List of hackathons in Toronto, Canada in 2016

The Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon Toronto is a hackathon dedicated to creating things that have absolutely no value. You are aloud to create whatever you want as long as it works and contributes nothing whatsoever to the world. Examples of useless ideas to work with are weird food delivery services, emoji intelligence, quicktime for Pegasi, millenial falcons, sensors, virtual fealty, the internet of bees, etc. You may come with a team or just meet new people to create a stupid, terrible idea that nobody needs! At the end of the day everyone will present their stupid terrible nonsense off at the Stupid Job Fair. A hardware library with cameras, Arduinos, Cutting Edge "Electronic" Sensors, and more will be made available to you for creating your stupid pointless garbage idea. Note, no tech expertiseis required, all progammers, designers, comedians, videographers, artists, thought leaders, ideationists, neolibertarian techno-utopian oversimplifiers, and fearless creaitives are invited!

The HackHalton is a hackathon brought to you by Haltech, Sheridan College, and, TechUnder 20. This event will aim to provide you with an open data hackathon focused on improving quality of life in the Halton region through turning data into insights in order for you to produce useful solutions through collaborative software engineering.

VentureLAB is hosting the 4th annual GO OPEN DATA CONFERENCE 2016 (GOOD16), supporting innovative entrepreneurs, many of whom use open data to build businesses based on open data or create disruptive solutions to an existing problem. The theme for this year's conference is "Better Living Through Open Data." Focusing on how open data can be used to create innovative solutions and new businesses that help address community problems such as transportation or affordable housing. Anyone is welcome to join this event, open data is the potential to create a better future for everyone!

The International NASA Space apps challenge is a yearly hackathon which runs for three days in over 130 cities around the world simultaneously.  Come as a developers, makers, engineers or entrepreneurs and take on the NASA-designed challenges, creating solutions that range from silly to serious, fantastical to feasible!

SkyWatch hosting the NASA International Space Apps Challenge for the Waterloo Region. This hackathon will attract Waterloo’s top tech and non-technical talent including: developers, makers, citizen scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs who will be asked to work non-stop for 48 hours to address NASA-designed challenges. The two winning solutions from the Waterloo challenge will move on to compete with other winners from across the globe, to be judged by the NASA International Space Apps Challenge team. This year’s event will include the unveiling of Canada’s first ever accelerator focused on space startups. The Canadian space industry will make this program become a reality right in the Waterloo district. More details will be reveal at the event.

This hackathon invites all Canadian residents over the age of 18 to come and find solutions to tackle the congestion that plagues the rush hour commutes of thousands of employees in Toronto. This will be done by using a policy + technology approach and working with the Mayor's office as well as half a dozen public and private employers, [D]congestant will aim to reduce the countless productive hours lost to traffic every day. It does not matter if you are a developer or a designer, the winning idea will be selected based on potential impact!

WearHacksKW is a 36-hour Hackathon about Wearables and IoT. Learn, create, and hack in a city known for its technological innovations. With access to a multitude of the best hardware on the market you will have the chance to design and build anything you have ever dreamed of! The hardwear that will be available to you include Thalmic Labs Myo, Leap Motion, Microsoft Kinect, Microsoft Band, Nod Ring, Oculus Rift DK2, Estimote Beacons, Pebble, mbientlab Metawear, Photon Internet Button, XYZ GestureSense, and Particle.io Kits!

Let your creative 8-10 year old become part of a digital storytelling adventure at this kid friendly hackathon, 3-hour workshop held by the New Media students of Ryerson University. Kids ages 8-10 will be introduced to the world of art and technology by teaching them various softwares such as Pixlr, iMovie and Scratch Programming to develop an interactive story. Inspired by Ryerson University’s Story Hackathon and the META art show, kids will be put into teams and will be given a hackathon challenge, on which they will have to work together to create the most inspiring and creative storybook experience! They will also get a glimpse on how to create wonderful works of interactive art, similar to how the artists are making their pieces in the upcoming Ryerson META art show!

ProtoHack wants to provide non-coders with the tools, knowledge and connections to bring their idea to life through the creation of a real prototype. No coding will be required. At the end, you and your team will present your project on stage to a panel of judges to get feedback.

This hackathon is hosted by the global leader in connected software experiences, Connected Lab, exploring voice-based user interfaces for Alexa, the software that supports Amazon’s Echo hardware. Alexa’s Skills enable people to interact with connected devices using just their voice. Attendees will build voice capabilities, called Skills, for Alexa. The Amazon team will provide training prior to the hackathon for using Amazon Web Services with the Alexa Skills Kit. Please bring your laptop and any other hardware devices you want to integrate with Alexa. Prizes include Amazon Echos, Amazon featuring the winners on Amazon’s developer blog, and Connected Lab offering a chance to interview for a full time position or paid internship!