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Season 2026 / 27
How the Canadian Business Network creates value for individual members, corporate members and partners across the Canada and Saudi Arabia corridor.
Why now
In July 2026 Canada's Prime Minister visited the Kingdom, the first visit by a sitting Canadian Prime Minister in more than two decades. It followed a sequence of ministerial visits and produced agreements and memoranda spanning healthcare and life sciences, artificial intelligence, education, defence, minerals and energy.
Vision 2030 is drawing Canadian engineering, mining, technology, education and healthcare expertise into the Kingdom at a pace the business community has not seen before. The people doing that work need a place to meet each other, to meet Saudi decision-makers, and to meet the Canadian government's representatives in Riyadh. That place is the Canadian Business Network.
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September to June, in Riyadh and Toronto
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Riyadh headquarters and a Toronto chapter, with clusters forming in Jeddah and the Eastern Province
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For individuals, companies, couples, young leaders, and members based in Canada
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The Embassy of Canada holds a seat on the CBN board
Who we are
The Embassy of Canada in Riyadh is represented on the CBN board. Canadian companies arriving in the Kingdom are referred to CBN by the embassy and the Trade Commissioner Service, and CBN events are regularly hosted at the embassy with the Ambassador in attendance.
Ten board members across events, membership, finance, governance, marketing and the Toronto chapter, led by Chairperson Marc Jackson and Executive Director Jenna Anderson. Every board member runs a business or a function in the Kingdom or in Canada.
Partner events with AmCham Saudi Arabia, the Australian business network OzKSA and the Canadian Business Council of Dubai. Commercial registration and in-Kingdom operations through our strategic partner Morajaa Management Consultancy. A Toronto series that meets before the Kingdom's anchor conferences.
Our mission
To connect Canadian professionals and businesses with opportunities in Saudi Arabia, fostering mutual growth, collaboration and economic prosperity between both nations.
The season
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Receptions hosted with the Ambassador and visiting Canadian officials.
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Expert briefings on the questions Canadians in the Kingdom actually have.
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Where the community meets. Free or discounted for members, open to guests.
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Joint events with other networks, and CBN's own series in Toronto.
Source: cbn-ksa.org/events/past, September 2025 to October 2026. The 2026/27 season runs September to June with up to 40 dates across Riyadh and Toronto, including members-only sessions with Saudi decision-makers.
Membership
| Option | Who it is for | Seats | Annual fee |
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| Individual | Professionals, consultants and executives based in Saudi Arabia | 1 | SAR 800 |
| Corporate | Companies operating in Saudi Arabia | Up to 3 | SAR 3,000 |
| Corporate Offshore | Companies based outside the Kingdom with Saudi ambitions | Up to 3 | SAR 1,850 |
| Individual Offshore | Individuals based outside the Kingdom | 1 | SAR 800 |
| Young Business Leader | Professionals and founders under 30 | 1 | SAR 450 |
| Couples | A member and their spouse. The spouse does not have to be Canadian | 2 | SAR 1,200 |
Socials are free or discounted for members and SAR 150 for guests. Canadian Thanksgiving 2026 was SAR 325 for guests and SAR 260 for members.
A guest ticket is credited in full against a first-year membership taken within 7 days of the event.
Apply at cbn-ksa.org/membership. Fees are payable by bank transfer through our registration partner; instructions are on the How to Pay Fees page.
Individual membership · SAR 800 a year
Canadian executives and founders resident in Riyadh, Jeddah and the Eastern Province. Saudi executives educated in Canada or working with Canadian firms. Canadians in healthcare, education, aviation and engineering who want a professional community outside the office.
The Young Business Leader option at SAR 450 gives early-career professionals and founders the same room at a lower fee.
Couples membership at SAR 1,200 covers a member and their spouse, with two directory profiles.
Corporate membership · SAR 3,000 a year
Visibility
Access
A platform
Corporate Offshore, SAR 1,850. The same three seats and visibility for companies based in Canada or elsewhere that are planning a Saudi entry, plus the Toronto series where they meet the Kingdom before they fly.
