Toronto, ON

Toronto, Ontario, Canada was one of the earlier hotbeds of fannish activity in Canada.

A Toronto Chronology

Date	Event
late 40s	Toronto Science Fiction Society flourishes
July 3-5, 1948	Torcon I, the 1948 Worldcon held
1953	Toronto Science Fiction Society revitalized by The Derelict Insurgents
1967	OSFiC founded
~ 1970	Toronto in '73 Worldcon bid
August 31 - September 3, 1973	Torcon II, the 1973 Worldcon held
October 29-31, 1976	Alpha Draconis held
July 29-31, 1977	Summercon held
June 9-11, 1978	Prunecon not held
October 27-29, 1978	UnreelCon held
June 13-15, 1980	First Ad Astra held
June 11-13, 1982	Ad Astra II held
Sept. 23-25, 1983	Ad Astra III held
June 8-10, 1984	Ad Astra IV held
June 7-9, 1985	Ad Astra V held
June 13-15, 1986	Ad Astra VI held
June 12-14, 1987	Ad Astra 7 held
June 10-12, 1988	Ad Astra 8 held
June 9-11, 1989	Ad Astra 9 held
December 8-10, 1989	Smofcon 6 held. Smoffish Deathmarch
June 8-10, 1990	Ad Astra 10 held
April 1991	First FilKONtario held
June 7-9, 1991	Ad Astra 11 held
Early 1990s	Rhinocon
June 5-7, 1992	Ad Astra 12 held
June 4-6, 1993	Ad Astra 13 held
June 17-19, 1994	Ad Astra 14 held
June 16-18, 1995	Ad Astra 15 held
June 7-9, 1996	Ad Astra 16 held
June 13-15, 1997	Ad Astra XVII held
June 5-7, 1998	Ad Astra 18 held
late 1990s	Toronto in '03 Worldcon bid
August 27-29, 1999	Canadian National Science Fiction Expo held
Feb. 18-20, 2000	Ad Astra 2000 held
Feb. 23-25, 2001	Ad Astra 2001 held
Feb. 8-10, 2002	Ad Astra 2002 held
October 18-20, 2002	Ditto Fifteen held
March 21-23, 2003	Ad Astra XXII held
August 28 - September 1, 2003	Torcon 3 the 2003 Worldcon held
April 2-4, 2004	Ad Astra 2004 held
April 8-10, 2005	Ad Astra XXIV held
March 31-April 2, 2006	Ad Astra 25 held
May 5-7, 2006	Corflu 23 held
March 2-4, 2007	Ad Astra 26 held
March 28-30, 2008	Ad Astra 27 held
March 27-29, 2009	Ad Astra 28 held
April 9-11, 2010	Ad Astra 29 held
November 19-21, 2010	First SFContario held
March 18, 2011	Mike Glicksohn dies
April 8-10, 2011	Ad Astra 30 held
April 13-15, 2012	Ad Astra 31 held
November 1-4, 2012	World Fantasy Convention 2012 held
April 5-7, 2013	Ad Astra 32 held
December 6-8, 2013	Smofcon 31 held
April 4-6, 2014	Ad Astra 33 held
April 25-28 2014	Costume-Con 32 held
April 10-12, 2015	Ad Astra 2015 held
April 29-May 1, 2016	Ad Astra 2016 held
May 5-7, 2017	Ad Astra 2017 held
July 13-15, 2018	Ad Astra 2018 held
July 12-14, 2019	Ad Astra 2019 held

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