Wondering where all the events for female founders are in Canada? So were we.

Written by Rebecca Tate

There’s a noticeable shift happening right now in how women are building businesses. “They are building passionately, making audacious asks, and finding a community that provides them with the confidence and tools they need,” says Kristina, co-founder of High Vibe Women explains. It’s less about doing it alone or about proving something and more about building alongside people who reflect what’s possible. That’s the power of proximity.

Canadian women aren’t lacking ambition. Nor are they lacking talent or success. The problem? The system isn’t designed to support us in the way it is in other countries like the U.S. For years, ambitious Canadian founders have quietly crossed south of the border in search of something they couldn’t quite find at home: collaboration with likeminded women. They are in search of the kind of proximity that accelerates ideas, expands belief, and changes the trajectory of a business in a single conversation. It was in those rooms, conference spaces across the U.S., that the founders of High Vibe Women (HVW) started to notice something: they kept meeting Canadians.

The Side Conversations That Sparked Something Bigger

Kristina and Maria didn’t set out to build a movement. They were building their own business, a marketing agency launched in 2021 that quickly scaled to support hundreds of brands. Like many founders, they invested in masterminds, mentorship, and high-level networking to grow. And it worked. “We connected with the right people, found incredible mentors and expanders, and made business besties who helped skyrocket our growth” says Maria Tassi, Co-founder of The Social Snippet and HVW. But something kept happening.

They would turn to the woman sitting next to them, mid-conversation, mid-breakthrough, and ask where she was from. And again and again, the answer was the same: Canada. Often, less than an hour away from home. “It only took this happening a few times before we realized we needed to bring these types of rooms to Canada.” 

Canada’s Got Talent

There’s a hidden truth in Canadian business culture: we are building powerful things but often in isolation. “When thinking of the gaps, the obvious one is access,” she explains. “We need to be able to see women who are doing big things to be able to do them ourselves.” It’s not that success doesn’t exist here, it’s that it isn’t always visible or shared, or experienced together in real time. We have our heads down, building, and not shouting about it off the highest roof top. Canadian women are doing extraordinary work, but too often, those stories remain understated, untold, or siloed. “What feels true to us is that our stories are untold and hidden,” Kristina says. “There are so many moments of extreme generosity, kindness, and women raising each other up—but we need strong communities for us to do that together.” 

From Networking to Community-Led Growth

Part of the shift isn’t just where women are gathering — it’s how. Traditional networking has long been transactional, strategic, and sometimes? A little performative. “Traditional networking asks: What can I get?” says Maria. High Vibe Women flips that entirely. “Community-led growth asks: What can I give?” That simple reframe changes everything. It builds relationships that last beyond a single event, creates rooms where collaboration replaces competition and where generosity becomes a growth strategy. And where women don’t just exchange contacts—they expand each other.

Inside the Room: What It Actually Feels Like

At their most recent event, 185 women gathered from coast to coast across Canada, with even American attendees flying in after hearing about the energy. And the word that keeps coming up? Electric. An “impossible to stop talking” kind of room, a constant hum of connection, and a space where ideas move quickly, and so does belief.

There were live coaching sessions where women brought real business challenges to the table and received direct, personalized guidance. Podcast-style conversations happening in real time, a “chill space” where founders could recalibrate, and something harder to quantify but impossible to ignore: momentum. “This was my third event,” one attendee shared. “I was reflecting on how much I’ve grown…and a large part of that is being in these rooms.” 

More Than an Event, A Movement in Motion

What started as a realization in U.S. conference rooms is quickly becoming something much bigger. High Vibe Women is expanding — brunches, dinners, and gatherings across Canada are already in motion, alongside a growing online community of over 100 women. And importantly, they’re building with intention. At their latest event, they partnered with Everist to give back, donating over 100 shampoo and conditioner products to Mission Services in Hamilton, supporting women in transition. Because this isn’t just about business growth. It’s about building something that reflects the kind of success women actually want to be part of.

The Bigger Shift

For a long time, Canadian founders have looked outward. To the U.S., to global markets, to somewhere else for validation, connection, and expansion, but something is changing. “We shouldn’t be looking elsewhere for an amazing community,” says Kristina. “There is so much right here.” And maybe that’s the real story. Not just that these rooms are being built in Canada, but that Canadian women are finally realizing that they were never in the wrong place.

The right rooms just hadn’t been created yet.

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