Members on cbn-ksa.org
Your Company
What you do, in one line · Riyadh and Toronto
What we do. Three sentences in your words: what the company does, who it serves in the Kingdom, what it is looking for from the network.
Services available to CBN members. Up to three.
Headquarters · In the Kingdom since · Canada connection · Contact · Member since
Launching with the members of the 2026/27 season.
Canada side
CBN's Toronto chapter convenes a monthly edition on Bay Street, each one timed ahead of a Saudi anchor conference and built around one sector.
| Edition | Theme | Status |
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| 01 · August 2026 | AI and technology | Held |
| 02 · September 2026 | Fintech and investments | Held |
| 03 · October 2026 | Healthcare | Held |
| 04 · November 2026 | Real estate, ahead of Cityscape Global | Planned |
| 05 · January 2027 | Minerals, ahead of Future Minerals Forum | Planned |
| 2027 | Further sector editions through June | Planned |
Corporate Offshore membership at SAR 1,850 puts three of your people in the Toronto room and gives them a landing community in Riyadh when they arrive.
Your Toronto-based colleagues, investors and clients can attend editions as your guests, and introductions made in Toronto are followed up in Riyadh by the same board.
Editions 02 and 03 were hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright on Bay Street. Hosting an edition is one of the sponsorship options below.
Sponsorship
Presenting Partner, Platinum, Gold, or a single named event. Podium recognition, logo on every invitation and screen for the period, a table at the gala, first right to host a session in your sector.
A club, hotel, compound, office or co-working space that hosts CBN events at no charge is recognised as Venue Sponsor for the season or the event, with its logo on the invitation and the event page.
Food and beverage, music and art, photography and print, transport. Each contribution is a named sponsor category with its own recognition line: "Hospitality by", "Photography by".
Reciprocal, non-commercial partners: other business councils, universities, alumni networks. Listed on the Sponsors page and cross-invited to the season.
Partnership packages are priced per event and per season. Write to executive.director@cbn-ksa.org with the format you have in mind and we will send the inventory and pricing within two working days.
All partnership agreements are contracted with the Canadian Business Network and invoiced through its registration partner.
Who is in the room
Engineering and infrastructure firms, mining and minerals companies, education providers, technology and AI companies, healthcare and life-science ventures, and the professional-services firms that support them.
Executives from Saudi groups with Canadian partners, investors looking at Canadian technology, Canadian-educated Saudi leaders, and government and entity representatives who speak at Boardrooms and receptions.
The Ambassador and the embassy's trade team attend and host CBN events. The embassy representative sits on the board and refers arriving Canadian companies to the network.
Board 2026 / 27
Marc Jackson, Chairperson · Jenna Anderson, Executive Director · Victor Barrero, Events Portfolio · Hassan Altaf, Finance · Tim Robertson, PR and Marketing · Dareen Ayyad, Governance · Mohammed Al-Dahbali, Membership · Waseem Hamweyah, Toronto Chapter · Carly Overman, Director at Large · Michelle Jette, Embassy Representative
Strategic partner
Morajaa Management Consultancy provides the 360 Program to CBN members: government relations and compliance, tender and proposal management, market expansion, HR outsourcing, operational support and strategic advisory, at a 20 percent member rate.
Join
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Choose your option at cbn-ksa.org/membership and complete the application. Corporate applicants name up to three members.
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Bank transfer through our registration partner. Instructions are on the How to Pay Fees page. Your membership runs twelve months from payment.
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You receive the calendar, the WhatsApp community invitation and, for corporate members, the profile form for your company page.
Jenna Anderson, Executive Director. executive.director@cbn-ksa.org, cbn-ksa.org/membership
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/cbn-ksa. Instagram: instagram.com/cbnksa. Event announcements go to LinkedIn and Instagram first, then to members by email.