It is a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday) typically held the weekend before Labour Day during the summer at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC).

Traditional events include screening rooms devoted to Japanese animation, gaming, and over 300 hours of other programming on all aspects of comic books and popular culture.

The vast majority of the exclusives offered at Fan Expo Canada are licensed properties of popular movie, comic book and related characters.

[citation needed] Attendance reaches facility limit and Toronto Fire Marshal's office halts ticket sales for two hours on Saturday afternoon.

[citation needed] Christian Slater, Danny Trejo, Neve Campbell, Jeffery Combs, Gillian Anderson, Norman Reedus, Steve Blum, Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Troy Baker, Grey DeLisle, Jeremy Shada, Jeri Ryan, Robert Picardo, Ethan Phillips, Mike Tyson, Lennie James, Chandler Riggs, Sean Patrick Flanery, Zach Galligan, Jenna Coleman, David Della Rocco, Ajay Fry, Morgan Hoffman, Teddy Wilson, Sam Maggs, George A. Romero, Tom Felton, Hayley Atwell, Tom Savini, Rupert Grint, Robin Lord Taylor, Ming-Na Wen, Amy Acker, Jason Momoa, Karen Gillan, Billy Dee Williams, Malcolm McDowell, Orlando Jones, Graham McTavish, Dr. Marc Okrand, James and Oliver Phelps, Skeet Ulrich.

Mark Hamill, Stan Lee, Elden Hensen, Charlie Cox, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Adam West, Burt Ward, John Barrowman, Christopher Lloyd, Morena Baccarin, Alex Kingston, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Alan Tudyk, Hayley Atwell, Brent Spiner, Kate Mulgrew, Sonequa Martin-Green, Micheal Cudlitz, Scott Wilson, Jack Gleeson, Katie Cassidy, Andrea Libman, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Veronica Taylor, Vic Mignogna, Linda Ballantyne, Katie Griffin, Susan Roman, Toby Proctor, Ron Rubin, Jill Frappier, Sean Schemmel, Eric Vale, Kevin Conroy, Rob Paulsen, Maurice Lamarche, Bill Farmer, David Hayter, Charles Martinet, William Salyers Stephen Amell, John Barrowman, Nick Bradshaw, Brentalfloss, Sarah Wayne Callies, Bruce Campbell, Greg Capullo, Tom Cavanagh, Charlet Chung, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Richard Comely, Anthony Daniels, Felicia Day, Rob DenBleyker, Kara Eberle, Nathan Fillion, Dave Filoni, Josh Grelle, Todd Haberkorn, Jennifer Hale, Chad Hardin, David Hayter, Anthony Head, Jason Isaacs, Phil Jimenez, Amy Jo Johnson, Doug Jones (actor), Maurice Lamarche, Erik Larsen, Jae Lee, Jim Lee, Vanessa Marshall, Sonequa Martin-Green, Gaten Matarazzo, Ed McGuinness, Caleb McLaughlin, Steve McNiven, Jason Mewes, Vic Mignogna, Amanda C. Miller, Bob Morley, Jessica Nigri, Nolan North, Paige O'Hara, Bryce Papenbrook, Yanick Paquette, Dan Parent, Khary Payton, Billie Piper, Eric Powell (comics), Humberto Ramos, David Ramsey, Norman Reedus, Marco Rudy, Fernando Ruiz, Chris Sabat, Sean Schemmel, Matt Smith (actor), Brian Stelfreeze, Catherine Tate, James Arnold Taylor, Ty Templeton, Cerina Vincent, Carol Zara, Arryn Zech, Mike Zeck Michael J Fox, Jason Momoa, Evangeline Lilly, Triple H, The Miz, Charlotte Flair, AJ Styles, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Lucy Lawless, Rob Schneider, Cassie Steele, Jake Epstein, Miriam McDonald, Stefan Brogren, Shane Kippel, Pat Mastroianni, Mark Sheppard, Joe Flanigan, Rose McIver, Renee O'Connor, Jennifer Morrison, Karen Gillan, William Shatner, Richard Dean Anderson, Amy Jo Johnson, Jason David Frank, Christopher Lloyd, Tom Wilson, Lea Thompson, Cary Elwes, Chris Sarandon, Wallace Shawn, Tanya Allen, Michael Kevin Pare, Robin Lord Taylor, Austin Amelio, Tom Payne, Billy Zane, Emma Dumont, Gary Lockwood, Keir Dullea, Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Anson Mount, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif, Thom Allison, Kelly McCormack, Sean Baek, Atticus Mitchell, Rob Stewart, Gavin Fox, Patrick Garrow, Adam Barken, Michelle Lovretta, Melanie Scrofano, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Tim Rozon, Varun Saranga, Steven Ogg[8] Fan Expo 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Some of these attractions include the aforementioned Speed Dating, Steampunk activities, Web series presentations, Star Wars sessions provided by the 501st Legion, Lolita fashion and others.

At one point during Saturday afternoon organizers announced (to a small group by the doors) that they would not be letting anyone else in, including those who had purchased tickets in advance, but the majority of fans remained unaware of this and continued to line up in ignorance until word-of-mouth reached them.

[14][15] Canadian journalist and book writer Jonathan Kay, who was an attender at the convention with his daughters, criticized the high prices charged to fans for photo ops and autographs, arguing them to be unjust.