS 2025 Sandbox and registered visitors on 27 November” | $121,275.00$592 per attendee |
| 8 | Major, Josh “Seamless Canada Conference” | $102,689.60$3,667 per attendee |
| 9 | Isabelle Daoust - Corporate Account “Defence Leadership Symposium - 2 days (Morning refreshments, lunch, afternoon refreshments and dinner on 16 October; Morning refreshments, lunch and afternoon refreshments on 17 October)” | $97,948.40$178 per attendee |
| 10 | Gordon Campbell “Support to visiting Delegations/Dignitaries” | $91,940.00$1,483 per attendee |
| 11 | Leblanc, Dominic “Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Refreshments: G7 Deputies Meeting” | $87,824.00$915 per attendee |
| 12 | Accinelli, Francesca “Cathering for SXSW event” | $70,279.46$140 per attendee |
| 13 | Accinelli, Francesca “Event logistic to celebrate the Canadians nominees for the Oscars” | $70,000.00$172 per attendee |
| 14 | Murray, John “Breakfast, lunch, refreshments and dinner for attendees at the All-Staff Meeting in Toronto” | $54,713.74$418 per attendee |
| 15 | Hon Harjit Singh Sajjan Gen J.H. Vance LGen J.M. Lanthier “Rededication ceremony of the Kandahar Cenotaph in front of the Afghanistan Memorial Hall at National Defence Headquarters (Carling) in order to pay due recognition to the accomplishments and sacrifices of the fallen, wounded, veterans, families, and Canada.” | $51,392.40$43 per attendee |
| 16 | Thomas Owen Ripley “Federal-Provincial-Territorial meeting of Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety” | $48,818.13$344 per attendee |
| 17 | Accinelli, Francesca “Networking events” | $47,344.90$23 per attendee |
| 18 | Murray, John “Lunch, Dinner and refreshments for attendees at the Inaugural General Meeting of the College” | $47,081.58$129 per attendee |
| 19 | Scott Streiner “Breakfasts, refreshments, lunches for 3 days of Labour Program National & Regional meetings” | $45,663.72$74 per attendee |
| 20 | MGen Derek Joyce “North American Defence Ministers Meeting (NADM)” | $45,420.45$1,009 per attendee |
| 21 | Gordon Campbell “Advocacy to Canada's Public Policy” | $44,750.69$135 per attendee |
| 22 | Murray, John “Breakfast, lunch, refreshments and dinner for attendees at the All-Staff Meeting in Toronto” | $44,135.04$359 per attendee |
| 23 | T. Owen Ripley “Federal-Provincial-Territorial meeting of Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety” | $42,591.87$398 per attendee |
| 24 | Steve Boivin “Vietnamese Visit to Canada to engage with CANSOFCOM leadership to build future relationships” | $40,908.78$3,409 per attendee |
| 25 | Horgan, Kevin MGen “Host the NSJEC Conference at Chateau Laurier hotel.” | $40,685.84$269 per attendee |
| 26 | Accinelli, Francesca “Catering for South by Southwest (SXSW)” | $39,524.34$33 per attendee |
| 27 | Taylor Paxton “Meal and refreshments for Defense Learning Symposium attendees.” | $39,160.11$78 per attendee |
| 28 | David Patchell “Farewell Event” | $38,400.00$100 per attendee |
| 29 | Stephen Burt “4th Annual Government of Canada Data Conference” | $37,769.88$63 per attendee |
| 30 | Office of the Auditor General of Canada - Corporate Events / Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada - Évènements corporatifs “Lunch and refreshments for the Annual Staff Update” | $34,490.52$60 per attendee |
| 31 | Belevici, Stanislav “Breakfast, lunch, refreshments and dinner for attendees at the All-Staff Event in Toronto” | $34,274.30$256 per attendee |
| 32 | Thomas Owen Ripley “National Forum on Combatting Antisemitism” | $33,016.32$120 per attendee |
| 33 | Accinelli, Francesca “Networking events and Information session for Berlinale Talents” | $32,277.52$65 per attendee |
| 34 | Daoust, Isabelle - Corporate Account “General Officer/Flag Officer (GOFO) Symposium: Breakfasts, Refreshments, Lunchs and Dinner” | $31,839.83$187 per attendee |
| 35 | Ramrattan, Veronica “First Ministers Meeting” | $31,559.07$138 per attendee |
