Building Canada's Impact Infrastructure
A national, invitation-quality policy convening bringing Canada's most senior impact leaders to one table — on the eve of CSPC 2026.
Social Impact Summit Canada 2026
Building Canada's Impact Infrastructure
You're invited to take your seat at The Impact Table.
Held in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 24, 2026, the day before the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC), Social Impact Summit Canada 2026 convenes government, NGOs, foundations, social finance leaders, employers, workforce innovators, technology partners, and measurement experts to build the infrastructure Canada needs to align policy, capital, delivery, and data around measurable outcomes.
Measuring What Matters. Funding What Works. Scaling What Lasts.
The Summit is an action-oriented dialogue designed to produce the Ottawa Impact Infrastructure Communiqué, a shared set of commitments and practical recommendations to carry forward into CSPC week.
What is impact infrastructure?
The shared systems, data models, measurement frameworks, funding mechanisms, partnerships, and delivery pathways that allow governments, funds, NGOs, employers, and communities to design, measure, fund, and scale social and economic outcomes.
Just as physical infrastructure connects communities — impact infrastructure connects programs, funding, and people with the accountability systems needed to deliver lasting results.
Measuring. Funding. Scaling.
Measuring What Matters
Moving beyond outputs to understand the outcomes that matter most to Canadian communities and economies.
Funding What Works
Aligning public, philanthropic, and social finance capital with the programs producing the strongest outcomes.
Scaling What Lasts
Building the infrastructure, partnerships, and policy frameworks that allow effective programs to reach national scale.
The organization behind the Summit
Prepr
Prepr builds the skills and capabilities people need to succeed and innovate in the future of work.
Our global workforce and innovation network connects people and partners to solve real-world challenges, apply learning in real time, and demonstrate measurable impact.
Summit role: Lead convenor and social innovation implementation partner.
Government of Canada
Social Impact Summit Canada receives funding in part from the Government of Canada.
Summit partners and sponsors
Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC)
The Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC), established in 2009, is a non-profit, non-partisan organization operating as a national hub dedicated to fostering connectivity and building capacity in science and innovation policy in Canada.
CSPC envisions a dynamic and inclusive science, technology and innovation (STI) policy ecosystem that maximizes Canada's socio-economic potential for all Canadians.
For more information on CSPC's priorities, see its Strategic Plan.
Additional partners and sponsors will be announced as they are confirmed.