Capital Unlocked

2026 Summit

Funding Canada: A Collective Project

NOVEMBER 5, 2026 · TORONTO REFERENCE LIBRARY

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Every funder that New Power Labs works with is navigating the same challenge:
How to work better with the people and institutions around us to move capital where it is needed most, to build a more resilient Canada.

We are living in unprecedented economic uncertainty and navigating pushback against equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. To mobilize capital to underfunded and overlooked leaders and communities, asset owners and asset managers need ways of building trust, sharing power, and strengthening community-rooted leadership.

The key to unlocking economic prosperity is in Canada’s diversity.

Come ready to make meaningful connections, roll up your sleeves, and turn ideas into action.

Capital Unlocked 2026 is about collective action. Through concrete solutions and working models that share power and build trust and capacity, the summit brings together leaders from finance, philanthropy, policy, business, and community to challenge outdated approaches, share working models, and build the partnerships needed to move forward.

Capital Unlocked 2026 is where capital allocators, policy leaders, and ecosystem builders come together to unlock capital to underfunded leaders and communities.

Learn from leading experts, peers, and diverse voices

Gain actionable insight into where capital is stuck and the economic, structural, and systemic changes required to improve capital access for underfunded leaders and communities.

Forge lasting cross-sector partnerships and collaboration

Connect and build relationships with leading investors, funders, researchers, entrepreneurs, policy leaders, and community leaders.

Gain practical and innovative models

Apply actionable models for mobilizing capital differently and build a stronger, more competitive Canadian economy.

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Why the Toronto Reference Library?

This year, Capital Unlocked 2026 Summit returns at a new location, the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon within the Toronto Reference Library. We chose this location for its stunning architecture, vibrant energy, and community, as these qualities deeply align with our core focus on place-based impact and economic inclusion.