party in Montreal in the summer of 2016. Since then, our Canadian meetup initiative has grown to become a beacon around which the Cloud Native community gathers.
philosophy is about bringing developers and sys admins together so we can educate, empower and connect the community that will change the future of DevOps/SRE Our goal is to promote Kubernetes and other CNCF projects, explain their features, increase community involvement, discuss use cases, and develop the ecosystem. Our meetups are currently happening both in person and online on a quarterly basis across all meetup cities (events are shared/socialized approximately 3-4 weeks before event)
each Meetup Quebec City 300 Members Up to 50 Attendees each Meetup Toronto 1500+ Members Up to 150 Attendees each Meetup Ottawa 1000+ Members Up to 85 attendees each Meetup Vancouver, Edmonton New in 2024 Calgary New in 2023
Platform Engineers and AI/ML Platform teams O11y Teams Developers or Engineers IT Operations or Infrastructure Information Security Consultants Team Leads Executives THEY WORK IN Information technology Finance, Healthcare, Insurance SaaS E-commerce Tele-communications Government THEIR SKILLS Highly technical Hands-on Early adopters of Kubernetes Knowledgeable about the Cloud Native ecosystem
Engineers, System Administrators, and Platform Engineers. The audience is diverse in both experience and background, including students, open-source contributors, and seasoned industry professionals. As of 2025, regular meetups consistently draw around 100 attendees, and we’re aiming to grow to approximately 150 people per event—a size that fits perfectly with the best venues available across cities. Our members
Tech Demo (10 minutes) • Session Talk (~20 minutes) • Panel Discussion (~30 minutes) Events typically run for about 3 hours and combine one or two of these formats. We hold meetups on weeknights, most often Wednesday or Thursday. Our events
$2,500 ⬤ Event Hosting Partner ⬤ • Guaranteed speaking slots 5 per year (In-Person) • 1 Virtual Webinar across Canada • Three (3) Sponsor Announcement • Logo placement on slides • Logo placement on event page • Logo placement on partner page • Mention in opening and closing remarks • Swag distribution 4 available • Guaranteed speaking slots 2 per year • Two (2) Sponsor Announcements (e.g. conference, major release) within a year • Logo on intro slides • Logo on the website • Social media posts • Presentation sharing on meetup.com and Slack • Swag distribution 4 available • Logo on intro slides • Social media posts • 5 minutes for opening remarks • Access to market open roles to our attendees • Guaranteed speaking slot and attendance for employees • Brand exposure to the local technology community Unlimited
Capacity for at least 100 attendees, with at least 50 seats available in a lecture seating or roundtable format. • A lobby or welcome area to check-in attendees. • Accessible and inclusive washroom facilities. • Food and non-alcohol beverages • (Optional) Beer Event Host responsibilities
below to submit a talk! Content will be shared with community members Talks are selected based on topic relevance and technical depth. Tech Talks Join us in the Canadian Kubernetes Slack channel! k8scanadaslack.herokuapp.com
Mathieu Benoit Cailyn Edwards Alex Gervais Chris Carty Jason Hadi Michael Foster Archy Kevin Evans The Meetup organizing team! Andre Marcelo-Tanner Nicolas Morey
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