| 36 | Bernard, Simon “Seamless Canada Steering Committee In Person Conference will gather provincial and territorial government officials to address relocation barriers for military families. Most guests will be provincial/territorial elected staff. On site hospitality is necessary in order to condense the ambitious agenda into one afternoon so as to respect the time commitment from cabinet level P/T elected officials while showing our appreciation for their support to military families. Lunch, dinner, refreshments, and entertainment will therefore be offered to participants.” | $29,963.21$599 per attendee |
| 37 | Tao, Erica “Black History Month” | $29,606.06$37 per attendee |
| 38 | Gottschling, Amy “Hosting a conference: Ottawa, Ontario” | $29,141.46$63 per attendee |
| 39 | Sandelle Scrimshaw “Support to visiting Delegations/Dignitaries” | $28,392.00$57 per attendee |
| 40 | Douglas, Brian “Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC) 50th Anniversary - commemorating the implementation of the Farm Products Agencies Act and the establishment of the FPCC. FPCC hosted an evening reception and conference to celebrate with industry stakeholders and to explore and discuss the importance and opportunities of the supply management system and the promotion and research agencies over the past 50 years.” | $27,947.06$112 per attendee |
| 41 | Claude Laverdure “Advocacy to Canada's Public Policy” | $27,732.10$33 per attendee |
| 42 | Cunningham, Jewel “Refreshments and lunches: Meeting of Parks Canada Executive Leadership Team” | $26,992.81$227 per attendee |
| 43 | Gotschling, Amy “Hosting a conference: Ottawa, Ontario” | $26,387.98$57 per attendee |
| 44 | Phil Jensen “Refreshments - Service Canada Orientation Session” | $25,926.75$6 per attendee |
| 45 | Bastien, Len “DCIOF - Mr. Bastien as Canada's Defence CIO hosted the FVEY Defence Forum in Victoria, BC.” | $25,577.37$400 per attendee |
| 46 | Ramrattan, Veronica “First Ministers Meeting” | $25,232.45$126 per attendee |
| 47 | Gottschling, Amy “Workshop for the Federal Nuclear Science and Technology Work Plan” | $25,154.81$55 per attendee |
| 48 | Yves Brodeur “Supporting Bi-lateral Relations” | $25,091.75$14 per attendee |
| 49 | Jennifer Daubeny “Trade Promotion” | $25,000.00$80 per attendee |
| 50 | Murray, John “Breakfast, Lunch and refreshments for attendees at the Annual General Meeting” | $24,734.52$71 per attendee |
| 51 | David Grimes “71st Session of World Meteorological Oganization (WMO) Executive Council and President’s Reception” | $24,530.54$61 per attendee |
| 52 | Steve Boivin “Five Eyes Special Operations Forces Commanders Conference” | $24,286.15$759 per attendee |
| 53 | Cameron, Jason “Meeting with External Partners / Key Stakeholders” | $24,037.81$308 per attendee |
| 54 | Accinelli, Francesca “Catering for the Berlinale Talent 2024” | $22,882.00$38 per attendee |
| 55 | Isabelle Daoust - Corporate Account “General Officer/Flag Officer (GOFO) Symposium (Breakfasts, Lunchs, dinner & refreshments)” | $22,531.85$133 per attendee |
| 56 | Murray, John “Breakfast, Lunch, refreshments and Dinner for attendees at the All-Staff Event in Toronto” | $22,179.64$188 per attendee |
| 57 | MGen Joyce “236th Meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD)” | $22,174.52$370 per attendee |
| 58 | LGen M.C. Wright “Refreshments, Lunch and Reception: Army Week is conducted annually and is centered upon an Army Council (AC) and the Senior Army Leadership Symposium (SALS) which both are operationally focused and fall within the core mandate of the CA. AC constitutes the apex of the CA governance program and SALS is an annual professional development venue affording senior CA officers and non-commissioned members the opportunity to explore topical areas of interest within the profession of arms as well as issues of strategic and institutional significance.” | $21,624.00$101 per attendee |
| 59 | Murray, John “Breakfast, refreshments and lunch for attendees at the Board Meeting and licensee education session in Toronto” | $20,706.66$50 per attendee |
| 60 | Paul Dubois “Supporting Bi-lateral Relations” | $20,640.04$17 per attendee |
| 61 | Zaina Sovani “Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada 2018 Ex Leadership Summit” | $20,479.46$117 per attendee |
| 62 | Ermel, Ross “Catering, welcome reception and dinner for Combined Digital Leaders Summit principals (CDLS)” | $20,363.11$291 per attendee |
| 63 | Marc Lortie “Support to visiting Delegations/Dignitaries” | $20,215.13$54 per attendee |
| 64 | Claude Laverdure “Advocacy to Canada's Public Policy” | $20,075.76$30 per attendee |
| 65 | Thomas Owen Ripley “Federal-Provincial-Territorial meeting of Deputy Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety” | $20,028.76$339 per attendee |
| 66 | David Grimes “69th Session of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Executive Council & related meetings. Credit received in Q4 for $152.39” | $19,970.61$78 per attendee |
| 67 | Barry MacKillop “Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner - National Compliance Conference” | $19,882.95$197 per attendee |
| 68 | David Grimes “70th Session of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Executive Council & related meetings” | $19,882.72$78 per attendee |
| 69 | Marie-Geneviève Mounier “International trade issues” | $19,545.22$41 per attendee |
| 70 | Cameron MacKay “Trade Promotion” | $18,932.28$38 per attendee |
| 71 | Whelan, Steven “Seamless Canada 3 meeting” | $18,899.00$450 per attendee |
| 72 | Cameron MacKay “Trade Promotion” | $18,775.30$47 per attendee |
| 73 | François-Philippe Champagne “Lunch and Refreshments: Spring Economic Update 2026” | $18,513.76$10 per attendee |
| 74 | Laurie Sargent “Exploring Indigenous Justice Systems in Canada and Around the World” | $18,368.25$121 per attendee |
| 75 | John McNee “Furthering Multilateral interests abroad” | $18,347.75$61 per attendee |
| 76 | MGen C. J. Turenne “Canada hosted the Executive Council Meeting (ECM 18) of the American, British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand Armies' Interoperability Program (ABCANZ).” | $18,273.50$305 per attendee |
| 77 | All-contract “Tous-contrat” | $18,249.60$107 per attendee |
| 78 | Isabelle Desmartis “Managers' Workshop” | $18,184.76$136 per attendee |
| 79 | Roch Huppé “National Public Service Week” | $18,137.51$15 per attendee |
| 80 | Yves Brodeur “Supporting Bi-lateral Relations” | $17,899.11$24 per attendee |
| 81 | Swerdfager, Trevor “Breakfasts, lunches, dinners and refreshments during the bi-annual gathering of Superintendent's School for Operational Excellence” | $17,771.29$147 per attendee |
| 82 | Topshee, Angus “EHR RCN USN Naval Staff Talks (NST) 25” | $17,528.13$701 per attendee |
| 83 | Kathleen Roussel “Heads of Prosecuting Agencies Conference” | $17,443.79$563 per attendee |
| 84 | John McNee “Furthering Multilateral interests abroad” | $17,414.90$80 per attendee |
| 85 | Accinelli, Francesca “Catering services for the Canada Pavilion” | $17,414.66$9 per attendee |
| 86 | Mike Saunders “Employee Retreat” | $17,360.87$50 per attendee |
| 87 | Zaina Sovani “National Public Service Week” | $17,257.36$3 per attendee |
| 88 | Shannon Quinn “Conference/Training: Ottawa, Ontario” | $17,129.23$45 per attendee |
| 89 | Marc Lortie “Foreign Affairs and Government issues” | $17,107.73$36 per attendee |
| 90 | Topshee, Angus “Change of Command (CoC) ceremony for the Commander of the RCN (CRCN)” | $16,937.87$28 per attendee |
| 91 | MGen Joyce “Canada-Hosted ASEAN Defence Officials Dialogue May 2017” | $16,915.88$169 per attendee |
| 92 | Steve Boivin “Attend the Seamless Canada Conference at the War Museum” | $16,328.70$251 per attendee |
| 93 | Michael Kergin “Supporting Bi-lateral Relations” | $15,788.98$69 per attendee |
| 94 | Shannon Quinn “Conference/Training: Ottawa, Ontario” | $15,664.80$41 per attendee |
| 95 | Accinelli, Francesca “Networking event” | $15,646.66$31 per attendee |
| 96 | LGen P.F. Wynnyk “Visit of United States Army” | $15,586.02$520 per attendee |
| 97 | Joseph Caron “Supporting Political Relations” | $15,584.52$51 per attendee |
| 98 | Zinger, Ivan “Guest speaker – Fahd Alhattab. Team Meetings and training and for all OCI staff” | $15,351.64$374 per attendee |
| 99 | Accinelli, Francesca “Catering service for networking” | $15,075.03$38 per attendee |
| 100 | Jonathan Fried “Support to visiting Delegations/Dignitaries” | $14,896.18$92 per attendee |